Heather Hurlock: How is happiness connected to mindfulness? Sharon Salzberg: “One of my meditation teachers said that the most important moment in your mediation practice is the moment you sit down to do it. Because right then you’re saying to yourself that you believe in change, you believe in caring for yourself, and you’re making it real. You’re not just holding some value like mindfulness or compassion in the abstract, but really making it real....

Wow. People used to assume that baseline happiness is unchangeable, but I am living proof that it can be moved from high negative to high positive with only a few years of practice. It is really about the training. In my Search Inside Yourself class, for example, the vast majority of participants did little or no meditation before the class, but after just a few days or weeks of meditation, many of them reported meaningful increases in happiness....

We are currently hiring a Managing Editor. A natural leader with a knack for compassionate organization and systems, the Managing Editor contributes both to high level strategy development and to the nitty gritty of getting things done. Conversant in mindfulness and spreadsheets, mentoring and problem-solving, editing, writing, and managing, the Managing Editor is a key member of the editorial team, assisting the Editor-in-Chief and serving as a prime resource for Senior and Associate Editors....

According to the regulator’s press release, Facebook had notified it of 12 data breaches in the six months between 7 June 2018 and 4 December 2018, when the company hadn’t changed its name to Meta. The DPC expectedly launched an investigation to determine whether the social media biggie complied with the requirements of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into application in May 2018. The investigation found that Meta violated two articles of GDPR — Article 5(2) and Article 24(1)....

Sensor Tower predicts that global mobile market spending will grow at an average annual rate of 12% over the next five years. This implies that the rise in mobile game users could be a cause for concern for gamers and developers alike. On the one hand, the sheer number of game users will inevitably affect the way players are treated in the mobile game industry and make it difficult for game developers to monetize their games....