Refreshing your home’s front entry doesn’t require tons of work or expense. In fact, you can give your face a quick and easy face lift, add to the curb appeal and increase your home’s value with something as simple as adding window boxes. Window boxes filled with colorful flowers add instant character to your front […]
Whether you’re setting a mailbox post or pouring a patio, how fast the concrete needs to set is a critical factor when buying concrete at a home center. A bag of standard concrete and a bag of fast-setting concrete may look similar, but understanding the differences in how they work will help determine which mix […]
Munroe Bergdorf and L’Oréal Paris are off to a fresh start. “Looking forward to new beginnings and a new positive relationship with the L’Oréal team,” she Tweeted on Tuesday. Bergdorf made headlines in 2017, when she was hired as the company’s first transgender model and then fired after speaking publicly about racism after a white […]
Amazon is announcing a one-year moratorium on allowing law enforcement to use its controversial Rekognition facial recognition platform, the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday. The news comes just two days after IBM said it would no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology, citing potential human rights and privacy abuses and research indicating facial […]
In the wake of conflicting studies on whether or not COVID-19 is present in semen, researchers from three Boston hospitals have released sexual health guidelines describing the riskiest behavior, and offering some unusual advice about when to wear masks. The guidelines, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, note that any type of in-person sexual […]
Slack is partnering with Amazon in a multiyear agreement that means all Amazon employees will be able to start using Slack. The deal comes just as Slack faces increased competition from Microsoft Teams, and it will also see Slack migrate its voice and video calling features over to Amazon’s Chime platform alongside a broader adoption […]
Fashion businesses have taken significant financial hits due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. As these companies look for ways to get through it, a new category is emerging: protective apparel and accessories — or “Anti-Viral-Leisure,” as WWD has coined it. Marshal Cohen of NPD, one of the top American market research companies, told WWD, “Fashion […]
As summer approaches and the weather gets warmer, you might be wondering how many of your typical activities can go on as planned right now given the COVID-19 pandemic. Though outdoor activities are generally safer than indoor ones, anything where you come in direct contact with other people will generally drive the risk of infection […]
National Iced Tea Day is June 10th, and June is national Iced Tea Month, celebrating one of summer’s favorite drinks . While tea has been enjoyed for thousands of years, iced tea is a relative newcomer to the U.S. beverage world. Recipes for iced tea have been found dating back to the 1870s. The Buckeye […]
Over the past several days, amid outcries for justice in the deaths of Black people at the hands of police, many individuals working in fashion have spoken out against the industry’s long-standing history of racism. Some have offered suggestions on how to fix it (like Aurora James’s call on retailers to stock 15% black-owed businesses as […]