Amazon said Thursday that during the three months ending September 30 its sales grew 37% compared to the same period last year, to $96.1 billion, and profit increased 197% to $6.3 billion. The results topped estimates from Wall Street analysts. They do not include Amazon’s Prime Day event, which took […]
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“Technology’s been coming for black people since the beginning” says Charlene Prempeh
Exposing and tackling racism in technology is the goal of UK initiative A Vibe Called Tech. Dezeen spoke to founder Charlene Prempeh about the responsibility companies have in protecting the black community on and offline. © Provided by Dezeen Launched in 2018, A Vibe Called Tech explores the impact that […]
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Proposition 115 limiting abortion care in Colorado would impact people like me
This November, Coloradans are being asked to close a door I was grateful to walk through four years ago. The intentionally confusing Proposition 115 would make it illegal for Colorado’s abortion providers to administer abortion care after 22 weeks, with no regard for the consequences. This would not only dictate […]
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How People Smugglers Adapted After 39 Vietnamese Migrants Were Found Dead in a Truck
A priest (C) officiates final rites during burial of coffins bearing the remains of Nguyen Van Hung (L) and Hoang Van Tiep (R) at a cemetery in Dien Chau district, Nghe An province on November 28, 2019. Photo: Nhac NGUYEN / AFP Exactly one year ago on October 23, 2019, the […]
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Google Cloud BrandVoice: Time, Place, People: Designing The Digital Workplace
A look at the three basic design values of any digital workplace tool, according to the creators of Google Workspace. The more intuitive and flexible the technology, the better it is for adapting to a new environment. getty With the growing importance of digital workplaces, enterprises and institutions everywhere are […]
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Retail sales rose in September as people kept shopping
US retail sales rose 1.9% in September, the Commerce Department reported Friday. That’s well above the 0.7% rise predicted by economists surveyed by Refinitiv. In August, retail sales grew 0.6%. Retail sales had slumped to a seven-year low in April as coronavirus prompted stores across the country to shut their […]
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The Best Gift Cards to Please the Pickiest People on Your Holiday List
The holiday shopping season is coming — and with it, the pressure to find gifts for your favorite and hardest-to-shop-for people. Why take wild guess and risk a regifting situation (or worse, a post-holiday return and exchange trip), when you can make it easy on both of you by getting […]
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How to make a family cookbook, filled with recipes from your favorite people
While the term “ambiguous loss” was coined by Pauline Boss in the 1970s, the phenomenon feels ever-present today. So many of us are suffering from the physical absence of loved ones and activities that typically fill our lives with connection. In missing the things that help us feel present, we […]
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Ikea’s online sales surged as people turned homes into offices and schools
The company said in a statement on Tuesday that online sales surged 45% over the 12 months to August, driven by 4 billion visits to its website. Outdoor furniture was the retailer’s fastest-growing category, with sales of office furniture also performing strongly, a spokesperson told CNN Business. The company began […]
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How Ugg Reimagined Its Classic Boots to Make Them Accessible for People With Disabilities
Refinery29 20 Fashion Gifts For Your Most Stylish Friends Take it from me, someone who’s notoriously hard to shop for: buying a gift for people who love fashion is not easy. For starters, fashion people have very specific taste — like really specific. (Ask someone in fashion to describe their […]
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Online platforms make the most of people staying in with new features to keep them hooked
© Provided by The Financial Express The co-watching space has, in fact, gained a lot of traction due to the restrictions in place and with people being unable to hang out together. By Shriya Roy In the past few months, the tech world has proven to be a saviour, enabling […]
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Column: In a digital space, young people learn life-changing skills for the real world
Cali Liu is a 17-year-old La Jolla High School senior who uses photography to help her manage the stress of her busy student life. Adrian Prado is a 16-year-old junior at John F. Kennedy Middle College High School in Norco whose love of taking photos and making videos is what […]
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10 popular face masks people keep buying over and over
10 popular face masks people keep buying over and over — Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission. The year is 2020 and the one thing topping everyone’s must-buy list is face masks. With the Centers for Disease Control […]
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Gifts to help people love home again
As a great poet once said, are you too good for your home? No matter how good (or otherwise) you and your home are, everyone’s probably a bit sick of being stuck inside after a 2020 of self-isolation, quarantine, general exhaustion, and existential dread. And as the weather cools down […]
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A New Medical Van Wants To Connect People In Public Housing With Healthcare Providers : NPR
United Medical Center’s mobile medical van parked outside the Greenleaf public housing complex in Southwest D.C. Jenny Gathright/WAMU hide caption toggle caption Jenny Gathright/WAMU Carl Goggins feels like he can’t be careful enough when it comes to the coronavirus. Apart from the danger the virus poses to him as a […]
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Best Buy closed down stores in the pandemic. People kept shopping
Barry could have kept stores open in some areas where Best Buy (BBY) was considered an essential business because it sold products that allowed people to work and go to school from home. But customers and employees were scared, she said in an interview, and the company had “very little […]
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Young people are at risk of severe Covid-19 illness
Before she contracted Covid-19 in June, Stephanie Moir ran almost every day, pushing her two young children in a jogging stroller. Now she has trouble just getting out of bed and showering. She’s been dealing with the disease for months, and there’s still no end in sight. Her battle has […]
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Young people may be more at risk of severe Covid-19 illness than realized
Before contracting Covid-19 in June, Stephanie Moir ran almost every day, pushing her two young children in a jogging stroller. Now she has trouble just getting out of bed and showering. She’s been dealing with the disease for months, and there’s still no end in sight. Her battle has included […]
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The people opening new shops
Jessica Stewart, Anna Strzelecki and Sophia Sutton-Jones are hoping to make it on the High Street It’s just before nine in the morning in the well-heeled north London suburb of Highgate. The area boasts A-list movie stars, Nobel laureates, some of the nicest views in London and in a few […]
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Another UK escooter trial is on hold because people are breaking the rules
Just days after the first escooter trials were launched in the UK, the two-wheeled transport had to be pulled from the streets after they were ridden through shopping malls and down freeways. Since then, a number of other trials in Britain have launched, and you guessed it, some have been […]