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Digital life
fromMail Online
23 hours ago

Smartphones are now the most crucial piece of evidence in crime probes

Smartphones are the primary source of digital evidence in 97% of criminal investigations, far surpassing laptops and aiding high-profile convictions.
Wellness
fromSilicon Canals
10 hours ago

If you adopt these 8 habits before you turn 60, you'll maintain your youthful energy for decades - Silicon Canals

Consistent daily movement and deliberate stress recovery preserve mobility, energy, and resilience, enabling healthier aging through small, sustainable habits.
Wellness
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
5 hours ago

Five ideas to elevate fitness and wellness coaching with AI - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

AI human generators can enhance personalized digital fitness by adapting programs, tracking habits, creating engaging content, and balancing efficiency with authenticity without replacing human trainers.
Wellness
fromSilicon Canals
13 hours ago

If you're a Boomer who does these 8 things daily, you're living better than wealthier peers - Silicon Canals

Consistent daily habits—movement, social connection, purpose, sleep, gratitude, mental engagement, moderation, and lifelong learning—drive boomer wellbeing more than wealth.
Digital life
fromThred Website
6 hours ago

Living offline has become Gen Z's quiet luxury

Gen Z increasingly rejects social media, embracing offline living, digital minimalism, and screen-free experiences as a status-driven practice of 'connected privacy'.
Digital life
fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 hours ago

Larry Magid: Observing Safer Internet Day

Safer Internet Day mobilizes educators, parents, young people and organizations with events, resources, and conversations to promote online safety and digital literacy.
OMG science
fromNature
1 day ago

Regulatory grammar in human promoters uncovered by MPRA-based deep learning - Nature

Massively parallel reporter assays provide cell-type-specific causal training data enabling more direct inference of DNA sequence effects on promoter activity than epigenomic maps.
OMG science
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

Is It Better to Learn a Second Language as a Child or Adult?

Children gain pronunciation and implicit-learning advantages, while adults offer stronger explicit learning strategies and cognitive control for successful second-language acquisition.
OMG science
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

The Divided Brain: How Two Halves Create One Mind

Brain hemispheres are structurally and functionally specialized yet continuously communicate via the corpus callosum, with contralateral control enhancing perceptual and motor efficiency.
UX design
fromblog.logrocket.com
3 hours ago

Linear design vs. minimalism, brutalism, and neumorphism - LogRocket Blog

Ensure theming enforces WCAG 2.2 contrast across light, dark, and high-contrast modes using consistent tokens or UI-library support.
UX design
fromIshadeed
7 hours ago

The Too Early Breakpoint

Avoid switching to a mobile layout before available space requires it to preserve design integrity and ensure truly responsive CSS.
Tech industry
fromTheregister
7 hours ago

Memory and CPU shortages to push up PC prices

Chipmakers' prioritization of AI production is restricting consumer memory and storage supply, driving PC price increases, limited configurations, and sourcing shifts.
Tech industry
fromTheregister
16 hours ago

Qualcomm warns AI's lust for memory hurts smartphone sales

Soaring DRAM prices and memory shortages for AI datacenters are forcing handset makers to cut chipset builds, slowing smartphone growth and reducing Qualcomm's near-term revenue.
Tech industry
from24/7 Wall St.
5 hours ago

Live Nasdaq Composite: Tech Sell-Off Intensifies on Capex Concerns

Big Tech capex surges, led by Alphabet's $185 billion 2026 plan and ongoing Nvidia chip concerns, are weighing on stocks and pulling major indexes lower.
EU data protection
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Condemnation of Elon Musk's AI chatbot reached tipping point' after French raid, Australia's eSafety chief says

Global regulators reached a tipping point demanding accountability from X over AI-generated sexualised images, prompting investigations and platform restrictions to curb child sexual abuse material.
Privacy professionals
fromSilicon Canals
12 hours ago

Why your social media quiz answers are being harvested and the security questions they're stealing - Silicon Canals

Social media quizzes and nostalgic prompts harvest profile and friend data to build psychological profiles that enable account takeover and identity theft.
Privacy professionals
fromPCMAG
4 hours ago

Check Your Phone Now: These 20 Popular Apps Are Killing Your Privacy

Many popular mobile apps collect and share far more personal data than they need, often for advertising or sale, sometimes without user consent.
EU data protection
fromBusiness Matters
7 hours ago

ICO fines Imgur owner 247k over children's data failures

Imgur owner MediaLab.AI fined ÂŁ247,590 for failing to protect children's personal data by lacking age checks and processing data of under-13s without parental consent.
#facial-recognition
EU data protection
fromComputerWeekly.com
1 day ago

