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Wellness
fromFast Company
4 hours ago

Ben Franklin found the secret to happy aging 275 years ago. Modern psychology agrees

Sustained usefulness and purposeful activity are central to healthy aging, as much as medical, fitness, or dietary interventions.
Wellness
fromCN Traveller
4 hours ago

Is yodelling the wackiest wellness trend of 2026?

Yodelling in the Swiss Alps functions as a wellness practice offering stress relief, cognitive stimulation, and improved lung capacity, revived as cultural heritage.
Wellness
fromwww.mercurynews.com
10 hours ago

Horoscopes Feb. 22, 2026: Drew Barrymore, let kindness and consideration lead the way

Kindness, proactive effort, clear communication and assertiveness foster positive change, personal growth, improved relationships and better financial opportunities.
Digital life
fromFortune
6 hours ago

Millennial manager took her job hunt to Tinder-and landed 3 interviews as a result | Fortune

A jobseeker used Tinder to advertise her job search, received multiple leads and interviews, and ultimately secured employment and several job offers.
Digital life
fromLos Angeles Times
1 day ago

Influencers want to adopt the 'analog lifestyle' for 2026. Here's how to join them

An influencer-driven analog lifestyle movement urges reduced digital connectivity and tangible activities to reclaim time and lessen smartphone dependence.
Digital life
fromBuzzFeed
1 day ago

People Who Lived Before Smartphones And The Internet Are Sharing The Things We Lost Along The Way, And I Never Thought I Would Miss Boredom But Here We Are

Ubiquitous screens have replaced unstructured downtime, altered social rituals, and turned slow, anticipatory experiences into instant, curated convenience.
OMG science
fromWIRED
1 day ago

A Galaxy Composed Almost Entirely of Dark Matter Has Been Confirmed

A nearly starless galaxy, CDG-2, 300 million light-years away, appears to be over 99.9% dark matter and was detected via four globular clusters.
OMG science
fromEsquire
3 days ago

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.
OMG science
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 days ago

The Kuiper Belt is packed with weird peanut-shaped objects. Astronomers think they know why

Many kilometer-scale Kuiper Belt objects are bilobed contact binaries formed by gentle mergers, revealing probable planetesimal formation pathways.
#privacy-law
fromThe Verge
8 hours ago
Privacy professionals

America desperately needs new privacy laws

Invasive government and corporate surveillance can be prevented if Congress enacts updated privacy laws to limit data collection and sharing.
fromDataBreaches.Net
1 day ago
EU data protection

Resource: Privacy Law Directory -- Codamail - DataBreaches.Net

Privacy laws primarily protect domestic citizens while intelligence exemptions and international intelligence-sharing alliances enable extensive cross-border surveillance and data flows.
#digital-services-act
UX design
fromSubstack
16 hours ago

How Agentation Cut Claude Code UI Iterations in Half

Agentation creates a reliable mapping between visible browser UI elements and their React code, enabling precise, faster AI-assisted UI edits and reducing iteration time.
Privacy professionals
fromInc
1 hour ago

Privacy Expert Reveals the Shocking Truth of What Happens to Your Personal Data When Getting Verified on LinkedIn

LinkedIn's verification process routes users' identity data to third-party firm Persona, which collects extensive biometric, location, and behavioral information and shares it widely.
Privacy professionals
fromFuturism
5 hours ago

Cities Are Shredding Their AI Surveillance Contracts en Masse

Communities are canceling contracts with Flock Safety as license plate reader networks raise privacy, wrongful-arrest, racial-profiling, and stalking concerns.
Tech industry
fromwww.dw.com
14 hours ago

Fact check: Are China's robot soldiers just AI fakes?

The humanoid robot shooting video circulating online is AI-generated, not a real Chinese military exercise, despite use of Unitree G1 visuals and circulated claims.
UX design
fromTreehouse Blog
2 days ago

Build a UX Case Study That Stands Out

A strong UX case study is an argument that reveals judgment, explains decisions and tradeoffs, and shows human-centered problem framing, research choices, and measured impact.
UX design
fromMedium
2 days ago

Field study: prototypes over mockups

Engineering handoff occurs through PRs using runnable prototypes that reuse the design system components and tokens, enabling engineers to reuse components and reference prototype code.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.independent.co.uk
12 hours ago

Should I worry about how much water my AI chatbot conversations are using?

