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Kate Hudson, 46, says she doesn't need long workouts to feel good

Daily movement of as little as 20 minutes supports mood, vitality, and encourages healthier choices; variety like yoga, weightlifting, Pilates, and dance sustains wellness.

US news

fromBoston.com

Police in Cape Cod warn against viral door-kicking social media trend

Door-kicking prank endangers residents, can cause criminal charges, and has led to deadly consequences; choose positive community actions instead of social media stunts.

Wellness

fromwww.ocregister.com

15 hours ago

Trying to improve your health and wellness in 2026? Keep it simple

Simplify health habits: focus on whole foods, reasonable protein and fiber, basic skin care with sunscreen, and short showers instead of trendy products or complex routines.

Wellness

fromPsychology Today

Keeping Your New Year's Goals Without Breaking the Bank

Community, consistency, budget, and broadening fitness to include mental and emotional health matter more than expensive gadgets for sustainable New Year fitness goals.

Digital life

fromComputerworld

47 awesome Android app discoveries from 2025

Use New Year's Day to clean and optimize your smartphone so apps, settings, and systems are ready to handle the upcoming busy period.

Digital life

fromThe New Yorker

A Day in My Highly Optimized, Convenient Life

A hyper-connected, tech-enabled lifestyle prioritizes safety, efficiency, and convenience at the cost of social interaction and everyday human activity.

Digital life

fromWIRED

10 Tech Cleanup Tasks for New Year's Day

Perform quick New Year’s Day tech chores: empty trash, clear tabs and history, clean devices, organize desktop, and unsubscribe to improve digital order.

OMG science

fromFortune

NASA's upcoming moonshot may let astronauts be the first to lay eyes on parts of the lunar far side that were missed by the Apollo program | Fortune

2026 features renewed human and robotic lunar missions, notable solar eclipses, increased auroral chances, and continued observation of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas as it fades.

OMG science

fromThe Mercury News

6 days 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

1 week 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.

Tech industry

fromGlyph

fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News

The Next Thing Will Not Be Big

Technological acceleration across the 20th and 21st centuries compressed cultural cycles, producing multiple transformative innovations within individual lifetimes.

UX design

4 hours ago

Best Tech Gadgets of 2025: 10 Innovations You Need to See - Yanko Design

Integrated keyboard-case designs and other inventive gadgets prioritize solving real user frustrations while preserving portability and improving interaction.

UX design

fromMedium

2 months ago

I Tested 5 AI Tools on 10 Real UI Design Prompts-Here's What Actually Works in 2025

First-pass AI design outputs vary widely: some tools generate usable, accessibility-minded UI suggestions while others produce superficial mockups requiring substantial human refinement.

UX design

fromSitePoint Forums | Web Development & Design Community

Feedback to my blog ranking the mobile games

Seeks constructive design and UX feedback for a small games-of-the-year blog template to improve visual appeal, usability, and overall visual style.

Tech industry

fromBenzinga

Amazon Permits Remote Work For Employees Stuck In India As Visa Processing Slows: Report - Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Amazon allows employees stranded in India by H‑1B visa delays to work remotely until March 2 with strict limits on coding, strategic decisions, and customer interactions.

EU data protection

fromComputerWeekly.com

Top 10 surveillance, journalism and encryption stories of 2025 | Computer Weekly

Governments and law enforcement increased pressure on tech companies for access to encrypted user data, prompting legal battles, international disputes, and privacy-security concerns.

fromDataBreaches.Net

Attorney General James Secures $500,000 from Capital Region Health Care Provider for Failing to Protect Patients' Information - DataBreaches.Net

NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that her office has secured $500,000 in penalties from OrthopedicsNY, LLP (OrthopedicsNY) for failing to protect patients' private information. OrthopedicsNY is an orthopedics medicine and surgery practice that operates clinics and surgery centers across the Capital Region. An investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) found that cyber-attackers were able to steal patient data because the health care practice did not properly protect its systems, exposing the information of more than 650,000 patients and employees.

