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Wellness
fromElite Traveler
3 hours ago

What to Expect From Six Senses' New Female Wellness Program

A female-focused fasting program at Six Senses Rome combines ancient Roman spa heritage with hormonal-cycle-aligned retreats to promote women's balance and wellbeing.
Wellness
fromLondon On The Inside
1 hour ago

Reform Your Routine at Hiraya Pilates

Hiraya Pilates opens a bright boutique reformer studio in N1/N16 with ten machines, varied classes for all levels, excellent teachers, and a co-working café.
Digital life
fromTearsheet
1 hour ago

Not products, but pipes: How incumbent institutions are piecing together the next era of finance - Tearsheet

Banking is undergoing a gradual operating-system rebuild via APIs, automation, human-centered service, and cautious programmable-money experiments focused on adoption over invention.
Wellness
fromIrish Independent
8 hours ago

'I started running during COVID and lost four stone' - Alan O'Reilly AKA Carlow Weather on his fitness journey

Alan O'Reilly built carlowweather.com from a home station and gained attention during 2010 snow; he transformed his health, losing four stone and breaking 40 minutes for 10km.
Digital life
fromIntelligencer
4 hours ago

Was Tyler Robinson Radicalized Online? How About the Rest of Us?

Rapid online searches after violent acts often produce misleading conclusions, as digital footprints range from explicit radicalization to ordinary or confounding profiles.
OMG science
fromWIRED
4 days ago

The Quest to Find the Longest-Running Simple Computer Program

BB(6) lower bounds have been dramatically increased, producing numbers so large they cannot be written in ordinary decimal notation.
OMG science
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Interstellar overhype: Nasa debunks claim about alien-made comet

NASA discounted a Harvard astronomer's hypothesis that interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas is an artificial, potentially threatening object sent intentionally toward the inner solar system.
#data-sovereignty
Privacy professionals
fromIT Pro
3 hours ago

The rise of 'bossware' means workers have nowhere to hide from management - companies are tracking productivity, browsing histories, and device activity, and it's destroying workforce morale

A third of UK companies use bossware to monitor remote staff, causing trust issues and producing mixed managerial views on its effectiveness.
Tech industry
fromTNW | Ecosystems
23 hours ago

Opinion: Ukraine is becoming a global defence tech powerhouse

Ukraine's tech sector rapidly pivoted to defence, producing battlefield-tested innovations that attract international investors and export opportunities.
EU data protection
fromChannelPro
6 hours ago

Redefining the channel: Evolving partner models are unlocking innovation, value, and recurring revenue

Channel partners must evolve into consultative, AI-capable trusted advisors offering secure, automated workflow solutions to meet changing customer expectations and regulatory demands.
Tech industry
fromBusiness Matters
4 hours ago

Octopus Energy spins off Kraken as $500m AI platform targets 1bn users

Octopus Energy will spin off Kraken, its AI-powered technology arm, to gain independence and capital for rapid global expansion into energy markets.
Tech industry
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
1 hour ago

Google Search Anti-Scraper Job Closed

Google briefly posted and then rapidly closed a Senior Engineering Analyst, Search, Anti-scraper role focused on detecting and countering scraping and abuse of Google Search.
UX design
fromMedium
6 days ago

How to Build Long-Term User Trust: Avoid Deceptive UX and Lead Manipulation

Manipulative UX practices, or dark patterns, use psychological tactics to influence users toward company goals, often harming user interests.
UX design
fromMedium
6 days ago

Your 2026 Roadmap to become a UX (AI) Designer: A lot has changed

Break into UX in 2026 by prioritizing real UX work, communication and alignment, market validation, practical portfolios, networking, and AI-enabled skills.
UX design
fromLogRocket Blog
22 hours ago

Empty states in UX done right: 4 inspiring examples - LogRocket Blog

Empty states are strategic UX opportunities that guide users, reduce abandonment, and increase engagement when designed with context, actionable suggestions, and personality.
#health-data
Marketing tech
fromMarTech
2 hours ago

How Clayton Christensen's theory of disruptive innovation helps explain the rise of Positionless Marketing | MarTech

Positionless Marketing replaces siloed assembly-line processes by empowering individual marketers with data analysis, campaign creation, and optimization for real-time personalized engagement.
#remote-work
fromFast Company
4 hours ago
Remote teams

Remote work isn't the problem. Mediocre leadership is

Remote work succeeds when leaders trust employees; failures arise from control-driven leaders using return-to-office mandates motivated by fear, investor pressure, or sunk real-estate costs.
fromAol
1 day ago
Remote teams

10 Work-from-Home Jobs That Pay at Least $72,000 a Year

Several remote-friendly occupations can pay at least $72,000 annually, including human resources specialists, dietitians/nutritionists, and historians.
fromAol
1 day ago
Remote teams

