The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and Vogue have announced “Fashion For Our Future,” a non-partisan march in midtown Manhattan scheduled for Sept. 6. As Fashionista reports, this event will unite more than 1,000 participants across the fashion industry to encourage voter registration and voting this election year. “This is an extraordinary election, with incredible consequences for […]
Tropical Storm Ernesto has formed in the Atlantic and is racing toward the Caribbean and Puerto Rico with heavy rainfall, gusty winds and dangerous seas as a predicted hyperactive hurricane season ramps up. As CNN reports, the center of the storm is located a few hundred miles east of the eastern Caribbean’s Leeward Islands Monday evening, the […]
Cash App is expected to pay out up to $15 million in a class action settlement due to two data security incidents and company practices around unauthorized account access and fraudulent transactions, meaning eligible Cash App users can now file a claim and could receive up to $2,500. As PC Mag reports, in a filing with the […]
A dog in Tulsa, Oklahoma, started a house fire after biting into a lithium ion battery, fire officials said. The Tulsa Fire Department recently released dramatic footage of the fire, which took place in May, showing the portable cellphone battery sparking and bursting into flames, sending two dogs and a cat running. As ABC News […]
IKEA, the Swedish furniture giant, is celebrating its 80th anniversary with a funky new line featuring heritage prints and styles with a modern twist. Launched in July, the limited collection, Nytillverkad, boasts some of IKEA‘s most timeless, “iconic vintage pieces, hand-picked from our archive and reimagined in bright colors.” “All the products have a story behind them, like […]
Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an emergency suspension of the common weedkiller DCPA, also known as Dacthal. As CNN reports, this is the first time the agency has used its emergency suspension authority in 40 years. The last emergency ban of this kind was of the pesticide ethylene dibromide, or EDB, in 1983. […]
We may still be in the height of summer, but it appears Starbucks, the reigning champ of pumpkin spice everything, is already gearing up for fall. And its new fall menu has leaked online for all of us to enjoy. As Food & Wine reports, last week, Instagram user and all-around in-the-know snack guru Markie_Devo […]
Rebag, the leading luxury resale platform, is launching a strategic retail and digital partnership with the iconic department store Bloomingdale’s, aimed at making the luxury goods market more accessible for the rest of us. The first-of-its-kind collaboration is designed to promote sustainability and circularity while providing unparalleled access to best-in-class brands. The partnership includes a meticulously […]
This fall semester, Urban Outfitters will launch UO LIVE On Campus—a dynamic series of in-store experiences featuring Gen Z-favorite artists, creators, and can’t-miss moments designed to foster community and connection for an exciting school year ahead. Alongside these events, the brand will launch UO College Shops: 20 specialty campus-adjacent shop-in-shops packed with the season’s must-have college staples. […]
Susan Wojcicki, Google’s 16th employee who helped jumpstart the company in her garage, ran its advertising business, and then helmed YouTube for most of the past decade, has died at 56, according to posts by her husband Dennis Troper and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. As The Verge reports, Wojcicki joined Google in 1998 and was CEO of YouTube from […]