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US news
fromwww.npr.org
2 hours ago

Thailand and Cambodia sign new ceasefire agreement to end border fighting

Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire ending weeks of border combat, prohibiting military movements and airspace violations, and requiring repatriation of 18 Cambodian prisoners after 72 hours.
US news
fromFast Company
8 hours ago

The banality of Jeffery Epstein's expanding online world

Jmail.world reconstructs Jeffrey Epstein's digital records into Google-like, searchable services exposing emails, photos, flight logs, chatbots, and archived materials for public examination.
Wellness
fromBusiness Insider
5 hours ago

Burned out in her 50s, she left corporate life. Starting over in Korea helped her heal.

A consultant left corporate Australia because of burnout and physical pain, moved alone to South Korea in her 50s, and prioritizes daily enjoyment.
US news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
10 hours ago

Over 1,500 flights cancelled as winter storm Devin hits US holiday travel

Winter storm Devin disrupted travel across the US, cancelling 1,581 flights and delaying 6,883 while over 40 million people faced winter weather warnings and hazardous conditions.
Wellness
fromPsychology Today
17 hours ago

How to Do Leisure Right, According to Science

Frequent, enjoyable leisure activities reliably boost mood, physical health, sleep, resilience, and life satisfaction more than rare, intense vacations.
Digital life
fromThe Atlantic
16 hours ago

How About a Little Less Screen Time for the Grown-Ups

Older adults' widespread smartphone use creates both opportunities for connection and risks of isolation, shaped by algorithms and family dynamics.
Wellness
fromFortune
16 hours ago

Seniors relive their days of wanderlust and thrill-seeking with virtual reality. 'It's about all the memories that it brings back' | Fortune

Virtual reality programs let elderly retirement-community residents experience immersive travel, rekindle memories, and strengthen cognition and social connections.
Digital life
fromThe Drum
14 hours ago

The need for inclusivity in digital marketing

Provide accessible digital experiences so disabled people receive equal access to work, services, social connections, and commercial opportunities, expanding audience reach and inclusivity.
#bot-detection
more#bot-detection
OMG science
fromThe Mercury News
20 hours ago

'Super-Jupiter' exoplanet is not so Jupiter-like, UCSC study finds

VHS 1256b, a super-Jupiter 40 light years away, shows silicate clouds and brightness fluctuations up to 40%, with atmospheric behavior similar to Mars.
OMG science
fromBig Think
4 days ago

The simplest explanation for ultra-high-energy cosmic rays

Earth continuously intercepts a diverse cosmic-ray flux, including protons, antiparticles, and heavy nuclei, sometimes reaching energies well above the expected GZK cutoff.
UX design
fromMedium
2 hours ago

How PMs can vibe code to build stronger requirements

Use AI-driven rapid prototyping ("Vibe Coding") to externalize thinking, embrace productive confusion, iterate on imperfect ideas, and produce structured specs for clearer product requirements.
Tech industry
from24/7 Wall St.
17 hours ago

3 Tech ETFs To Load Up on Before 2026

Consider diversified tech ETFs like IGV, VGT, and QQQ to gain exposure to AI-driven tech growth while reducing single-stock risk ahead of 2026.
Tech industry
from24/7 Wall St.
21 hours ago

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Stock Price Prediction for 2025: Where Will It Be in 1 Year

Microsoft combines AI and cloud dominance, strong earnings, substantial investments, cost-cutting moves, and gaming price increases while managing tariff and workforce risks.
Tech industry
fromFortune
1 day ago

After 23 years working for Jeff Bezos, the CEO of a $1.3 billion skills platform shares lessons he learned from Andy Jassy and the Amazon founder | Fortune

Greg Hart applied Amazon-style leadership principles and cultural practices at Coursera to accelerate transformation and meet surging demand for AI-related learning.
UX design
fromMedium
1 day ago

The Designer's Playbook for AI Products

Design fundamentals remain essential; designers must add structure and guidance to handle AI's unpredictability and slow conversational interfaces.
UX design
fromeLearning Industry
14 hours ago

Pendo Pricing 2026: Is It Worth It?