The Independent relies on reader donations to fund on-the-ground journalism while AI's growing water demands raise disputed but potentially substantial environmental concerns.
Information security
fromDataBreaches.Net
7 hours ago

The hospitality sector continues to be lucrative targets - DataBreaches.Net

Several hospitality organizations experienced data breaches exposing franchisee, applicant, employee, and possible guest records; attackers used social engineering and public claims remain unverified.
Food & drink
fromEat This Not That
8 hours ago

7 Best Chain Restaurants in New York, According to Diners

Several New York-based regional chains earn loyal followings for signature dishes, fresh ingredients, fast service, and consistently praised items like rotisserie chicken and famous cookies.
Marketing tech
fromCult of Mac
6 hours ago

This $25 bundle helps you create content without the creative burnout

AI-powered course bundle teaches scalable ChatGPT and Canva workflows to produce blogs, social posts, newsletters, visuals and videos, reducing creative workload and production time.
Remote teams
fromFortune
8 hours ago

Recruiter reveals broken Zoom interview etiquette: bathrobes, yoga, and outsourcing thinking to AI | Fortune

Virtual job interviews increasingly display unprofessional behavior and AI-enabled shortcuts, with candidates treating Zoom casually, multitasking, and undermining hiring norms.
Food & drink
fromTravel + Leisure
4 hours ago

These Are the Best Places to Eat in Greenville, South Carolina, According to 'Top Chef' Judges

Top Chef judges recommend standout Greenville eateries, including Scout's Doughnuts and Swamp Rabbit Cafe, as a food-lover's weekend itinerary.
Remote teams
fromForbes
8 hours ago

How To Stay Relevant And Visible When Working Remotely

Maintain relevance and visibility remotely by developing valued skills, aligning work with leadership priorities, expanding internal networks, and building positive relationships.
Marketing tech
fromGeeky Gadgets
10 hours ago

Use Claude Skills to Build A Marketing Team in 16 Minutes

Claude Skills create repeatable AI-driven marketing workflows that automate tasks, maintain brand consistency, and enable rapid, scalable human-AI collaboration.
National Football League
fromBleacher Nation
3 hours ago

Sunday's Bears and NFL Notes: R.I.P. Rondale Moore, New Kevin Warren Comments, NFL's Best Plays From 2025, More

Rondale Moore's tragic death is mourned, the US won Olympic men's hockey gold, and the Chicago Bears offseason continues with reflections.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
10 hours ago

Mary Gaitskill Reads "Something Familiar"

Mary Gaitskill performs "Something Familiar" from the March 2, 2026 issue and has published eight fiction books, including Veronica and the essay collection Oppositions.
Marketing tech
fromThe Motley Fool
3 hours ago

Arohi Asset Exits a Big Software Bet by Selling 1.7M DoubleVerify (DV) Shares Worth $20.6 Million | The Motley Fool

Arohi Asset Management fully exited its 1,717,770-share position in DoubleVerify during Q4, realizing an estimated $20.58 million transaction and reducing the fund’s 13F stake to 0%.
Privacy technologies
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 hours ago

Revealed: How stalkers are weaponising Airtags and GPS trackers to tail their victims

AirTags and inexpensive GPS devices are increasingly used by stalkers to track and control victims, causing severe safety risks and mental-health harms.
National Football League
fromESPN.com
20 hours ago

2026 NFL draft: Execs, scouts, players on top prospects

NFL teams use Senior Bowl, Shrine Bowl, the combine, pro days and top-30 visits to evaluate prospects' on-field traits, medicals, interviews and commitment.
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
8 hours ago

The Luxury Buffet Where You'll Find Rhode Island's Best Prime Rib, According To Customers - Tasting Table

The Nordic buffet in Rhode Island serves exceptionally tender slow-cooked Black Angus prime rib praised for flavor, large portions, and flavorful au jus and sides.
Major League Baseball
fromwww.amny.com
48 minutes ago

Mets' Mark Vientos to get chance at 1B in equation behind Jorge Polanco | amNewYork

Cautious handling of Jorge Polanco opens increased utility and playing opportunities for Mark Vientos, making his upcoming season pivotal for his future with the Mets.
Privacy technologies
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 hours ago

Met police using AI tools supplied by Palantir to flag officer misconduct

The Metropolitan Police uses Palantir AI to analyze sickness, absences, and overtime to flag potential professional standards failings, prompting concerns about automated profiling.
Books
fromSFGATE
9 hours ago

A writer went investigating a homicide case. Instead, he found an SF relic.

