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Wellness
fromIndependent
35 minutes ago

Alison Spittle: 'I never felt the need to lie to people about how mentally ill I was, and I never felt the need to hate myself because I'm fat'

Comedian lost weight after a serious illness, confronting lifelong appearance-based abuse and recognizing that emotional healing requires more than medication.
Digital life
fromAol
10 hours ago

YouTube relaxes monetization policy on videos with controversial content

YouTube now allows full ad monetization for non-graphic videos about sensitive issues like domestic abuse, self-harm, suicide, adult sexual abuse, abortion, and sexual harassment.
Wellness
fromBusiness Insider
18 hours ago

Airbnb CEO says he was self-conscious about working out when he first got to Silicon Valley. Times have changed.

The tech community has embraced fitness, and bodybuilding principles like daily consistency apply to entrepreneurship.
Wellness
fromInsideHook
18 hours ago

How to Sleep Well and Wake Up Energized in 2026

Avoid screens before bed, read fiction to wind down, finish dinner two to three hours before sleep, and reduce evening fluids to prevent sleep disruptions.
OMG science
fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

This teenager who wrote a research paper on how AI could impact teen jobs

AI is replacing common teenage jobs like retail and food service through kiosks and self-checkout, reducing summer and entry-level employment opportunities for teens.
Digital life
fromTelecompetitor
17 hours ago

ImOn Communications announces completion of Cedar Rapids, Iowa fiber upgrade

Cedar Rapids now has a 100% fiber-to-the-home network offering residential 2 Gbps and 5 Gbps service, replacing hybrid fiber-coaxial infrastructure.
Digital life
fromFast Company
14 hours ago

Why is everyone posting 2016? What to know about the nostalgic social media trend that's dominating TikTok

Gen Z nostalgia centers on 2016, with TikTok users declaring '2026 is the new 2016' and revisiting 2016 culture and media.
OMG science
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Wolf's dinner preserved in Siberia for 14,400 years sheds light on woolly rhino

A woolly rhinoceros genome was recovered from partially digested tissue inside a 14,400-year-old mummified wolf cub, providing genetic data from near the species' extinction.
fromNature
1 week ago

Electrochemical defluorinative Matteson-type homologation - Nature

The Matteson homologation, first developed in 1980, elongates carbon chains by insertion into a C−B bond. 1 This versatile reaction traditionally requires three steps: carbanion formation, nucleophilic addition to organoboron, and a thermo- or Lewis acid-promoted boronate rearrangement. These processes often demand exacting conditions, including cryogenic temperatures and handling of air- and moisture-sensitive reagents. 2,3 Here, we report a Matteson-type homologation which integrates these three transformations into a one-pot electrochemical process.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.mercurynews.com
6 hours ago

Letters: Authorities must end sharing of license plate data

Residents demand enforcement of SB 34 and SB 54, protection of license-plate privacy, relief for overcrowded animal shelters, and safe vehicle-housing solutions for the homeless.
Privacy professionals
fromThe Mercury News
6 hours ago

Letters: Authorities must end sharing of license plate data

Sharing license plate reader data threatens privacy and should be investigated, cameras misused disabled, while community action and creative housing solutions are urged for animals and people experiencing homelessness.
UX design
fromMedium
16 hours ago

AI Tools Designers Should Stick With in 2026

Successful designers in 2026 will combine design skills with engineering knowledge, using AI-enabled tools to build, ship, and implement interactive production-ready interfaces.
UX design
fromMedium
4 days ago

UI Design with Nano Banana Pro

Nano Banana Pro excels at UI design with 99% text accuracy, spatial layout understanding, and 4K output, making it ideal for high-fidelity UI creation.
Tech industry
from24/7 Wall St.
11 hours ago

Why Is Meta Platforms Priced 36% Cheaper Than Its Hyperscaler Peers?

