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This Weird Effect of Climate Change Is Scaring the Hell Out of Me
A 5,000-year-old Psychrobacter strain from cave ice carries multidrug resistance and antimicrobial activity, posing potential AMR risks if released by melting ice.
No mirrors, no machismo: Women lift heavy in Noe Valley
A women-centered strength studio provides small-group coaching and a non-intimidating environment to make heavy lifting accessible, confidence-building, and community-focused for women.
8 things Boomers do automatically that younger generations have to consciously learn - Silicon Canals
Older generations perform many everyday social and communication tasks instinctively, while younger generations must intentionally practice these skills due to different upbringing and technologies.
Fomi uses on-screen AI context analysis to allow productive use while blocking distractions, offering a three-day trial and $8/month subscription, with privacy trade-offs.
Is Seeking Recovery Support on Social Media Confidential? - Social Media Explorer
Social media recovery support privacy depends on platform settings and user choices; platforms are not bound by healthcare confidentiality laws like HIPAA.
Open banking's paywall era - and what it means for banks, fintechs, and policy in 2026 - Tearsheet
Banks are shifting to charge for third-party data access, challenging the free open-banking model and forcing fintechs or consumers to bear growing infrastructure costs.
How We Designed and Built the Buffer.com Homepage Hero
The homepage hero was redesigned to showcase supported social platforms with lively floating tiles and emojis, using designer-engineer pairing and A/B testing to validate.
AI-generated designs that follow established SaaS best practices often produce professional yet forgettable results, reinforcing visual sameness over originality.
Playboy founder's widow warns Hugh Hefner Foundation about pictures of underage girls
Crystal Hefner alleges Hugh M. Hefner's foundation holds scrapbooks and journals with sexual images, including possibly nonconsensual and underage photos, and seeks to block distribution.
Ivanti Exploitation Surges as Zero-Day Attacks Traced Back to July 2025
Exploitation of two patched Ivanti EPMM critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-1281, CVE-2026-1340) has surged, enabling remote unauthenticated code execution and full MDM compromise.
Orchestration is essential because AI-driven scale exposes cracks in ad tech infrastructures; creative and media must be integrated to avoid workflow collapse.
Q4: Omnicom's IPG Merger Is An AI Test Case | AdExchanger
Omnicom will pursue a data-led AI transformation after acquiring IPG, using Omni-integrated data and AI for targeting, measurement, creative testing, and cost savings.
Microsoft: Critical Windows Admin Center Flaw Allows Privilege Escalation
A Windows Admin Center authentication flaw (CVE-2026-26119) lets authorized users escalate privileges across networks, potentially granting widespread administrative control.
SAP evolves Emarsys into a full-blown engagement cloud | MarTech
SAP rebrands Emarsys to SAP Engagement Cloud to extend engagement beyond marketing into enterprise-wide orchestration with native operational data access and governance.
The story of Georgian wine has been 8,000 years in the making | Wine
Georgia preserves 8,000+ years of winemaking with 525+ indigenous grape varieties, reclaiming quality and gaining global popularity through authentic, natural wines.
Local Media Needs Consolidation To Compete, But An Outdated Legal Standard Stands In The Way | AdExchanger
Local broadcasters need regulatory changes to gain scale and modernize, enabling competition with Big Tech and better serve local advertisers and communities.
Media Briefing: Publishers explore selling AI visibility know-how to brands
Publishers are turning their AI citation strategies into sellable services that help brands gain visibility in ChatGPT and Google's AI-generated results.
Advocacy groups sue Trump administration over endangerment finding's repeal
The EPA rescinded the 2009 endangerment finding, prompting a lawsuit that argues the move increases pollution, health risks, and undermines greenhouse-gas regulations.
Trip to the Moon by John Yorke review a storytelling handbook in dire need of an edit
Understanding five-act narrative structure helps craft commercially effective, emotionally compelling plot-driven stories that tap themes of healing, reinvention and political rhetoric.
Alexander Isak return date: Arne Slot confirms April timeline for Liverpool striker
Alexander Isak has resumed on-pitch running in rehab and is expected to return to Liverpool around the international break as a stronger, different player.
Eleven complex narratives center Black women’s lives, portraying damaged, loving, jealous, and healing characters with stylistic range and enduring cultural influence.
Grassroots organizing requires careful tradeoffs between openness and security to protect participants from extensive government surveillance and corporate data cooperation.
When newspapers cut book coverage, communities lose more than reviews - Poynter
Newspaper book coverage is rapidly shrinking despite a $30 billion publishing industry, with major outlets cutting book sections and reducing book-review staff.
Ukraine sports minister slams Russia's Winter Paralympics entry as deeply outrageous'
Ukraine's sports minister condemns allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under national flags at the Winter Paralympics, calling it propaganda and normalization of war.
Tom Junod Finally Reckons with What It Means to Be a Man
Tom Junod contemplates personal ambiguity in the South while reflecting on a long career probing diverse, provocative subjects and confronting historical memory.
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Venita Blackburn in San Jose | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
Venita Blackburn reads from Dead in Long Beach, exploring grief, queer identity, and violent imagination while also teaching and running free writing workshops.
Newcastle United sit 11th amid an injury-hit run but retain adequate squad strength when fit, though multiple injuries in one position would seriously weaken depth.
WinterTC: Write once, run anywhere (for real this time)
Unified JavaScript runtime standard WinterTC creates a consistent guaranteed API surface across browsers, servers, and edge runtimes to reduce fragmentation.
Curry still out for Warriors; Porzingis to debut against Celtics
Stephen Curry will miss the Warriors' post–All-Star break game against Boston due to persistent right-knee inflammation; Kristaps Porzingis is expected to debut for Golden State.
Stephen Curry will not play Thursday versus the Celtics due to a lingering runner's knee; Kristaps Porzingis is questionable after practice and would be limited if he plays.
Python Environments Extension for VS Code - Microsoft for Python Developers Blog
VS Code Python now offers a unified environments extension that discovers, manages, and creates environments and packages across major tools with minimal setup.
How Conversion Rate Optimization Boosts Sales and Business Growth - Social Media Explorer
Conversion Rate Optimization improves website elements and user experience to turn existing traffic into paying customers, boosting leads, registrations, and sales.
The AI Targeting Joke; Agentic AI Outgrows Its Hype | AdExchanger
San Francisco AI startups heavily invest in out-of-home ads targeting tech executives while marketers cautiously evaluate agentic AI due to measurement and transparency gaps.