A found journal connected to Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters was discovered in a Utah antique store amid a true-crime investigation into a road-trip homicide.
Major League Baseball
fromDodger Blue
6 hours ago

Andrew Friedman Acknowledges Dodgers Current Spending Isn't Sustainable

Los Angeles Dodgers shifted from conservative asset-driven roster building to aggressive, high-dollar free-agent spending during a short window enabled by Shohei Ohtani's business impact.
Privacy technologies
fromFuturism
7 hours ago

Hackers Working on Method to Make Ring Cameras Store Footage Locally, Never Giving It to Amazon

Fulu Foundation offers bounties to modify Ring doorbells to block Amazon data transfers and grant owners full local control of video and connectivity.
Books
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
21 hours ago

Artist Steph Littlebird steps into authorship with 'You Are the Land' * Oregon ArtsWatch

Steph Littlebird released You Are the Land, combining her illustration practice with authorship to center Indigenous perspectives rooted in Pacific Northwest heritage.
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
4 hours ago

Two Portraits of My Father in a Tree

On a Christmas climb, companions tie coats to trees, relieve heat, then face darkness and cold as one climbs a pine seeking home.
Media industry
fromJezebel
11 hours ago

Welcome Back to Saturday Night Social

Saturday Night Social returns as a virtual weekend communal space for ranting, gushing, sharing animal videos and songs, celebrating celebrities, and exploring low-stakes moral conundrums.
Media industry
fromThe Atlantic
9 hours ago

The Orality Theory of Everything

Declining literacy and a shift back toward oral, socially mediated communication via social media may be reshaping consciousness and producing wide-ranging social effects.
Information security
fromDataBreaches.Net
1 day ago

Hospitals at Risk of BeyondTrust Ransomware Hacks - DataBreaches.Net

Hospitals and clinics must urgently patch CVE-2026-1731 in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access to prevent ransomware footholds.
Media industry
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

CBS News is convulsing as Larry Ellison tries to please Trump | Margaret Sullivan

Corporate ownership and political influence are reshaping CBS news coverage, undermining editorial independence and threatening democratic journalism.
Social media marketing
fromAdirondack Explorer
1 day ago

Explorer job opening: Digital editor & audience engagement lead - Adirondack Explorer

Digital Editor manages social media, newsletters, website performance, SEO, fundraising support, and event publicity to grow audience and maintain engagement.
Social media marketing
fromEntrepreneur
1 day ago

This Is How Solo Creators Stop Posting to Silence and Hit Over 50,000 Views Without The Guesswork

A new ChatGPT Agent autonomously identifies early breakout signals across platforms and translates them into high-confidence, trend-forward content strategies that accelerate creator traction.
Writing
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

Where are the most endangered languages in the world?

Over 7,000 languages exist worldwide, with roughly 44 percent endangered and major languages like English and Mandarin dominating global use.
#belarus
#gallo
Wine
fromsfist.com
2 days ago

Bar Part Time Guys Taking Over Bissap Baobab Space, Will Open Nightclub There

Bar Part Time is expanding into a 6,000-square-foot nightclub called Downtime offering natural wines, high-ABV cocktails, and bar snacks from Rose Pizzeria's team.
English Premier League
fromESPN.com
2 days ago

Crystal Palace's Oliver Glasner names three failings: 'I'm just not good enough'

Oliver Glasner admits he is "not good enough" to halt Crystal Palace's slump and faces intense pressure amid poor results and fan discontent.
Social media marketing
fromTechCrunch
2 days ago

Threads posts can now be shared directly to your Instagram Story without leaving the app | TechCrunch

Meta added an in-app option to share Threads posts directly to Instagram Stories to drive more users from Instagram to Threads.
Europe news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,456

Russian forces conducted large-scale attacks across multiple Ukrainian regions, causing civilian casualties, infrastructure damage, and claimed territorial gains amid difficult US-mediated talks.
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
2 days ago

The 'Hopeless Labor' of Writing

AI chatbots and delivery robots threaten traditional writing by offering frictionless ease, undermining the pedagogical value of sustained effort and arduous composition.
English Premier League
from101GREATGOALS.COM
3 days ago

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.
#google-pixel-10a
fromGSMArena.com
11 hours ago
Gadgets

Weekly poll: will you buy the new Google Pixel 10a?

