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fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
22 hours agoEFF and 12 Organizations Urge UK Politicians to Drop Digital ID Scheme Ahead of Parliamentary Petition Debate
UK digital ID plan threatens privacy rights, enables mission creep, security risks, discrimination, exclusion, and shifts power from individuals to the state.
OMG science
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
6 days agoHarvard scientist believes alien 3I/Atlas could have been sent to 'seed' life on Earth - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS shows anomalous comet-like behavior prompting speculation about possible non-natural origins, including deliberate seeding by advanced life.
Privacy professionals
fromLe Monde.fr
11 hours agoHow French spies, police and military personnel are betrayed by advertising data
Unregulated advertising-data brokers harvest and resell precise smartphone location data, enabling identification and exposure of French intelligence and other sensitive personnel and their families.
Privacy professionals
fromBusiness Insider
2 hours agoMy husband and I decided not to post our son's face on social media. It has its challenges, but we think it's worth it.
Parents avoided posting their newborn's face online to protect the child's future consent and limit risks like identity theft, bullying, and an imposed digital narrative.
EU data protection
fromData Matters Privacy Blog
2 days agoEU Digital Omnibus: Implications for MedTech Companies | Data Matters Privacy Blog
The European Commission proposed targeted amendments and a Digital Fitness Check to reduce overlap, smooth implementation, and assess cumulative impacts on EU digital regulation.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 hours agoThis extraordinary story never goes out of fashion': 30 authors on the books they give to everyone
Books make enduring, meaningful gifts that foster reflection and connection to place, exemplified by The Living Mountain, Stoic meditations, and philosophical critiques of modernity.
Marketing tech
fromThe Motley Fool
12 hours agoIs The Trade Desk Stock a Buy for 2026? Here are 3 Reasons For, and 3 Reasons Against It. | The Motley Fool
The Trade Desk is a high-quality ad tech operator with strong growth and Kokai-driven performance gains, but rising competition complicates investment outlook entering 2026.
Food & drink
fromwww.theguardian.com
9 hours agoI ate 3,000 meals for my best of London restaurants' list and I hope you disagree with it | Jonathan Nunn
Restaurant lists and ranking culture transformed restaurant criticism into marketing-driven, SEO-friendly listicles, undermining rigorous review and critical standards.
Food & drink
fromYahoo Life
2 days agoBrooklyn pasta spot named America's favorite Italian restaurant for delivery by DoorDash - but just how fresh is the fare?
Forma Pasta Factory became America's top Italian delivery spot by prioritizing quality control, limiting delivery range, and adapting menu and packaging for pandemic-era delivery.
Food & drink
fromTravel + Leisure
2 hours agoI've Lived in Spain for 10+ Years-and This Is the One Thing I Always Recommend Visitors Order at a Restaurant
Menú del día provides an affordable fixed-price three-course lunch including drink and bread, with regional variations in choices, pricing, and drink inclusion.
Books
fromSlate Magazine
4 hours agoTo Fully Appreciate the Brilliant New Knives Out, It Helps to Understand the Subgenres It's Riffing On
Wake Up Dead Man revives the locked-room 'howdunit' tradition, featuring an apparently impossible stabbing and explicit homage to John Dickson Carr's The Hollow Man.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
9 hours agoA shift no country can ignore': where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
Paris-driven global commitments accelerated clean-energy deployment, increased investment, expanded electric vehicles, and lowered projected temperature rise.
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
4 hours agoSome big water agencies in farming areas get water for free. Critics say that needs to end
Federal wholesale irrigation water for large agricultural agencies in parts of the U.S. West is priced extremely low or free, encouraging overuse and shifting costs to taxpayers.
Social media marketing
fromInc
1 day agoSocial Capital: The Best CFOs in the Business Share How They Turn High Follower Counts Into Higher Valuations
Consumer-focused CFOs quantify social media and influencer impact using ROMI, daily tracking, and SKU-level metrics to optimize marketing spend and drive measurable sales.
Social media marketing
fromDigital Trends
23 hours agoI used Nano Banana Pro to create 20 social media posts, the response they got was shocking
Using AI image generation (Nano Banana Pro) with detailed prompts significantly increased LinkedIn engagement and impressions and also boosted Instagram resonance.
Europe news
fromwww.npr.org
1 week agoBelarus weather balloons force repeated closures of Lithuania's main airport
Belarus-launched balloons repeatedly closed Vilnius airport, causing major disruptions and prompting Lithuania to call the incidents deliberate hybrid attacks amid Belarus-Russia tensions.
fromEfficient Coder
15 hours agoA Pythonista's Guide to the 2026 Code Rush | EfficientCoder
Look, we know the truth. Python is the best language ever written. It reads like English, it runs the AI revolution, and it doesn't force us to worry about memory pointers or semi-colons. But even I have to admit: the industry in 2026 is getting crowded. The "job market is brutal" chatter isn't wrong. While we sit comfortably at the top of the TIOBE index, the ground is moving. New tech is pushing for raw speed and type safety, and "just knowing Python" might not be the golden ticket it was five years ago. So, how do we-the whitespace-loving, bracket-hating crowd-stay on top? We don't abandon ship. We fortify.
National Hockey League
fromTheLeafsNation
29 minutes agoSalary cap in question, diminishing returns, and a plea for more hockey trades: Leaflets
NHL teams are active in trade negotiations before the Holiday Roster Freeze, while cap growth is contested and Toronto faces pressure to recoup costly trades.
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