If you can’t bear leaving your pet at home, Lyft now lets you bring your furry friend along and helps you match with a pet-friendly driver. As PC Mag reports, Uber has offered a pet option since 2021, but prior to the new Pet ride option in the app, Lyft riders had to order a car […]
Interior designer and HGTV star Leanne Ford recently unveiled an all-new line of custom kitchen cabinetry with DIY-friendly home company Semihandmade. The new collection features three cabinet profiles available in two finishes — including aged White Oak in a whitewash stain and paper-white painted fronts. When John McDonald, the founder of Semihandmade, called Ford and asked her if she’d want to design a […]
This week, Apple sent invitations for a “special event” that is likely to include the launch of its next-gen iPhone 16 and Apple Watch. It’s set to kick off on Monday, Sept. 9, at 10 a.m. PT inside the Steve Jobs Theater. As PC Mag reports, that’s a day later than expected. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman had actually […]
A little-known disease spread by insect bites has turned deadly, and health officials are sounding the alarm. As CNN reports, more than 8,000 cases of Oropouche virus have been reported this year as of August 1. Most have been in South America, but infections are also spreading in countries where it hasn’t been seen before, […]
Meteorologists say activity in the Atlantic – which has been fairly quiet in the last weeks of August – will ramp up as we enter September. As USA Today reports, the dry, dusty air from Africa that prevents storms from developing in the Atlantic is forecast to wane. Says AccuWeather hurricane expert Alex DaSilva, “the dust […]
The organizers of Ukrainian Fashion Week have announced the event’s 55th season in September will take place in Kyiv — the first time the shows have been on home soil since Russia invaded the country on February 24, 2022. Around 50 brands are scheduled to show via a variety of mediums, from traditional runway shows […]
Queen Bey knows Whisky. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is partnering with Moët Hennessy — a division of the French luxury conglomerate LVMH — on a new American whiskey brand that comes straight out of Texas: SirDavis Whisky. As Food & Wine reports, SirDavis, which will be headquartered in Knowles-Carter’s hometown of Houston, Texas, is the 32-time Grammy winner’s […]
Meta has reportedly killed plans to make a competitor to Apple’s Vision Pro. As PC Mag reports, the company was eyeing a 2027 launch for a high-end alternative to its affordable Quest VR headsets. But costs and lackluster Vision Pro sales prompted Meta to rethink those plans, according to The Information. Meta’s mixed-reality headset, codenamed La Jolla, was […]
Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), a rare but potentially life-threatening viral disease spread by mosquitoes, has communities in Massachusetts on high alert after public health officials confirmed the first human case in the state in four years. As NBC’s The Today Show reports, the patient, a man in his 80s, was exposed to the virus in […]
Krispy Kreme is back at it with all-new, limited-time doughnuts. But this time, it’s not doing it alone. Last week, Krispy Kreme announced it’s partnering with Dr Pepper for the first time in the brand’s history with a new “roster” of doughnuts just in time for the start of football season. As Food & Wine […]