Pendo is a no-code platform that centralizes product analytics, in-app guidance, feedback, and AI tools to improve user engagement and adoption.
EU data protection
fromThe Hacker News
3 days ago

Italy Fines Apple 98.6 Million Over ATT Rules Limiting App Store Competition

Italy fined Apple €98.6 million for App Tracking Transparency rules that disproportionately burden third-party developers with duplicative consent requirements and restrict App Store competition.
EU data protection
fromThe Hacker News
3 days ago

Passwd: A walkthrough of the Google Workspace Password Manager

Passwd offers a Google Workspace–focused, zero-knowledge enterprise password manager providing AES-256 encryption, centralized admin controls, granular permissions, audit logs, and compliance readiness.
#remote-work
fromForbes
3 hours ago
Remote teams

How Remote Work Exposed Weaknesses In Corporate Leadership

Remote work exposed widespread managerial weaknesses concealed by management-by-observation; effective leadership requires coaching, clear goals, measurable outcomes, and strong communication.
fromBusiness Insider
18 hours ago
Remote teams

Vote now: Would you rather have a $240K in-person job or a $120K remote one?

Workers must choose between a $120,000 fully remote job and a $240,000 five-day in-office job, weighing salary against mental health, commute, and caregiving needs.
more#remote-work
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
10 hours ago

UN renews Sudan ceasefire appeal over unimaginable suffering' of civilians

An immediate ceasefire is urgently needed as escalating fighting in Darfur and Kordofan and regional spillover have created the world's worst humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 hours ago

Books to look out for in 2026 fiction

January 2026 delivers major new literary releases from established writers, featuring themes of memory, mortality, environmental accountability, family sagas, and social resistance.
National Football League
fromLos Angeles Times
8 hours ago

Rams star Puka Nacua on criticizing refs: I'll 'never let it happen again'

Puka Nacua was fined $25,000 for criticizing officials, apologized for an antisemitic gesture, called it a learning experience, and continues preparing for upcoming games.
Food & drink
fromCN Traveller
1 hour ago

The best restaurants in Norfolk

Norfolk showcases exceptional local produce—seafood, meats, cheeses and microbrews—served in atmospheric restaurants such as the Gunton Arms and The Maltings Weybourne.
National Football League
fromESPN.com
10 hours ago

How to bet Texans-Chargers and Ravens-Packers, plus DFS picks

Chargers favored at home against Texans; experts favor Chargers moneyline and suggest Justin Herbert rushing and interception prop plays.
Artificial intelligence
fromGeeky Gadgets
3 hours ago

Build Faster with Auto Claude, Open Source AI That Plans, Codes & Syncs with GitHub

Auto Claude is a free, open-source AI coding assistant that automates tedious development tasks while preserving developer control and boosting productivity.
Media industry
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 hour ago

Painful to hear!' How podcasts' rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens

Podcasting is rapidly shifting toward video, often prioritizing visuals over audio, leaving purely audio listeners with an inferior experience.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
10 hours ago

Thailand and Cambodia agree on ceasefire to end weeks of deadly fighting

Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire to end 20 days of border fighting that killed over 100 and displaced more than half a million civilians.
Media industry
fromwww.independent.co.uk
11 hours ago

Gen Z thinks it has become more socially acceptable to drive over drinking limit

A poll finds over a third of Gen Z increasingly view driving marginally over the legal drinking limit as more socially acceptable than older generations.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
1 hour ago

New MongoDB Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Read Uninitialized Memory

A zlib-related length-handling bug in MongoDB (CVE-2025-14847) can let unauthenticated clients read uninitialized heap memory; update recommended.
Artificial intelligence
fromMedium
2 hours ago

If slamming AI makes your mornings better, let me serve you a fresh cup

AI coding assistants promise productivity gains but can increase errors, create new problems, and require human oversight and domain expertise to be effective.
Food & drink
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 hours ago

No gels, no foams: Catalonia turns to grannies to teach traditional cooking

Gastrosavies enables Catalan grandmothers to preserve and share traditional rustic recipes through videos, countering urban loss of regional dishes.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

Tim Dowling: my 2025 in numbers: not a year to forget, but one of forgetting

End-of-2025 personal statistics: adult sons moved home, memory lapses affected book recall, 27 books logged, social awkwardness and family upheaval.
Media industry
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

2025: a year in political cartoons from a Bond-villain Trump to a toppled prince | Martin Rowson, Ella Baron, Nicola Jennings and Ben Jennings

Moments of accountability and dark humour in political cartooning offered rare hope amid widespread impunity and anonymous, unrecognisable governance.
#climate-change
more#climate-change
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
10 hours ago

Korean Kimbap Vs Japanese Sushi: What's The Difference? - Tasting Table

Kimbap and sushi use similar rolling techniques but differ in fillings, rice seasoning, and accompaniments: kimbap uses cooked fillings and sesame oil–seasoned rice.
Environment
fromwww.bbc.com
1 hour ago

Binbags and abandoned beds - on patrol with a fly-tip enforcement team

Fly-tipping in Lewisham is widespread and costly, prompting a dedicated enforcement team to gather evidence and issue fixed-penalty notices to deter illegal waste dumping.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
1 day ago