Privacy professionals

fromwww.aljazeera.com

Disney to pay $10m over alleged breaches of US child privacy laws

Disney will pay $10m and must change YouTube practices after unlawfully collecting children's data and mislabeling videos, violating US children's online privacy rules.

Privacy professionals

fromPsychology Today

How to Prepare for More AI in Your Dating Apps

Treat AI-powered dating apps as nosy, data-collecting systems; exercise privacy precautions, avoid mistaking programmed flattery for genuine emotion, and watch for bias.

EU data protection

fromDataBreaches.Net

fromElectronic Frontier Foundation

French software company fined $2 million for cyber failings leading to data breach - DataBreaches.Net

Nexpublica France was fined €1.7 million by CNIL for inadequate cybersecurity after a portal exposed third-party documents and sensitive data.

EU data protection

Defending Encryption in the U.S. and Abroad: 2025 in Review

Encryption remains essential for private communication and faces repeated political attempts to weaken or break it, with mixed outcomes across Europe and the UK.

Marketing tech

fromDigiday

'There's no room for purists': Generative AI is altering the agency junior talent search

Ad industry jobs fell in 2025 while agencies increasingly hire AI-fluent, technically skilled and early-career talent focused on software, engineering, and automation.

National Football League

Ranking the best players in the college football transfer portal

The NCAA FBS/FCS transfer portal is open Jan. 2–16, providing a single offseason window for teams to reshape rosters for 2026.

National Football League

fromwww.mediaite.com

This Is Embarrassing': Kirk Hebrstreit Repeatedly Drags Alabama During Playoff Beatdown

Alabama was thoroughly dominated by Indiana, displaying a lackluster, defeated defense and suffering a humiliating 38-3 loss that damages the program's reputation.

National Football League

fromSun Sentinel

4 hours ago

Dave Hyde: Can Troy Aikman save the Dolphins? Steve Ross can only hope

Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross hired Troy Aikman to consult on a league-wide general manager search, creating uncertainty about Mike McDaniel's coaching future and conflicts.

Major League Baseball

fromMLB Trade Rumors

The Rays' Second Base Options

The Rays must replace second baseman Brandon Lowe and are considering internal option Richie Palacios, trade targets, or modest free-agent signings.

Privacy technologies

fromMUO

A truly independent search engine shouldn't exist in 2026 - but it does, and it's great

Mojeek runs its own web crawl and proprietary index, providing privacy by not tracking users while sacrificing many modern search conveniences.

Major League Baseball

fromMLB Trade Rumors

Cubs Notes: Imai, Okamoto

Tatsuya Imai signed a three-year, $54 million deal with the Astros including opt-outs after two seasons, surprising expectations for a nine-figure contract.

Artificial intelligence

fromYahoo Tech

ChatGPT ads won't show up in your chats soon, but OpenAI is still testing them

OpenAI is exploring placing sponsored content inside ChatGPT responses or in a sidebar, potentially affecting user choices if blended with advice.

#wildfire-risk

fromThe Mercury News

Environment

Letters: Fix Our Forests Act would increase fire danger

fromwww.mercurynews.com

Environment

Letters: Fix Our Forests Act would increase fire danger

fromThe Mercury News

Environment

Letters: Fix Our Forests Act would increase fire danger

fromwww.mercurynews.com

Environment

Letters: Fix Our Forests Act would increase fire danger

Letters: An outdated trope demeans an accomplished woman

Gendered descriptors diminish accomplished women; proposed 'Fix Our Forests' would worsen wildfire risk; rapid data center growth lacks adequate local planning.

Food & drink

fromTasting Table

These Store-Bought Pre-Made Mashed Potatoes Flop In Taste And Texture - Tasting Table

Stouffer's Everyday Homestyle mashed potatoes scored lowest for bland flavor, gummy paste-like texture, watery separation, and underseasoning despite high sodium.

Information security

fromThe Hacker News

RondoDox Botnet Exploits Critical React2Shell Flaw to Hijack IoT Devices and Web Servers

A nine-month campaign used React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) and other N-day flaws to enroll IoT devices and web apps into the RondoDox botnet, deploying miners and Mirai variants.

