Carlos Barria / Reuters Two years have passed since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. About 30,000 people still live under blue tarpaulins. Washed out roads haven’t been fixed. Neighborhoods have been abandoned, and businesses have closed. And now Hurricane Dorian is approaching. Despite Congress authorizing $20 billion of recovery funds, work to fix homes and infrastructure […]
Expert Tips On How To Bring BIG Color Into Your Space
There’s no such thing as going wrong with color because, ultimately, color is all about context — and, according to Rebecca Atwood, we all see and feel it differently — it’s personal. The Brooklyn-based designer, artist, and now author of her second design guide, Living With Color, is on a mission to redefine how we […]
Traveling This Weekend? These Protective Styles Will Take Hair Off Your To-Do List
When deciding on your next braided style, you have to set your priorities: Do you want a look that you can switch from a topknot to a ponytail to straight-down gorgeousness? Or, do you want a hands-off style that allows you to take off your scarf in the morning and go? If you’re partial to […]
Apparently, Apple Was Listening To Some Siri Recordings — But It Has A New Privacy Policy
Today, Apple announced a change to its Siri privacy policy in response to concerns over user audio recordings being retained and evaluated by Apple contractors. Until earlier this month, Apple employed a grading system where recordings from Siri interactions were evaluated to measure the accuracy and relevance of Siri’s responses — but according to The […]
YouTuber Remi Ashten Always Carries These 4 Lip Products In Her Purse
Everything Remi Ashten Takes With Her On The Go From Chapstick and perfume to sentimental trinkets, we carry our entire lives in our handbags. In Spill It , our favorite trendsetters show and tell their bare necessities and beauty secrets — both the practical and the personal. Influencers often focus on one skill set when […]
City controller ‘skeptical’ of progress combating LA’s homeless crisis
An audit suggests that LAHSA overstated the number of people it has placed into housing. | Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images The remark came after releasing an audit skewering the the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s methods for tracking outreach to homeless residents The city controller said Wednesday that he’s suspicious of the Los Angeles Homeless […]