Winter is coming. Again. For the past two years, colder temperatures have brought seasonal COVID upticks, which turned into massive waves when ill-timed new variants emerged. In Western Europe, the first part of that story certainly seems to be playing out again. Cases and hospitalizations started going up last month. No new variant has become dominant yet, but experts are […]
Elsewhere in British drama today, Netflix released a new trailer for its upcoming fifth season of The Crown, which picks up where season four left off: with the crumbling of then-Prince (now King!) Charles and Princess Diana’s turbulent marriage. That lands us in the early ’90s, meaning we’re not only about to enter into Lady Di’s real streetwear king era, […]
Hello hello! Happy Thursday! How has your week been? I’ve been furiously working on gift guides over here–I cannot believe it’s already that time of year again. I say this every year, but I swear everyone shops earlier and earlier as the years go on. Will we be shopping in July soon? 😂 I’m very excited for this weekend because […]
More than 80 percent of LGBTQ students said they felt unsafe at school last year, according to an annual report from the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN), as instances of discriminatory remarks from their peers increased and classroom access to LGBTQ-related books and internet resources shrank over the previous school year. Nearly 82 percent of LGBTQ students ages 13 – […]
Choosing who to follow on Instagram — especially if you’re scrolling through your feed on the regular — is important. The brands and influencers you interact with may impact your day, change your mood, and affect your consumer behaviors. Fashion influencers, for instance, inspire you to experiment with your style and try outfits that speak to your distinct personality. They […]
Health Tech By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH How is Salesforce thinking about the healthcare consumer? I had the chance to ask Salesforce’s SVP & GM of Health & Life Sciences, Amit Khanna, about it from both a product — and a lexicon – standpoint at Dreamforce 2022. Words matter. So, Salesforce’s use of “customer” when talking about our usual “patients” […]
For a few years there, trying to find the best jeans for men felt a lot like getting into fancy wines. Point of origin suddenly mattered: was the denim milled in Japan or America? There was confusing terminology to learn—raw, selvedge, ring spun—and a whole whack of weird rules to follow, like never washing your jeans for the first six […]
Education and Training Are Vital to Digital Transformation Older adults are adopting technologies such as smartphones, smart TVs, Internet of Medical Things devices, tablets and interactive voice solutions. Glen Tibbitts, corporate director of IT at United Church Homes, said the level of technology adoption and literacy among residents is wide ranging. The organization is currently testing the use of Amazon’s […]