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'Our industry has been strip-mined': video game workers protest at The Game Awards
It's the night of the 2025 Game Awards, a major industry event where the best games of the year are crowned and major publishers reveal forthcoming projects. In the shadow of the Peacock theater in Los Angeles and next to a giant, demonic statue…
As a Beauty Editor I Track Nail Trends for a Living-Here's What's Next for 2026
As a beauty editor who loves nail trends, one of my favorite things about the start of a new year is the wave of fresh nail inspiration it brings. While we can safely assume that some variation of neutral or nude nails will make its inevitable…
How the Guardian ranked the 100 best male footballers in the world 2025
If someone, back in 1994, had said that at one point in my life I would work on a project selecting the world's best footballers together with Romário, I would not have believed them. That summer I was living in Rosersberg, seeing Sweden…
UK mortgage shake-up: people on variable incomes could have more payment flexibility
Freelancers and gig economy workers could enjoy more flexibility over how and when they pay their mortgage under plans designed to help more people get on the property ladder. A shake-up of the rules so people whose income is “variable or…
Authentic insight or voyeurism? My struggle with slum tourism
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. As the sun set between the “two brothers” mountains overlooking Rio's…
Dear Richard Madeley: I'm losing patience with my boyfriend's lack of punctuality
What can I do about my boyfriend's pathological lateness ? If we are meeting for a film he's usually just on time but for a social arrangement with friends or even dinner reservations he's 15 to 30 minutes late. He works long hours and has to take…
Spain orders Airbnb to pull thousands of unlicensed property ads
Airbnb may finally pay the price of long-simmering tensions about overtourism in Spain. The Spanish government announced on Monday that it has fined the online rentals giant 64 million euros ($75 million) for advertising unlicensed rental listings…
Cord-cutting is still getting worse for cable companies, but pay-TV subs just increased for the first time since 2017
For the first time in eight years, pay TV is rising. According to the latest Cord-Cutting Monitor report from analyst firm MoffettNathanson, the number of subscriptions to linear video packages actually rose during the third quarter of 2025. The…
MAGS: Outlook For 2026 - Earnings, Valuation, And What Charts Reveal (Upgrade) (BATS:MAGS)
I am upgrading Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGS) to a 'Buy,' citing robust EPS growth trends into 2026. MAGS offers equal-weight exposure to the Magnificent Seven, with strong recent momentum and improved fundamentals despite recent…
Why share of search matters more than traffic in the AI era
The SEO industry is entering its most turbulent period yet. Traffic is declining. AI is absorbing informational queries. Social platforms now function as search engines. Google is shifting from a gateway to an answer engine. The result is a sector…
Designers Say You Might Be Mixing Vintage and Modern Decor the Wrong Way
If you love vintage finds, you're no stranger to festooning your walls with things like macramé hangings and starburst clocks, and your living room may even be filled with midcentury furniture pieces. Vintage is certainly a way to inject…
Where is Samantha Stephen from 24 Hours in Police Custody: A Family Vendetta now?
It's been just over a week since Channel 4 dropped the latest episodes of 24 Hours in Police Custody, but we're still obsessing over every detail of the A Family Vendetta special. The two-parter follows the investigation into the brutal murders of…
How Entrepreneurs Can Foster Creativity
Tayfun Bilsel is the Founder & CEO of Clinked. The crisis we don't yet anticipate is not a financial one, nor a geopolitical one, but a crisis of imagination. We celebrate entrepreneurship as a force for disruption, yet the modern entrepreneur is…
What we know about the victims of the Bondi Beach, Australia shooting
At least nine of the 15 people who were killed in the mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, have been identified. They include a young soccer player originally from France, a rugby team manager, a great-grandfather known for his 'love…
It's the media's job to hold power to account. This year, too many got into bed with it instead | Arwa Mahdawi
Enough time has passed now, I think, that I can safely tell you about one of the stupidest things I have ever done. Almost a decade ago I decided to quit my well-paid job in advertising in order to pursue a precarious career in freelance…
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