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Tech services tested and compared/
huffingtonpost.co.uk
News and opinions from the saturated fat of the web. Readers beware! MSM with a far-left bent.
I Swapped A 10k Step Goal For A '3-3-30' Method Lunch Walk – It's Much More Efficient
26 February 2026 @ 4:35 pm
The Science Behind 'Headline Anxiety': Why Our Brains Detach And How To Cope
26 February 2026 @ 4:10 pm
-It goes without saying that we are living through incredibly hard times. We are facing innumerable environmental crises, there is an alarming rise in far-right ideologies and we’re still feeling the social hits of the Covid-19 pandemic.So, how do we cope? Why can we get up, make a cup of coffee, go to work and tune into our everyday life while knowing that we are surrounded by The Horrors? Are we monsters?Well, no. But we are feeling emotionally detached and this is something our brains do Neve Campbell Was Cast As Lara Croft In Tomb Raider Before Angelina Jolie
26 February 2026 @ 3:39 pm
Neve CampbellNeve Campbell has revealed that she was the original pick to play Lara Croft in the first Tomb Raider movie.In a new interview with BuzzFeed UK, the Scream star was asked if there’d been any major roles she’d said no to over the course of her career, to which she confirmed: “I turned dA Linguist Explains How Accents Change Our Perceptions Of Characters In Wuthering Heights
26 February 2026 @ 3:13 pm
-There has been quite the to-do about the latest adaptation of Wuthering Heights by director Emerald Fennel but one thing I am not seeing as much discussion on is the accents delivered by Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Jacob has a somewhat questionable (though I liked it...) Yorkshire accent and Margot has a lovely-if-misplaced Received Pronunciation (RP) accent which is traditionally associated with English upper classes. Esther Rantzen Says House Of Lords Should Be Abolished As Assisted Dying Bill Faces Axe
26 February 2026 @ 12:50 pm
Banners are held by pro-assisted dying campaigners as they gather outside Parliament last year.Esther Rantzen has called for the abolition of the House of Lords after it emerged a bill legalising assisted dying in England and Wales is set to run out of time.The former TV presenter, who has terminal lung cancer, said it was “a disgrace” that unelected peers were able to effectively block the will of MPs.The House of Commons I'm A Beginner Gardener – Here's Exactly What I'm Planting This Spring
26 February 2026 @ 12:23 pm
.This summer will be my fifth summer in this house and that means it’s also my fifth summer of enjoying my garden, reading on the grass outside with my cat on lunch breaks and trying to be something of a successful gardener.Like all creative pursuits, gardening comes with the acceptance that failure is essential to growth but nevertheless, I’ll be planting salad leaves, potatoes, cornflowers and dahlias just to name a few this spring.I know that I should have done some planting in the winter so that I’d Instagram's New Alert Will Tell Parents If Teens Search Suicide Or Self-Harm Content
26 February 2026 @ 12:00 pm
Why People Over 50 Say Ages 30–34 Were Their Most Fulfilling Years
26 February 2026 @ 11:56 am
Liam Gallagher Is Swerving This Year's Brit Awards To Avoid Being Around 'ITV C**ts'
26 February 2026 @ 11:31 am
Liam Gallagher on stage in New Jersey as part of Oasis' reunion tourLiam Gallagher has admitted he’ll be giving this year’s Brit Awards, where his brother Noel is receiving one of the night’s top honours, Scrolling Is the New Gambling: A 1 Hour Guide To Anti-Brain Rot
26 February 2026 @ 11:25 am
As someone who spent a decade online as a creator, I’ve felt both the perks and pull of social media.Natalie Alzate is author of the best-selling Offline Humans (DK, October 2025).We touch our phones 2,617 times a day on average. The endless swiping isn’t random, it’s the same brain loop that makes slot machines addictive. Scientists call it the medium.com
A blog of all things from pop culture to developer snippets. Similar to huffingtonpost and wordpress amongst others.
theplaidzebra.com
A mindful blog for mindful people.