The European offensive against encrypted phone evidence | Computer Weekly

Massive law-enforcement hacks of encrypted crypto-phone networks yielded seized messages but face increasing legal challenges leading courts to demand disclosure and potentially exclude evidence.
Marketing tech
fromThe Drum
13 hours ago

5 of the top CMO priorities today, from AI & cookieless personalization to funnel collapse

CMOs are increasing AI and data investments in 2024 to drive creative augmentation, operational efficiency, and to prioritize understanding, safety, and ethics.
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
15 hours ago

Dentsu is the latest holdco to reunite media and creative production

Advertisers demand integrated performance media and creative production, prompting agencies to combine media, production teams and use generative AI to scale assets and optimize campaigns.
fromwww.cnbc.com
6 hours ago

The top 10 most in-demand work-from-anywhere roles for 2026, says new FlexJobs reportsome pay six figures

If you're looking for a job that will accommodate your passion for travel, the need to relocate for a partner's job or your desire to spend the winter someplace sunny, a work-from-anywhere role could be the answer. While some remote roles have location restrictions based on tax and labor laws, work-from-anywhere jobs allow employees to work 100% remotely from any country or time zone. These roles provide "ultimate flexibility" for employees who are able to demonstrate their ability to "produce high-quality, high-level results" in a remote environment, says FlexJobs career expert Toni Frana.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
6 hours ago

DAIVID Chosen for CIMM's Inaugural Startup Programme Supporting the Future of Media Measurement - ExchangeWire.com

DAIVID selected for CIMM 2026 Startup Programme for its AI-powered creative measurement platform that predicts attention, emotions, and brand impact at scale.
Europe news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
19 hours ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,442

Russian attacks continue to degrade Ukraine's energy infrastructure and cause civilian casualties while frontline control remains contested and Ukraine reports heavy military losses.
Social media marketing
fromThe Drum
14 hours ago

How to harness user generated content (UGC) to build your brand

User Generated Content increases brand authenticity and engagement by letting real customers create trusted, relatable content that influences purchase decisions more than traditional advertising.
Privacy technologies
fromZDNET
2 hours ago

Your default home Wi-Fi setup isn't nearly as private as it should be - 6 free ways to improve it

Protect privacy by hardening browsers, using encrypted apps, and securing the entire LAN; combine device and network measures using free tools.
fromThe Drum
14 hours ago

Is video still king, given the latest Facebook algorithm change?

Loyalty and intent: repeat viewership is an important factor when delivering videos to audiences in the News Feed. Going forward, Facebook will add more weight when ranking videos that people seek out and return to week after week. Prepare to see more serialised content such as Nas Daily pushed on your news feed, and we are already seeing brands such as Harley-Davidson regularly sharing videos as part of their 'Freedom Stories' content pillar.
Food & drink
fromFood & Beverage Magazine
15 hours ago

Haagen-Dazs Partners with Family Style for 2026: Savoring the Sweet Moments of Culture - Food & Beverage Magazine

Häagen-Dazs will partner with Complex's Family Style series in 2026 to embed premium ice cream into major cultural events and communal experiences.
Food & drink
fromDaily News
3 hours ago

Opening day set for new downtown Los Angeles Toastique location

Toastique opened a South Park downtown Los Angeles location offering gourmet toasts, smoothies, cold-pressed juices, açaí bowls, craft coffee, indoor/outdoor seating, and opening-day rewards.
Major League Baseball
fromDodgers Nation
2 hours ago

Dodgers President dismisses criticism over excessive spending

The Dodgers consistently spend heavily to contend annually, leveraging a strong Los Angeles market and high-profile signings like Ohtani and Yamamoto.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
13 hours ago

Leaving Home by Mark Haddon review blistering memoir of a loveless childhood

Mark Haddon's loveless childhood and varied narrative modes inform his fiction, blending plain reportage, mythic fantasy, and striking illustrations.
Environment
fromEarth911
8 hours ago

The State of Ocean Plastic Pollution In 2026

Massive, accelerating plastic pollution pours millions of tons into oceans annually, contaminating all marine ecosystems and worsening without stronger policy intervention.
English Premier League
fromwww.bbc.com
14 hours ago

'Relegation a blessing' but issues remain - Cardiff's reset

Cardiff City have been revitalized by relegation, now top of League One, playing exciting football under Brian Barry-Murphy with emerging young Welsh players.
Environment
fromFast Company
2 hours ago

Clean energy jobs were soaring during the Biden era. Not anymore

Clean energy added nearly 100,000 jobs in 2024 but faced a net loss of 38,000 jobs due to project cancellations and factory closures.
Environment
fromwww.dw.com
7 hours ago

Scientists warn of risks as private money enters geoengineer

Private companies and investors are increasingly pursuing experimental solar geoengineering despite controversy, regulatory gaps, and potential wide-ranging impacts.
Writing
fromThe Walrus
9 hours ago