Meta Platforms' strong revenue and stock gains coexist with a valuation discount due to ad revenue concentration, heavy AI-focused capex, volatile earnings, and reduced monetization.
Tech industry
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

Meta has discontinued its metaverse for work, too

Meta will discontinue Horizon Workrooms, stop selling Quest commercial SKUs and managed services, and has cut Reality Labs while shutting multiple VR studios and projects.
UX design
fromMedium
16 hours ago

Why "Good" UX portfolios NEVER get Interviews in 2026 (11 Hiring Red Flags)

Portfolios must quickly communicate role fit, seniority via decision structure and operating range, plus clear before-after impact, or reviewers discard them.
#tiktok
more#tiktok
EU data protection
fromBusiness Matters
1 day ago

Compliance Is the New Creative: Why Your Channel Partners Are Your Biggest Liability (and How to Fix It)

Channel partners’ compliance failures can directly harm brand reputation and expose companies to significant fines; channel marketing must enforce GDPR and EU AI Act compliance.
Europe news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 hours ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,423

Russian forces continued offensive operations, seizing settlements, striking energy and military targets, causing civilian casualties, widespread power outages, and prompting emergency repairs and humanitarian concerns.
Media industry
fromLGBTQ Nation
7 hours ago

CBS News embraces "transphobic dog whistle" under Bari Weiss' guidance - LGBTQ Nation

CBS News will use the term biological sex at birth without quotation marks to describe sex assigned at birth in its reporting.
Major League Baseball
fromBattery Power
1 hour ago

Braves News: Austin Riley 2026 predictions, hot stove, and more

Mets sign Bo Bichette to a three-year $126M deal; Phillies re-sign J.T. Realmuto; Marlins, Mets, and Twins make waiver signings and catching moves.
Books
fromFuncheap
4 hours ago

Author Chat: Literary History of Computing (Mountain View)

Influential books have shaped computing innovations, inspired transformative visions, and continue to inform understanding during the AI era.
Media industry
fromNewsday
10 hours ago

YouTube relaxes monetization policy on videos with controversial content

YouTube now allows non-graphic coverage or dramatizations of sensitive topics like domestic abuse, suicide, abortion and sexual harassment to receive full ad revenue.
#restaurant-closure
fromSFGATE
5 hours ago
Silicon Valley food

Bay Area Italian restaurant frequented by Steve Jobs to close after 36 years

fromSFGATE
5 hours ago
Silicon Valley food

Bay Area Italian restaurant frequented by Steve Jobs to close after 36 years

more#restaurant-closure
Social media marketing
fromBenzinga
5 hours ago

Elon Musk's X Is Offering $1 Million For The Best Article - And It's A Big Bet On Long-Form Content - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

X will award $1 million to the top long-form post in the next payout period to incentivize high-quality original creator content.
Food & drink
fromPortland Monthly
6 hours ago

The Team Behind Eem and Yaowarat Open in the OG Pok Pok

A new Chiang Mai–inspired Thai restaurant, OK Chicken and Khao Soi, is opening in Pok Pok's former space, offering northern Thai dishes and fried chicken.
Environment
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 hours ago

Timothy Morton, activist: The United States is a massive concentration camp'

Planetary-scale phenomena called 'hyperobjects' are so vast and long-lived that humans can only perceive tiny fragments, shaping new environmental thought and existential anguish.
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
4 hours ago

How One Sweet Addition Reshapes The Way Pot Roast Tastes - Tasting Table

Adding about two cups of applesauce to pot roast with stock or gravy adds moisture, sweet-savory flavor, and tenderizes vegetables during slow cooking.
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
19 hours ago

CTV Is Stuck In Its Growing Pains. Can AI Save the Day? | AdExchanger

CTV advertising still struggles with frequency capping and measurement while AI becomes ubiquitous and data partnerships aim to connect viewing and purchasing signals.
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
13 hours ago

CES 2026: What's Real - And What's BS - When It Comes To AI | AdExchanger

Digital advertising will focus on 2026 trends, learn from 2025 missteps, and prioritize practical AI use cases over CES hype.
Information security
fromTechzine Global
16 hours ago

RondoDox botnet exploits HPE OneView vulnerability on a massive scale

RondoDox botnet rapidly escalated automated exploitation of critical, unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2025-37164 in HPE OneView, causing tens of thousands of attack attempts.
Information security
fromTheregister
17 hours ago

RondoDox botnet exploits critical HPE OneView bug

RondoDox is conducting mass automated exploitation of HPE OneView CVE-2025-37164, producing tens of thousands of attack attempts and delivering malware.
Marketing tech
fromMarTech
16 hours ago

B2B marketers trust AI for execution but not strategy | MarTech

B2B marketers primarily use AI for execution and productivity while largely distrusting it for strategic tasks like brand positioning.
Europe news
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
14 hours ago

Ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko Avoids Detention On Bribery Charges

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko must pay $760,000 bail amid bribery charges, faces travel and communication restrictions while denying wrongdoing and preparing an appeal.
Remote teams
fromThe Business of Fashion
1 day ago

Fashion Is Done With Remote Work

Return-to-office mandates are spreading across fashion and retail as companies cite collaboration, culture and productivity concerns, with some using policies to nudge departures.
Privacy technologies
fromThe Hacker News
19 hours ago

Your Digital Footprint Can Lead Right to Your Front Door

Publicly available personal data on data brokers and directories creates real physical and financial safety risks, requiring active deletion or protection.
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
12 hours ago

Taking the Internet Novel Offline

Depicting internet-mediated life requires new narrative strategies that ground online behavior in familiar forms like family drama to keep readers engaged.
Privacy technologies
fromComputerworld
22 hours ago

Google flexes another AI advantage

Google's Gemini Personal Intelligence selectively accesses Gmail, Photos, YouTube, and Search data to provide more personalized, context-aware AI assistance for users.
Privacy technologies
fromSupercar Blondie
17 hours ago

Woman shares clever hack that shows how to find out everything that Google knows about you

Google aggregates detailed personal signals for ad personalization, and users can view and disable that profiling via Ads Settings.
Social media marketing
fromThe Drum
14 hours ago

Skeptical CMOs are wrong - social media marketing is a powerful tool

Social media is a vital extension of modern marketing that provides unparalleled customer insights and drives growth, trends, and effective brand positioning.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
14 hours ago

This month's best paperbacks: Anne Tyler, Jason Allen-Paisant and more

Childhood in rural Jamaica reveals nature, memory, walking, herbalism, and the interplay of landscape, loss, and cultural memory.
Environment
fromFortune
9 hours ago

Dominion Energy wins bid to resume wind project Trump halted | Fortune

A federal judge allowed Dominion Energy to resume construction of its $11 billion offshore wind project while legal challenges to the government's suspension order continue.
Social media marketing
fromBusiness Insider
20 hours ago

Why the millennials are yearning for 2016 all over Instagram

Millennials are nostalgically reposting 2016-era selfies on Instagram and TikTok, embracing retro filters, analogue aesthetics, and relief from current social pressures.
Writing
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
12 hours ago

Meet Berkeley's new poet laureates a kindergarten teacher and 2 high school freshmen

Hanan Masri named Berkeley's third poet laureate; Nolawit Ketema and Rachel Dunn named youth poet laureates, with city duties, mentorship, and a $5,000 honorarium.
#remote-work
fromMedium
16 hours ago
Remote teams

Why remote work stopped working for me

Exclusive remote work reduces interruptions and comfort but erodes relationships, spontaneous collaboration, and creative energy, making hybrid work a better balance.
fromForbes
1 day ago
Remote teams

Top 29 Companies Hiring Remote Jobs In 2026, From FlexJobs Data

Employee bargaining power over remote work plunged in 2026, even as remote hiring rose in targeted fields such as IT, project management, sales, client services, and healthcare.
more#remote-work
Wine
fromTasting Table
9 hours ago

A Once-Dominant Bay Area Winery Is Shutting Down After Years Of Rapid Growth - Tasting Table

Subject to Change Wine Company, once a leading natural-wine producer, is ceasing production after declining sales, lost distribution, mounting debt, and a failed new product launch.
Writing
fromFuncheap
11 hours ago

Bay Area Then and Now Poetry Series

Poetry and spoken word readings by Kevin Dublin, Magick Altman, and Tongo Eisen-Martin outside at YBCA's Third Street Courtyard; included with gallery admission.
Wine
fromEater Portland
1 day ago

OK Omens Is Portland's All-Purpose Dining and Drinking Spot

OK Omens blends serious wine focus—especially riesling—with creative, accessible food, dollar oyster happy hour, approachable atmosphere, and playful cocktails.
Dallas Cowboys
fromPro Football Rumors
1 day ago

Wink Martindale, Jim Leonhard, DeMarcus Covington Among Jets' DC Interviewees

The Jets interviewed eight candidates for defensive coordinator, including interim Chris Harris and veteran Don Martindale, with Harris unlikely to be chosen.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Blaugranes
6 hours ago