10 Work-from-Home Jobs That Pay at Least $72,000 a Year

Marketing tech
fromForbes
1 hour ago

Media Mix Modeling: A Tried-And-True Way To Allocate Your Budget

Media mix modeling offers privacy-safe, aggregated, statistical insights that correct attribution blind spots and improve marketing investment decisions amid declining traditional tracking.
Marketing tech
fromThe Drum
2 hours ago

Claritas wins Amazon certification - and potential blueprint for simplifying commerce media

Claritas's Clair AI, certified to run across Amazon Ads inventory, enables real-time optimization, sharper personalization, and simplified measurement across commerce media channels.
Privacy technologies
fromComputerworld
11 hours ago

The AI browser security gap: Comet and 1Password partner to protect credentials

AI-powered browsers need new security models; 1Password and Perplexity added credential management, secure autofill, and access controls to Comet.
Major League Baseball
fromESPN.com
13 hours ago

'If a cap is the only answer, we're all in trouble': What fight over salary cap means for MLB's future

The Dodgers' four-year, $72 million signing of reliever Tanner Scott intensified complaints about competitive imbalance and accelerated calls for a salary cap in Major League Baseball.
Major League Baseball
fromBattery Power
1 hour ago

This Day in Braves History: Spencer Strider quickest to 200 strikeouts in a season

Historic baseball milestones and game results highlighting Braves-related victories, individual records, and notable player achievements across multiple seasons.
Social media marketing
fromFast Company
7 hours ago

So you want to hire a LinkedIn ghostwriter? Here's what you need to know

LinkedIn ghostwriters enable busy leaders to build authentic personal brands and drive engagement by producing consistent, voice-accurate posts tailored to executives' networks.
Major League Baseball
fromESPN.com
12 hours ago

MLB Power Rankings: Top playoff contenders on the move ahead of October

Three teams have clinched MLB playoff spots with nine remaining to fill and multiple division races likely to be decided in the season's final days.
Information security
fromSecurityWeek
3 hours ago

SonicWall Prompts Password Resets After Hackers Obtain Firewall Configurations

SonicWall prompted affected customers to reset passwords after hackers accessed encrypted backup firewall preference files stored in a cloud service.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
1 hour ago

How CISOs Can Drive Effective AI Governance

CISOs must implement living AI governance that balances security and innovation, enabling safe, scalable AI adoption aligned with organizational risk tolerance and business priorities.
Wine
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 hour ago

A Greek bearing gifts: the many talents of the moschofilero grape | Hannah Crosbnie on drinks

Moschofilero is a versatile, aromatic Greek grape producing zesty whites and blush/orange wines with steady acidity and excellent value.
Media industry
fromDigiday
9 hours ago

Inside Bloomberg Media's survival guide for the AI era

Bloomberg refuses to license content for AI training and prefers usage-based, recurring compensation while growing subscribers and adopting AI for product improvements.
Food & drink
fromBoston.com
4 hours ago

5 can't-miss restaurant openings and dining updates in Boston this week

Greater Boston's dining scene is expanding in 2025 with new cocktail lounges like 89 Charles and inventive pizza offerings from Stats filling gaps in Hub Hall.
Media industry
fromThe New Yorker
3 hours ago

"The Paper," "The Lowdown," and the Drama of Journalism

Contemporary onscreen portrayals of journalists reflect declining institutional trust and shifting perceptions of news-making amid widespread newspaper closures.
Privacy technologies
fromwww.bbc.com
8 hours ago

Council to introduce facial recognition CCTV

Hammersmith and Fulham Council approved more than £3m to add live facial recognition and AI capabilities to its extensive CCTV network, expanding automated surveillance across the borough.
World news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

Germany says Iran has yet to take necessary actions to stop the 'snapback' of UN sanctions

Germany warned Iran to take precise actions to avoid reinstated U.N. sanctions via the snapback mechanism, which would freeze assets and halt arms deals.
Food & drink
fromLondon On The Inside
3 hours ago

Get 50% off Food at Little Banh Banh

Little Bánh Bánh opens on Fleet Street offering Vietnamese jasmine rice boxes, bánh mì, phở, iced coffees, minimalist design, and INSIDERS 50% food discount.
Privacy technologies
fromPopular Science
2 hours ago

You won't believe how good it feels to go ad-free

AdLock Premium provides lifetime, multi-device ad blocking and security with a one-time purchase, improving speed, data usage, battery life, and privacy.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 hours ago

Clown Town by Mick Herron review more fun and games with the Slow Horses

The latest Slough House instalment combines darkly comic spycraft with brutal past-coverups, institutional deceit, and violent reckoning centered on Pitchfork and the Slow Horses.
Food & drink
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 hour ago

Perfect panna cotta and parmesan salad: everything I'm cooking before my Sicilian getaway

Heading to Sicily for a late-September sun break while preparing family meals and planning to indulge in Italian recipes before and after the trip.
Books
fromBusiness Matters
4 hours ago