English Premier League

from101GREATGOALS.COM

12 hours ago

Liverpool vs Leeds United: Alisson 'problem' gives Reds scare in Premier League

Alisson passed straight to Ethan Ampadu but recovered to save a tame shot, with Liverpool and Leeds finishing the first half deadlocked.

Artificial intelligence

fromSocial Media Today

Meta Acquires AI Chatbot Company Manus

Manus offers a leading autonomous general-purpose agent for market research, coding, and data analysis, with plans to expand and integrate it into products.

Information security

fromThe Hacker News

14 hours ago

ThreatsDay Bulletin: GhostAd Drain, macOS Attacks, Proxy Botnets, Cloud Exploits, and 12+ Stories

Threat actors are evolving rapidly, exploiting many small openings with precise, low-noise tactics that blur the line between normal operations and compromise.

#return-to-office

fromDwell

Remote teams

What Have We Learned About the Design of Attracting Employees?

fromForbes

Remote teams

Why A Forced Return-To-Office Mandate Can Backfire

fromDwell

Remote teams

What Have We Learned About the Design of Attracting Employees?

fromForbes

Remote teams

Why A Forced Return-To-Office Mandate Can Backfire

more#return-to-office

English Premier League

22 hours ago

What I have learned from watching all 20 Premier League teams this season | John Brewin

English football in 2025 reflects social tensions, heavy commercialisation, tactical analytics, and widespread dissatisfaction despite isolated successful clubs.

Information security

fromFortune

18 hours ago

Feds are hunting teenage hacking groups like 'Scattered Spider' who have targeted $1 trillion worth of the Fortune 500 since 2022 | Fortune

The Com recruits teenage workers to carry out ransomware, phishing, data breaches, and extortion against major corporations, paying per successful call in cryptocurrency.

Major League Baseball

fromDodgers Nation

13 hours ago

Key Dates of 2026 MLB Season: Everything to Know

2026 MLB key dates: Opening Day Mar. 25, Jackie Robinson Day, Rivalry Weekend, All-Star Game July 14, Roberto Clemente Day.

Privacy technologies

fromZDNET

How to disable ACR on your TV (and why doing so makes such a big difference)

Smart TVs use ACR to monitor viewing and send personal viewing data to advertisers for targeted ads; disabling ACR can protect privacy but requires effort.

Books

fromThe Atlantic

The Benefits of Reading a 'Hard' Book

Deliberate reading challenges expand literary habits, fill blind spots, and reveal overlooked, intimidating books that can transform reading pleasure and confidence.

Media industry

Soapy micro dramas face a reckoning in 2026 after capturing Hollywood's attention

Micro dramas (verticals) surged in 2025, generating significant viewer-paid revenue and non-union jobs while facing criticism, high marketing costs, and uncertain sustainability.

Books

fromwww.newyorker.com

Bryan Washington Reads Yiyun Li

Bryan Washington and Deborah Treisman read Yiyun Li's 'A Small Flame,' originally published in The New Yorker in 2017.

Food & drink

fromBoston.com

11 hours ago

5 restaurants we're excited to try in January

New restaurants opening in early 2026 include a tequila-focused Mexican spot, a French-Asian bakery, boneless Korean fried chicken, and a First Watch breakfast location.

Media industry

fromwww.mediaite.com

fromwww.london-unattached.com

Tony Dokoupil Tells CBS Viewers to Hold Him Accountable

Incoming CBS Evening News anchor urges viewers not to trust him initially and promises transparency, accountability, and prioritizing viewers over advertisers, politicians, or corporate interests.

Wine

Humble Grape Bow Lane

Humble Grape opened its seventh venue in the 11th-century crypt of St Mary-le-Bow, combining wine bar, shop and restaurant with a list of organic wines.

Food & drink

fromTasting Table

20 Dessert And Treat Chains, Ranked Worst To Best - Tasting Table

U.S. dessert chains vary widely in flavor, consistency, value, and variety; some deliver reliably delicious treats while others, like Dunkin', often disappoint.

