America’s new dietary guidelines ignore decades of scientific research

That’s partly because they recommend products like red meat, butter, and beef tallow—foods that have been linked to cardiovascular disease, and that nutrition experts have been recommending people limit in their diets. These guidelines are a big deal—they influence food assistance programs and school lunches, for example. So this week let’s look at the good, […]

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WhatsApp Worm Spreads Astaroth Banking Trojan Across Brazil via Contact Auto-Messaging

Jan 08, 2026Ravie LakshmananMalware / Financial Crime Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that uses WhatsApp as a distribution vector for a Windows banking trojan called Astaroth in attacks targeting Brazil. The campaign has been codenamed Boto Cor-de-Rosa by Acronis Threat Research Unit. “The malware retrieves the victim’s WhatsApp contact list and […]

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The 10 eternally true steps to financial freedom

The principles of achieving financial freedom are timeless. Economies change, governments come and go, and your cable TV, The National Geographic, and Loaded magazine subscriptions give way for broadband, Netflix, and that meditation app that you’re always too busy to use. Yet while hairstyles wax and wane (I’m personally bringing back the bouffant for 2026) […]

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Tell us what you really, really… do not want to spend time working on

Developers are working smarter with AI: 84% currently incorporate or plan to incorporate AI into their development workflow according to this year’s Stack Overflow Developer Survey. We found that developers that were partially using AI in their workflow were mostly using it for writing code (59%), searching for answers (56%), learning new concepts (47%), or […]

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Xbox’s Developer Direct returns on January 22nd with Fable and Forza Horizon 6 gameplay

Microsoft’s annual Xbox Developer Direct event is taking place on January 22nd this year. The fourth Developer Direct will provide a closer look at two of Microsoft’s biggest Xbox games this year, Forza Horizon 6 and Fable, as well as a first in-depth look at Beast of Reincarnation from Game Freak. Playground Games will debut […]

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