Critical LangChain Core Vulnerability Exposes Secrets via Serialization Injection

LangChain Core has a critical serialization injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-68664, CVSS 9.3) that allows attackers to instantiate objects and exfiltrate secrets via 'lc' keys.
Information security
fromChannelPro
1 day ago

When everything connects, everything's at risk

The proliferation and interconnection of IoT and OT devices enlarge attack surfaces, enabling lateral movement that exposes critical systems and demands improved detection and containment.
Social media marketing
fromNewsmax
14 hours ago

Instagram Memo Urged Focus on Teens Despite Harm Lawsuits

Instagram prioritized recruiting more teenage users in developed markets, set targets to reverse teen engagement decline, and adjusted products and marketing despite escalating legal scrutiny.
Marketing tech
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
19 hours ago

Daily Search Forum Recap: December 26, 2025

OpenAI tests ChatGPT sponsored ads; Google previews major 2025 Ads launches and centered results tests; Microsoft favors exact-match; John Mueller offered Christmas SEO support.
Marketing tech
fromHubspot
15 hours ago

Automated email segmentation: Setting up for better targeting

Automated email segmentation uses unified, real-time customer data and dynamic rules to create self-updating segments that trigger personalized workflows and improve campaign relevance.
Remote teams
fromBusiness Insider
17 hours ago

RTO 5 days a week or quit? How one Paramount manager made his decision.

Paramount demanded five-day office returns or severance, prompting hundreds to leave and forcing employees to weigh long commutes, childcare, and career trade-offs.
Wine
fromThe Mercury News
20 hours ago

Cult Pinot Noir producer opens first tasting room in Healdsburg

Ross Cobb opened Cobb Wines' first Healdsburg tasting room to expand direct sales, support flat wholesale channels, and complement international distribution.
Wine
fromwww.pressdemocrat.com
20 hours ago

Cult Pinot Noir producer opens first tasting room in Healdsburg

Ross Cobb opened Cobb Wines' first Healdsburg tasting room after 25 years winemaking and 31 harvests, expanding his 5,500-case coastal pinot-focused brand.
Social media marketing
fromwww.npr.org
18 hours ago

Top Instagram reels from Goats and Soda in 2025: Plumpy'Nut, aid cuts, soccer grannies

Instagram Reels reached 200 billion daily plays across Meta platforms in 2025, with NPR's global health and development blog generating millions of those views.
Social media marketing
fromThe Drum
19 hours ago

With $100m revenues in its sights, how did The Goat Agency get so big?

The Goat Agency leverages large-scale campaign data and a test-and-learn influencer model to guarantee fixed-price results, driving rapid revenue growth toward $100m.
Wine
fromConde Nast Traveler
2 days ago

In Australia's Clare Valley, a New 6-Day Trail Connects Historic Vineyards, Luxury Cottages, and Wild Lavender Fields

Clare Valley's new Wine & Wilderness Trail pairs a six-day, 62-mile wilderness hike with acclaimed Shiraz and dry Riesling, wildlife viewing, and upgraded wine-focused accommodations and experiences.
Writing
fromAnOther
2 days ago

Read: Heather McCalden's Short Story About an Encounter with a Magician

A sweltering, tense lunch with a world-famous magician exposes discomfort, celebrity eccentricity, and a recent on-set argument undermining the interview.
Writing
fromSlate Magazine
3 days ago

Why You Should Eschew the Word "Eschew"

Vocabulary, conversation, and voice shape English; careful word choice and avoidance of linguistic tics distinguish strong voice from self-parody.
Writing
fromBoston Condos For Sale Ford Realty
2 days ago

The Billion Dollar Dream Could These Be The Lucky Numbers? Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty

A Powerball jackpot unites hopefuls nationwide around specific numbers — 3, 18, 36, 41, 54 and a red Powerball 7 — chasing fortune.
Europe news
fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

U.S. and Ukraine reach consensus on key issues aimed at ending the war

The United States and Ukraine agreed on many peace-plan elements, but control of Donbas territories and management of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant remain unresolved.
#liverpool
more#liverpool
US politics
fromJezebel
28 minutes ago

Jezebel's Most Nauseating Barf Bags of 2025

Political figures across parties supported or enacted policies and rhetoric perceived as harmful to transgender rights, civil liberties, and public decency in 2025.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

Dragged down by an unpopular president, Republicans are bracing for a midterm trouncing

Rapid expansion of executive power and aggressive purges empowered Trump, but growing public backlash and internal fractures risk political collapse of the Republican coalition.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Universal
2 hours ago

