Vipology Staff Writer

Oracle moves its HQ from California to Austin, Texas

Software giant Oracle moved the company headquarters from Redwood City, California to Austin, Texas, Bloomberg reported, the latest tech firm to depart Silicon Valley for the Lone Star State. Oracle did not immediately reply to a request for comment Sunday, but told CNBC that it was putting into place “a more flexible employee work location […]

Pantone announces TWO Colors of the Year for 2021, and how they’ll influence Fabrics and Fashion

Pantone has some predictions about what 2021 might look like, as it announces its picks for Color of the Year. Though the color giant releases trend reports every season, the Pantone Color Institute identifies a specific hue — or, on rare occasions, two — annually that it believes will reflect the sentiment, feeling or desire for any given year, […]

Colin Kaepernick, Ben & Jerry’s collaborate for new ‘Change the Whirled’ flavor

Frozen confectionary super stars Ben and Jerry’s debuted their latest permanent flavor combination and it’s named after the former NFL quarterback. “Colin Kaepernick’s Change the Whirled,” a vegan nondairy frozen dessert, will launch in 2021. The dessert is a caramel, sunflower butter base with fudge chips, graham cracker swirls, and chocolate cookie swirls with the branding giving […]

Zooey Deschanel joins the Scott Brothers for the Season 2 Premiere of HGTV’s Celebrity IOU

Celebrity IOU (#CelebIOU) is BACK Monday, December 14th at 9pm on HGTV, and in the premiere episode, Zooey Deschanel makes her debut by lending a hand to her boyfriend, Jonathan Scott.  Jonathan and his brother Drew produce and star on the HGTV show, and help celebrities plan a surprise home renovation for one of their […]

Norman Abramson, a father of modern wireless networks, dies at 88

Norman Abramson, one of the pioneers behind wireless networks, has died at 88, The New York Times reports. The Times stated that Abramson died of skin cancer that had metastasized in his lungs. Abramson and the team of graduate students and faculty he led were responsible for creating ALOHAnet, an early wireless network whose innovative techniques are still […]

Move Over Cher and J. Lo, Dolly is entering the Beauty Game

That’s right, Dolly Parton (a.k.a. an Angel Here On Earth) is joining the long list of celebrities with their own beauty brands. The multi-hyphenate star—recently (and appropriately, IMHO) lauded ‘the patron saint of 2020’ by Marie Claire—will bring her first collection to the market in spring 2021. The range will be in partnership with Edge […]

FDA authorizes first COVID-19 vaccine in US

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, a landmark moment in the fight to suppress a virus that has killed nearly 300,000 people in the United States and sickened tens of millions around the world. “Today’s emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine […]

A new industry con encourages people to put their routers “in jail” to protect themselves from harmless Wi-Fi

If you’re reading this, as someone who uses the internet, it may seem obvious not to put your router in a Faraday cage. A Faraday cage, after all, blocks electromagnetic radiation and signals from escaping. Putting one around your router would, by very similar physics, prevent those same radio waves that carry your internet from reaching your […]

Sephora and Ulta partner with Kohl’s and Target to try and overcome pandemic recession

Entrance to a Sephora store

Sephora will open hundreds of beauty shops inside Kohl’s stores in coming years in a deal that rivals Target’s recent partnership with Ulta Beauty. Some 200 Sephora at Kohl’s locations will open by next fall, rising to at least 850 sites by 2023, the companies announced Tuesday. Sephora will also launch on Kohl’s website next […]