Loan watch: Ansu Fati scores on return from injury and set to face Real Madrid next

Ansu Fati returned from a hamstring injury, scored for Monaco, and now prepares to face a troubled Real Madrid in the Champions League.
SF music
fromFuncheap
4 hours ago

Eric Reprid Live: Hits + New Tracks (Brick & Mortar)

Eric Reprid is a 26-year-old Vancouver hip-hop artist with viral, controversial hits, a Juno nomination, and multiple 2024–2025 releases planned.
New York Islanders
fromEyes On Isles
5 hours ago

Confidence is flowing for Islanders' Anthony Duclair as he stays hot against Oilers

Anthony Duclair scored his ninth goal on a Cal Ritchie power-play feed, leading the Islanders to a 1-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
6 hours ago

Daily newsletter 1/16

Kyrsten Sinema faces a federal lawsuit; 911 recordings reveal details of Renee Good's shooting; a Delaware congresswoman endured transphobic attacks.
Mindfulness
fromFuncheap
4 hours ago

Learn to Meditate: Free Classes + Retreat (SF)

Insight-oriented meditation course teaching the Buddha's Four Foundations of Mindfulness with guided and silent practices, mindful movement, talks, and home practice recommendations.
Gadgets
fromTech Times
4 hours ago

Top CES 2026 Remote Work & Productivity Devices: Foldable Laptops, AI, and Ultralight PCs

CES 2026 showcased portable, durable, AI-enhanced devices—foldables, ultrawide laptops, and compact desktops—that redefine hybrid work by improving multitasking, mobility, and thermal management.
National Hockey League
fromEditor In Leaf
4 hours ago

Leafs have chance to make giant splash by trading for Rangers superstar

The New York Rangers are open to trading Artemi Panarin this season, creating a potential opportunity for the Toronto Maple Leafs to acquire elite scoring.
National Hockey League
fromrussianmachineneverbreaks.com
6 hours ago

New York Rangers announce retool of roster, intention to trade popular players in another classic press release

The Rangers will retool the roster around core players and prospects, seeking youth, draft picks, and cap space while potentially moving longtime contributors.
Silicon Valley
fromFortune
3 hours ago

Elon Musk's Boring Co. is studying a tunnel project to Tesla Gigafactory near Reno | Fortune

The Boring Company is studying a possible tunnel under nine miles of Interstate 80 between Reno and Tesla's Gigafactory, funded by EDAWN for conceptual designs and feasibility.
Education
fromLos Angeles Times
43 minutes ago

Prep basketball roundup: Servite comes up short in bid to end Trinity League losing streak

Servite's 51-game Trinity League losing streak continued with an 84-73 loss to Orange Lutheran; several high school games featured standout individual performances.
National Basketball Association
fromESPN.com
5 hours ago

Ohio State's Puff Johnson granted TRO request for immediate eligibility

Puff Johnson received immediate eligibility at Ohio State via a temporary restraining order after alleging Penn State misdiagnosed a wrist injury, affecting his redshirt status.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
3 hours ago

Queer trans ICE protester recounts pepper-spraying, jailing by agents

A queer transgender woman and her girlfriend were pepper-sprayed, handcuffed, and jailed after confronting armed ICE agents at a St. Cloud mall protest.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
4 hours ago

Billionaire developer Rick Caruso will not run for L.A. mayor or California governor

Billionaire developer Rick Caruso will not run for Los Angeles mayor or California governor and will focus on his nonprofit and public service work.
SF music
fromsfist.com
5 hours ago

A Dolly Parton 80th Birthday Bash Is Happening Sunday at the Make-Out Room, So Steel Your Magnolias

Dolly Parton turns 80; San Francisco's Make-Out Room hosts a benefit birthday bash with look-alike contests, Dolly-aoke, and an all-Dolly vinyl dance party for Imagination Library.
Relationships
fromIndependent
35 minutes ago

Asking for a friend: I thought my boyfriend was going to propose over Christmas but instead he told me he needed space and moved out. I feel blindsided and at rock bottom...

Sudden relationship uncertainty triggers intense shock and grief; resolving it requires clear communication to determine whether issues are fixable or relationship is over.
#luka-doncic
more#luka-doncic
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