Classic books spark pawnbroking boom as rare editions fetch six-figure sums

Rare first-edition books, including Harry Potter and classic works, are rising in value and being pawned or sold as investment assets in the UK.
Social media marketing
fromPR Daily
1 day ago

AI supercharges disinformation: Why brands must respond faster than lies spread - PR Daily

AI-driven disinformation demands immediate, high-speed crisis response to protect brand credibility, reputation, and business.
Environment
fromInfoQ
13 hours ago

Green IT: How to Reduce IT's Environmental Footprint

Reduce IT's environmental footprint by rethinking system design, measuring lifecycle emissions, simplifying architecture, and optimizing software and hardware to meet climate-aligned emission constraints.
Environment
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 hours ago

Climate change wreaking havoc on world's water cycle: UN

Climate change is increasingly destabilizing the global water cycle, causing extreme swings between drought and deluge that threaten water resources and livelihoods.
Environment
fromHigh Country News
5 hours ago

The joyful responsibility of cutting fish - High Country News

Summer life on Eaton Station revolved around communal salmon fishing, fish processing, family play, abundant food, and a deep sense of safety and routine.
Remote teams
fromForbes
1 day ago

How To Thrive (and Not Overwork Yourself) In A Hybrid Environment

Hybrid work can combine office collaboration and remote flexibility but requires intentional structure to prevent blurred boundaries, proximity bias, and burnout.
#avril-lavigne
Writing
fromInverse
1 day ago

'Ambrosia Sky's Developers Grapple With Grief And Love In Their Upcoming Sci-Fi Adventure

Ambrosia Sky combines cleaning-focused gameplay with intimate exploration of grief, community remnants, and final rites as players care for and witness the dead.
Europe news
fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

Suspect in UK toddler disappearance is released after serving time in unrelated case

A German man suspected in Madeleine McCann's 2007 disappearance was released after serving a seven-year sentence for a separate 2019 rape conviction; investigations continue.
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

I had to think about Andrew Tate. That was miserable': 150 years of masculinity, all in one play

Alice Birch creates formally daring plays that rigorously interrogate masculinity and the novel, demanding intense labor over long periods despite brief bursts of composition.
English Premier League
fromSoccer News
4 days ago

Iraola: Bournemouth must remain humble after best ever start - Soccer News

Bournemouth have their best Premier League start with nine points from four games but must stay humble and continue improving to sustain success.
English Premier League
fromwww.caughtoffside.com
5 days ago

"To be assessed" - Journalist provides update on Martin Odegaard injury in fresh blow for Arsenal

Martin Odegaard left the Nottingham Forest match with a shoulder injury and will be assessed, compounding Arsenal's list of key absentees this season.
Europe news
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

A former diplomat says Russian drone incursion into Poland was intentional

Russian drones deliberately entered Polish airspace to test NATO and the U.S., prompting NATO jets to shoot down multiple drones and Poland's Article 4.
English Premier League
from101GREATGOALS.COM
1 week ago

Premier League predictions: Ange to suffer early setback but joy for Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City

Ange Postecoglou's tactical arrival won't immediately transform Nottingham Forest; Arsenal are expected to beat Forest as the Premier League returns.
Europe news
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski discusses Russia's war on Ukraine amid stalled talks

Poland faces tangible Russian threats, manages major logistical support to Ukraine, and prioritizes protecting supply operations over deploying troops abroad.
SF music
fromFuncheap
4 hours ago

Del Sol Quartet "The Vast Blue We" Live at Internet Archive (SF)

Del Sol Quartet and Internet Archive present The Vast Blue We, a musical celebration marking the Wayback Machine's archive of one trillion web pages.
Manchester City
fromwww.caughtoffside.com
7 hours ago

Man City and Newcastle battling to sign Man Utd midfielder

Manchester City, alongside several top clubs, are reportedly pursuing unsettled Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo amid growing interest due to limited United playing time.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
8 hours ago

A four-minute sit-down with Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey

Liberal Democrats are rebuilding in London, focusing on NHS, social care, community politics, and targeting borough gains such as Merton to expand representation.
#political-violence
fromThe American Conservative
9 hours ago
Right-wing politics

Cancel Culture and the Kirk Murder

Mainstream Democrats largely condemned violence after Charlie Kirk's assassination, while some left-wing social media users celebrated, prompting backlash and debates over accountability and free speech.
fromThe Atlantic
2 hours ago
Left-wing politics

Why Anyone Believed the 'Groyper' Theory of the Kirk Assassination

Prosecutors’ evidence indicates Tyler Robinson was motivated by left-leaning views and trans-rights zeal, not by far-right affiliations.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
8 hours ago

Change building rules to boost homes, report urges

The mayor should cut affordable housing requirements and release green belt land to speed up homebuilding and address London's housing shortfall.
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
4 hours ago

German fears: Rising cost of living tops list of concerns DW 09/18/2025

Germans are becoming less fearful overall, yet economic concerns—rising living costs, taxes, welfare cuts, and housing affordability—remain the dominant public fears.
#oakland-real-estate
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