A Simple Workout Tracker That Actually Makes You Want to Keep Going
17 October 2025 @ 1:33 pm
The 5 Best Unbreakable Wine Glasses for 2025 (That Look Way Too Good to Be Plastic)
15 October 2025 @ 2:21 pm
Materials Used in Roof Replacement: What You Should Know
21 August 2025 @ 7:50 pm
Preparing for a Las Vegas Red Carpet Event
9 August 2025 @ 12:30 am
Why Health Insurance Costs So Much in New York – And What You Can Do About It
8 August 2025 @ 11:47 pm
5 Best Sparkling Wine Wineries to Visit in Napa Valley
10 June 2025 @ 3:49 pm
“She Was My Sister”: Emily Coupe on Grief, Growth, and the Ghost of Red Wreckage
20 May 2025 @ 3:10 pm
Behind the Curtain: Music Manager Cassidy Sanders on Protecting Artists, Managing Ego, and Keeping the Chaos Offstage
4 April 2025 @ 12:58 pm
How Is Earth Day Celebrated Around the World?
20 March 2025 @ 6:28 pm
Prisoners write letters of advice to their younger selves and the result is striking
15 February 2025 @ 6:34 pm
tetw.org
Essays and articles with a eclectic edge.
Future War
8 February 2026 @ 3:35 pm
Is the U.S. Ready for the Next War? by Dexter Filkins - With global conflicts increasingly shaped by drones and A.I., the American military risks losing its dominancePutin has Redrawn the World - But Not the Way He Wanted by Allan Little - We are living in new and more dangerous timesThe AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous150 Great Articles & Essays
7 February 2026 @ 12:11 pm
We’ve updated our list of the 150 best classic and new articles and essays to read online. Click through for stacks of the very best writing from around the net.15 Great Articles about Progress
17 January 2026 @ 8:50 pm
GDP by Oliver Kim - We really don’t know how good we have itHow Humanity Gave Itself an Extra Life by Steven Johnson - Between 1920 and 2020, the average human life span doubled. How did we do it? Science mattered — but so did activism.The Real Reason Humans are the Dominant Species by Justin Ro8 Great Articles about Rich People
14 January 2026 @ 12:37 pm
People With Parents With Money by Various Authors - 14 adults come clean about the down payments, allowances, and tuition payments that make their New York lives feasibleWhy it Pays to be Privileged by Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison - Within Britain’s elite occupations, the advantages of class are still mistaken for talentThe Best of the Best Ofs
1 January 2026 @ 1:19 pm
Links by Albert Chu’s Best of 2025The Sunday Long Read’s Best of 2025David Brooks’ Best Nonfiction Essays of the YearBusinessweek’s Jealousy List150 Great Articles and Essays from 2025
30 December 2025 @ 3:35 pm
Click through for a huge collection of the net’s best journalism and nonfiction from 2025We’re on Substack
13 May 2025 @ 8:11 am
Subscribe to our Substack for hand-picked reading lists of the best nonfiction from around the net, delivered straight to your inbox.5 Great Essays about Death
11 May 2025 @ 8:25 pm
How to Practice by Ann Patchett - I wanted to get rid of my possessions, because possessions stood between me and deathIf My Dying Daughter Could Face Her Mortality, Why Couldn’t the Rest of Us? by Sarah Wildman - She turned to me and asked, “What if this is the best I ever feel again?” Three hundred and seventy-six days later, she was dead.40 Classic Articles that Became Films
8 May 2025 @ 8:29 am
Click through for a huge collection of cinematic nonfiction5 Great Articles about Climate Change
15 April 2025 @ 2:37 pm
The Science of Climate Change Explained by Julia Rosen - Definitive answers to the big QuestionsHow Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? by Sandra Upson - A gigantic, weather-defining current system could be headed to collapseHas the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’? by Alex Cuafastcompany.com
Business, innovation and technology blogging sphere.
blogtalkradio.com
Host your own radio show, recorded rants and discussion
Get the Most Out of Your Show With Great SEO
20 June 2018 @ 9:28 am
Get yourself on Amazon Devices
9 May 2018 @ 1:28 pm
Your Guest Can Be Your Megaphone
5 April 2018 @ 11:46 am
How To Avoid Splitting Feeds and Losing Stats (& Money!)