Barcelona handed timely boost as defensive target opens door for January exit | Barca Universal

Nathan Ake is a versatile Manchester City defender open to a January move, and Barcelona view him as a loan option to add defensive depth.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Universal
1 hour ago

Former Real Madrid captain weighs in on the Negreira case - 'Sooner or later, justice will be done' | Barca Universal

A former Real Madrid captain demands accountability in the Negreira case as Real Madrid increases legal pressure on Barcelona.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Universal
2 hours ago

Barcelona outcast sets clear condition for January exit | Barca Universal

Marc-Andre ter Stegen will only leave Barcelona for a January offer matching his European-level status and prioritizes stability and dignity.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
53 minutes ago

Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for The Cure, dies at 65

Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for The Cure, died at 65 after a short illness at home over Christmas.
Dallas Cowboys
fromPro Football Rumors
1 day ago

DC Matt Eberflus Trending Down In Dallas

Matt Eberflus' job as Cowboys defensive coordinator is increasingly unlikely to continue into a second season due to escalating criticism and poor defensive performance.
Marketing
fromThe Drum
8 hours ago

Facebook appoints multiple agencies to lead flagship brands in marketing model shift

Facebook reorganized its global agency model, assigning Wieden+Kennedy, Leo Burnett, Ogilvy, BBDO, and Droga5 to lead specific apps and global creative.
SF LGBT
fromsfist.com
9 hours ago

Christmas Miracle: Oasis Nightclub Saved from Closure With Multi-Million Dollar Philanthropic Gift

Oasis nightclub avoided permanent closure after a multi-million-dollar donation, enabling renovations and negotiations to purchase its 11th Street building.
Women
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 hours ago

New Battle of the Sexes is cynical bid for attention and own goal for Sabalenka

Aryna Sabalenka's participation in a heavily promoted exhibition against Nick Kyrgios undermines her 2025 achievements as world No.1 and attracts widespread criticism.
France news
fromThe Local France
1 hour ago

Macron's popularity hits lowest point since taking power

Emmanuel Macron's popularity has fallen to its lowest point since 2017, with only 25% favorable ratings ahead of his end-of-year message.
Manchester City
fromwww.bbc.com
3 hours ago

How Guardiola made Man City title contenders again - tactical analysis

Guardiola has retooled Manchester City's tactics by deploying pacey, defensively strong full-backs and new personnel to create distinct attacking and defensive dynamics.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
9 hours ago

12 Implicit Frames for Understanding Emerging Experience

Conscious experience involves a witnessing awareness, multiple self-states, variable felt time, and relational warmth that shapes self-relation and outcomes.
Miami
fromhothothoops.com
7 hours ago

Heat earn 126-111 win against Hawks, snapping three-game skid

Miami Heat defeated the Atlanta Hawks 126-111 as Pelle Larsson and Norman Powell led with efficient scoring and improved ball movement.
Mindfulness
fromFast Company
3 hours ago

3 questions for reviewing your year

Conduct a light, structured year-end review: recall the year's events, note achievements, and answer three focused questions with three answers each to guide intention.
Women
fromwww.independent.co.uk
9 hours ago

More than 1 billion won for women in equal pay cases this year, union reveals

Over £1 billion secured for women workers after equal pay campaigns, while thousands of outstanding claims could amount to hundreds of millions more.
France news
fromwww.dw.com
7 hours ago

France: 3 women stabbed in Paris metro, suspect arrested DW 12/27/2025

A 25-year-old Malian national injured three women on Paris metro Line 3 and was arrested after identification via surveillance footage; deportation was blocked by missing consular documents.
National Hockey League
fromPuck Prose
9 hours ago

NHL Team's Facing Goaltending Issues while other Teams might have cracked the code

Several NHL teams are carrying and rotating three-goalie rosters and using emergency backups due to frequent injuries and illnesses to reduce AHL recalls.
Relationships
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 hour ago

Dear Abby: Am I overreacting about the news my husband hid from me?

Husband withheld COVID exposure information, endangering wife's health with MS, breaching trust and prompting consideration of legal and medical consultation.
Relationships
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

Blind date: Being Scottish definitely worked in my favour. He loves Scotland'

A successful blind date featured lively conversation about travel, books and art, good manners, an awkward Jon Bon Jovi singalong, and appreciation for Emmie’s curiosity and humour.
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 hours ago

A lot of men don't open up': Kidwild, the UK rapper unafraid to bare his soul

Kidwild transformed childhood acting experience and a major-label setback into independent rap success with candid storytelling and millions of streams.
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