Media industry

fromDigiday

A timeline of the major deals between publishers and AI tech companies in 2025

Major tech companies signed inaugural AI content licensing deals with publishers in 2025, exchanging content access and attribution for training data, funding, and technology partnerships.

Writing

My big night out: I was about to get fired then a colleague invited me to the party that changed my life

A mid-90s admin assistant questions career identity while joining flamboyant newspaper colleagues at a bar-launch party.

Books

fromFast Company

21 hours ago

What you need to know about hidden markets to get lucky in love, work, and life

Hidden markets determine who gets scarce resources; identifying their rules and strategically playing them lets people create more favorable outcomes.

Remote teams

fromInc

How to Make an RTO Plan Your Employees Won't Hate

Hybrid and remote work remains widely preferred by American workers, who resist return-to-office mandates and adapt via microshifting and AI meeting avatars.

Wine

fromwww.mercurynews.com

How the wine world is set to change in 2026

Climate change will reshape grape growing while nonalcoholic wines, regenerative farming, and younger consumers drive evolving wine-market trends into 2026.

English Premier League

fromwww.fourfourtwo.com

The Debate: Which Premier League manager did the best in 2025?

Andoni Iraola elevated Bournemouth to unprecedented Premier League success despite limited resources and significant squad turnover.

Privacy technologies

fromThe Drum

What Google's cookieless privacy measures mean for marketers

Google will phase out third-party cookies and will not build or use alternative user-level identifiers to track individuals across the web.

Wine

This New Year's Eve, the Champagne market is looking for hope

Champagne faces slowed exports and added tariffs, but U.S. consumption shows early stabilization amid inventory overhang and combined price pressures from tariffs and a weak dollar.

Writing

fromPoynter

'Hit the pavement, talk to strangers, listen:' 5 lessons from great storytelling - Poynter

Traditional reporting fundamentals—shoe-leather reporting, listening, and source trust—combined with innovation in delivery produce impactful journalism driven by reporters' dedication and humanity.

Writing

fromOpen Culture

How to Jumpstart Your Creative Process with William S. Burroughs' Cut-Up Technique

The cut-up method dismantles habitual thought patterns and liberates creative expression from internal self-censorship.

Europe news

fromwww.npr.org

For Ukrainians, a nuclear missile museum is a bitter reminder of what the country gave up

Ukraine dismantled its nuclear arsenal after independence in 1991 and many Ukrainians now view that decision as a fateful mistake and betrayal.

Europe news

fromwww.npr.org

5 days ago

Russia attacks Kyiv, killing 1 and wounding many ahead of Ukraine-US talks

Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv killed one, wounded over 20, damaged residential and energy infrastructure and caused power outages before Zelenskyy's U.S. talks.

New York City

fromwww.aljazeera.com

We will not wait': Mamdani kicks off housing plans after inaugural party

Zohran Mamdani's inauguration drew massive public celebrations, progressive leaders, and chants to tax the rich, breaking traditional inauguration formality in New York City.

New York City

fromwww.amny.com

5 hours ago

MAMDANI'S FIRST 100 DAYS: New mayor gets started by revoking Adams-era orders, relaunches tenant rights office amNewYork

Zohran Mamdani immediately enacted executive actions, revived tenants' rights enforcement, reorganized leadership, and launched housing affordability task forces while reversing select predecessor orders.

#manchester-city

8 hours ago

Manchester City

Sunderland 0-0 Manchester City: Guardiolas side see winning streak stall - Soccer News

Manchester City

Pep Guardiola urges Manchester City players to get heads up' for visit of Chelsea

Manchester City

We could not score in the six-yard box - Guardiola bemoans Man City profligacy at Sunderland - Soccer News

8 hours ago

Manchester City

Sunderland 0-0 Manchester City: Guardiolas side see winning streak stall - Soccer News

Manchester City

Pep Guardiola urges Manchester City players to get heads up' for visit of Chelsea

Manchester City

We could not score in the six-yard box - Guardiola bemoans Man City profligacy at Sunderland - Soccer News

more#manchester-city

National Hockey League

fromMaple Leafs Hotstove

Craig Berube on the Leafs' come-from-behind 6-5 win over the Jets: "Good resilience and character coming back... I liked the guys' attitude; everyone kept playing"

Maple Leafs displayed resilience and sustained offensive connection, mounting multiple comebacks and leveraging forechecking and net-driving to secure a 6-5 regulation win.