Google Pixel 10a costs the same as the 9a but offers minor durability, charging, brightness, and satellite SOS upgrades while keeping performance and cameras unchanged.
fromGSMArena.com
8 hours ago
Gadgets

Deals: Pixel 10 and 9a prices drop ahead of Pixel 10a's launch, Poco F8 Pro also gets cheaper

Pixel 10a offers minor upgrades over the 9a plus €100 store credit, but Pixel 10's stronger hardware and features make it the better value.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
7 hours ago

GOP enacts extreme anti-trans bill over gov's veto while an A-list actor is accused of gay-bashing - LGBTQ Nation

A veto blocked a vague bill that would harm transgender people by restricting restroom use, identity corrections, and family visitation while wider anti-LGBTQ measures and incidents continue.
Real Madrid
fromSoccer News
22 hours ago

Arbeloa demands Real Madrid show strength in adversity after shock defeat - Soccer News

Real Madrid lost 2-1 at Osasuna, relinquishing LaLiga lead and facing pressure ahead of the Champions League play-off against Benfica.
New York Knicks
fromwww.amny.com
16 hours ago

Bet365 Promo Code AMNY365: Get $150 Bonus for Rockets-Knicks, Any NBA Game | amNewYork

New bet365 users using promo code AMNY365 can bet $5 to receive $150 in bonus bets, subject to minimum odds and state-specific terms.
Online marketing
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
7 hours ago

Google Search Ranking Volatility Beginning To Cool

Google Search rankings have experienced sustained, high volatility since early January 2026 with occasional cooling signs in some tracking tools but widespread movement persists.
Gadgets
fromGSMArena.com
3 hours ago

Pixel 10a is here, Galaxy S26 is coming, Week 8 in review

Galaxy S26 shows Exynos 2600 better at ray tracing but Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 stronger single-core; Pixel 10a is minor upgrade; Xiaomi 17 global launch.
Liverpool FC
from101GREATGOALS.COM
4 hours ago

Mac Allister delighted with winner but says Liverpool 'didn't play well'

Alexis Mac Allister scored an injury-time winner as Liverpool beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 despite a poor performance, keeping them level on top-four rivals.
SF music
from48 hills
21 hours ago

Noise Pop Diary: Cindy scored the reconnections, New Jazz Underground went for gold - 48 hills

Alysa Liu won the 2026 Olympic women's free skate, sparking Bay Area celebration and energizing local Noise Pop music scenes at Rickshaw Stop.
Arts
fromdesignyoutrust.com
8 hours ago

Stunning Painterly Fantasy Worlds And Creatures By British Concept Artist Thomas ChamberlainKeen

A diverse selection of visual art, design, photography, and activist projects showcases creative responses across media, from campaigns and murals to surreal paintings and design experiments.
Golden State Warriors
fromESPN.com
21 hours ago

Warriors rule out Kristaps Porzingis vs. Nuggets with illness

Kristaps Porzingis was a late scratch due to a general illness, missing the Warriors' game and with availability for upcoming road games uncertain.
NYC real estate
fromHoodline
4 hours ago

NoHo Renderings Reveal 9Story Neighbor Next To Merchant's House

A proposed nine-story, 105-foot mixed-use building at 27 East 4th Street in NoHo faces preservation opposition due to proximity to the Merchant's House Museum.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
9 hours ago

Sunday Puzzle: TransformeR

Pair two four-letter words per clue and insert an r between them to form a common nine-letter word.
Dallas Cowboys
fromBlogging The Boys
1 hour ago

Cowboys 2026 offseason preview: Linebackers

Cowboys linebackers were the most criticized 2025 defensive group and require major offseason upgrades through free agency and an early draft pick.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Universal
4 hours ago

Barcelona defensive prodigy ruled out of Villarreal game - here's why | Barca Universal

Gerard Martin is suspended for Barcelona's next La Liga match against Villarreal after collecting five yellow cards.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Universal
9 hours ago

Barcelona to officiate the signing of English wonderkind in a matter of hours - report | Barca Universal

Barcelona signed 16-year-old AJay Tavares and prioritized youth reinforcements to address injury-depleted squads; Hamza Abdelkarim awaits paperwork.
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