Two Poems | The Walrus

A widow keeps her late husband's underpants as haunting, domestic relics while a ghostly presence from him recedes as she starts intimacy with someone new.
Books
fromFortune
6 hours ago

Michael Lewis reveals he's got a deal to write the Sam Altman book-when ChatGPT is ready to write a rival draft | Fortune

Michael Lewis will write Sam Altman's biography only if ChatGPT can produce a competing draft.
Books
fromPsychology Today
1 hour ago

What "Acts of Desperation" Reveals About Toxic Love

Unresolved attachment wounds and performative independence during early adulthood produce isolation, longing, and repetitive self-betrayal rather than triumphant empowerment.
#return-to-office
fromAol
1 day ago
Remote teams

The five-day office comeback: Why stricter return-to-office mandates may push top performers out (and leave US companies weaker in the long run)

Many companies are mandating full-time in-office work in 2025, prompting tensions and risking employee departures in favor of more flexible jobs.
fromMoneywise
1 day ago
Remote teams

The five-day office comeback: Why stricter return-to-office mandates may push top performers out (and leave US companies weaker in the long run)

Many companies are mandating full-time, in-person work to reinforce engagement and culture, prompting employee dissatisfaction and increased turnover risk.
fromAol
1 day ago
Remote teams

The five-day office comeback: Why stricter return-to-office mandates may push top performers out (and leave US companies weaker in the long run)

fromMoneywise
1 day ago
Remote teams

The five-day office comeback: Why stricter return-to-office mandates may push top performers out (and leave US companies weaker in the long run)

Wine
fromThe Mercury News
1 day ago

International White Wine Festival returns to Anderson Valley

Anderson Valley hosts an International White Wine Festival Feb. 14-15 featuring over 40 white and sparkling wine producers, tastings, and special winery events.
Wine
fromwww.pressdemocrat.com
1 day ago

International White Wine Festival returns to Anderson Valley

International White Wine Festival returns to Anderson Valley Feb. 14–15 with over 40 producers showcasing Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay and international white and sparkling wines.
Wine
fromTravel + Leisure
1 day ago

I Live in California, and This Is the No. 1 Wine Region in the Country-and No, It's Not Napa

Suisun Valley is a small, underrated Northern California wine region offering diverse, high-quality wines, family-owned tasting experiences, fewer crowds, and reasonable prices.
Writing
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

J.K. Rowling's 12 rejections prove most people quit too early - Silicon Canals

Persistent effort through repeated rejection often leads to success; quitting early prevents potential breakthrough achievements.
Writing
fromUFC
3 days ago

Fight By Fight Preview | UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs Oliveira

Thomas Gerbasi teased the narrator about their enduring passion for the sport, its athletes, and the week-to-week excitement that never dimmed after a decade.
English Premier League
from101GREATGOALS.COM
6 days ago

FPL 2025/26: The Ultimate Chip Strategy Guide -Master the Blanks, Doubles, and Chaos Ahead

Plan chip usage around scheduled blanks and double gameweeks to exploit fixture disruption and maximize points during the season run-in.
Europe news
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
1 week ago

Russian State TV Host, Famed Ballet Dancer Hit By New EU Sanctions

The EU imposed sanctions on prominent Russian state TV figures and other pro-Kremlin individuals under measures addressing Russia's destabilizing activities, including asset freezes and visa bans.
Europe news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Tymoshenko vs Zelenskyy: Political clash over graft rocks wartime Ukraine

Yulia Tymoshenko faces bribery charges and is accused of obstructing cabinet appointments, clashing with President Zelenskyy and potentially weakening wartime governance.
New York Knicks
fromwww.amny.com
2 hours ago

Knicks land Jose Alvarado from Pelicans for Dalen Terry, two picks | amNewYork

Knicks acquired Jose Alvarado to add defensive intensity, bench depth, and late-game defensive cover while preserving lineup flexibility ahead of the playoffs.
SF LGBT
from48 hills
20 hours ago

Party Radar: 'Heated Rivalry' rave rivalry heats up! - 48 hills

Heated Rivalry inspires seven themed San Francisco parties celebrating queer hockey romance, nightlife, drag performance, and LGBTQ-inclusive sports community.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
19 hours ago

Google just showed the Pixel 10a early - here are 5 things it must nail before I upgrade

Google will open preorders for the Pixel 10a on Feb. 18, 2026, previewed in a 15-second teaser showing a powder blue, flat-back design.
Manchester City
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

Pure logic' and a final fantasy: Manchester City will have to play by the rules | Football Daily

A Fizzy Cup rule change allowed Semenyo to play for Manchester City after representing another club, but Marc Guehi is ineligible for the final due to joining after the semi-first leg.
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