17 January 2018 @ 4:07 pm
The Power of Conversation in Broadcasting
14 December 2017 @ 10:23 am
5 Ways to Boost Your Audience
29 November 2017 @ 4:01 pm
How To Create The Perfect Radio Interview
22 November 2017 @ 5:46 pm
BlogTalkRadio Has “Coffee With Kenobi”
10 November 2017 @ 3:29 pm
thepoke.co.uk
The Pokes are the first and only awards celebrating British comic talent on the internet.
Nigel Farage went straight to Trumpian accusations of cheating because the Greens kicked Reform’s arse in the Gorton and Denton by-election
27 February 2026 @ 8:23 am
There’s not enough facepalm in the world to handle JD Vance claiming to be the coolest VP in US history – 21 strong rebuttals
27 February 2026 @ 6:15 am
Lucy Connolly seemed to blame London’s crazy drink prices on Sadiq Khan, and the delicious owns had us raising a glass – 17 of the best
27 February 2026 @ 5:29 am
The White House just froze a whole bunch of medical care and it’s a proper jaw dropper – 15 totally on-point responses
26 February 2026 @ 3:12 pm
21 of the funniest and most eye-opening ‘Low Stakes Conspiracies’ on Reddit
26 February 2026 @ 2:39 pm
JD Vance explained why the US is threatening Iran and it was an eye-opening case of deja vu all over again
26 February 2026 @ 2:07 pm
Someone asked for people’s ‘funniest celebrity moments’ and this fabulous Robbie Williams’ heist beat all-comers
26 February 2026 @ 2:00 pm
‘What’s the most unsettling thing a child has ever said to you?’ – 19 uncomfortable truths out of the mouths of babes
26 February 2026 @ 1:15 pm
Injuries reported at Japan’s ‘Naked Festival’, which thankfully isn’t as NSFW at the name suggests
26 February 2026 @ 1:10 pm
People over 40 have been sharing what mattered in the long run, and what didn’t – 17 priorities to learn from before it’s too late
26 February 2026 @ 12:55 pm
googleblog.blogspot.com
The Official Google Blog
Create personalized “Year of the Fire Horse” musical tracks with Gemini
27 February 2026 @ 3:26 am
Celebrate the Year of the Fire Horse with personalized musical greetings created directly in the Gemini app.Old masters, new perspectives: The Gemäldegalerie in Berlin
26 February 2026 @ 7:00 pm
Rediscover Berlin's Gemäldegalerie through 1,100+ gigapixel works and AI storytelling.Google and the Massachusetts AI Hub are launching a new AI training initiative for the Commonwealth.
26 February 2026 @ 6:55 pm
Google is partnering with the Massachusetts AI Hub to provide every Baystater with no-cost access to Google’s AI training.Get more context and understand translations more deeply with new AI-powered updates in Translate.
26 February 2026 @ 6:00 pm
New alternatives, “understand” and “ask” buttons in Google Translate help you navigate the complexities of natural language.3 Google AI tools that helped me get my new job
26 February 2026 @ 5:00 pm
From analysis paralysis to a new role, see how one Googler used 3 AI tools to navigate a career lattice.This March 23, we’ll be introducing the Gemini advantage in Google Marketing Platform.
26 February 2026 @ 4:00 pm
A look ahead at Google Newfront 2026, and how Gemini models bring more value for programmatic advertisers and biddable tools.Nano Banana 2: Combining Pro capabilities with lightning-fast speed
26 February 2026 @ 4:00 pm
Our latest image generation model offers advanced world knowledge, production-ready specs, subject consistency and more, all at Flash speed.Build with Nano Banana 2, our best image generation and editing model
26 February 2026 @ 4:00 pm
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image) delivers Pro-level intelligence and fidelity for all image applications.We’re expanding beta access to text guidelines for all advertisers globally in AI Max.
26 February 2026 @ 2:00 pm
AI-powered creatives are essential for staying relevant in today’s complex search landscape, but above all they must meet your brand standards. That’s why we’re expandin…Intrinsic is joining Google to accelerate the future of physical AI.
25 February 2026 @ 8:05 pm
Founded as an Other Bet by Alphabet in 2021, Intrinsic is now joining Google.