Mindfulness

fromBustle

Here's Your Horoscope For Friday, January 2

Balance feelings with practical thinking; trust and mature reliability attract opportunities, and Chiron's retrograde ending encourages confronting long-held insecurities focusing on progress, not perfection.

Gadgets

AI boom threatens to push smartphone, PC prices higher in 2026

DRAM supply is shifting to AI data centers, causing memory shortages that could raise memory costs and increase average smartphone prices in 2026.

National Hockey League

fromTheLeafsNation

Instant Reaction: The Auston Matthews show propels Maple Leafs to 6-5 win over Jets

Auston Matthews scored a hat trick and an assist on New Years Day, revitalizing his season and boosting his confidence for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

France news

From bon appetit to Uber Eats: why France's beloved restaurants are in crisis | Paul Taylor

Traditional French restaurants are collapsing due to shifting consumer habits, rising costs, tax and licensing pressures, and competition from delivery services, leaving luxury and fast-food venues thriving.

Gadgets

fromwww.bbc.com

5 hours ago

Why everything from your phone to your PC may get pricier in 2026

RAM prices have more than doubled since October 2025, likely causing consumer device price increases in 2026 due to high AI data‑centre demand.

Gadgets

fromGSMArena.com

Motorola Signature to support a stylus

Motorola's upcoming Signature smartphone will likely include stylus support and flagship hardware, debuting January 6 with Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and up to 16GB RAM.

New York Islanders

fromEyes On Isles

Bo Horvat exits brutal NY Islanders loss versus Utah with injury; status uncertain

Bo Horvat left with an apparent left-leg injury after his Olympic selection, casting doubt on his Team Canada availability and threatening the Islanders' scoring.

National Hockey League

fromPuck Prose

Early predictions for the entire World Juniors knockout round

Projected semifinal: Sweden vs Finland, with Sweden relying on puck possession and Finland needing composure and discipline to convert its scoring edge.

Education

fromIndependent

Big jump in reports of school absences following probe into Kyran Durnin disappearance

Tusla received over 9,000 referrals for poor school attendance last academic year, prompting establishment of a Children Missing in Education team to locate absent children.

LGBT

Strike a pose: vogue balls go mainstream in New Zealand

Maori and Pasifika queer communities in New Zealand have embraced vogue ballroom culture, staging large, expressive balls that celebrate indigenous, Black and queer performance traditions.

Mindfulness

fromPsychology Today

Making New Year's Resolutions Stick

Adaptive, flexible goals emphasizing direction and progress increase long-term success, resilience, and well-being compared with rigid, targeted resolutions.

Women

National Basketball Association

Venus gets wild-card invite to play Australian Open

Venus Williams, 45, received a wild-card for the Australian Open and will become the oldest woman to compete in the main draw.

National Basketball Association

Sources: Valanciunas (calf) out at least 4 weeks

Jonas Valanciunas will be reevaluated in four weeks after a right calf strain sustained during the Nuggets' 106-103 win over the Raptors.

fromNewsday

National Basketball Association

Durant has been hurt the way Jokic was. He hopes the Nuggets star doesn't also become 'injury prone'

Kevin Durant compared Nikola Jokic's knee injury to his own past freak knee injuries caused when other players fell into his leg.

Durant sympathizes with Jokic's 'freak' injury

Nikola Jokic hyperextended his knee after a teammate stepped on his foot, a freak accident similar to previous knee injuries that sidelined Kevin Durant.

Relationships

Experience: My friend turned out to be my long-lost sister

An adoptee from the Dominican Republic found her biological family through 23andMe, reconnecting with her father and multiple siblings in an emotional reunion.

fromsf.funcheap.com