• Florida Man Parks Smart Car In Kitchen To Protect It From Storm
    To avoid cleaning out his garage to make room for a second car, a Florida man parked his Smart car in his kitchen to protect it from Hurricane Dorian because he didn't want it to "blow away.” With the car in the middle of the kitchen, the man's wife said she had to move around it to cook and serve dinner. "I'm hoping he will pull it out pretty soon once the wind dies down," she told The Associated Press. "There is room and it's not in the way, but my dogs are confused by it."
  • Samsung Square Foldable Reportedly Planned For 2020
    Samsung is preparing to release its Galaxy Fold, and rumors are picking up about a second Samsung foldable set to launch next year. The new smartphone is supposed to be more affordable and thinner than the $1,980 Fold, with a single hole-punch camera on the inside, and two more cameras on the outside, according to Bloomberg.
  • Dior Pulls Johnny Depp Ad Criticized For Cultural Appropriation
    The campaign for the new Dior fragrance “Sauvage” featured actor Johnny Depp playing guitar riffs against the Arches National Monument in Utah while Rose Sioux tribe member Canku Thomas One Star performed a traditional dance. Depp, who has been the face of the fragrance since 2015, has made claims of Native American ancestry in the past that have been challenged.
  • Why One Consumer Rents Her Party Clothes
    In "Seriously, Why Aren’t You Renting Your Clothes?," The Cut take a consumer-centric view of D2C brands like Rent the Runway, along with inside scoop on how the company is harnessing harnessed the “millions of data points at their fingertips.” Attention is also paid to the sustainability issue: "Over 100 billion items of clothing are made each year, and half of all fast-fashion garments are thrown away within a year. If you’re only going to wear a leopard skirt for one season, doesn’t it make sense to rent?"
  • Waymo Exec Says Making Cars Was A Distraction
    Waymo, the former self-driving unit under Google, discontinued a bubble-shaped driverless car called “Firefly” in 2017. That’s because manufacturing automobiles is “really hard” and could be a distraction to a company that doesn’t have a manufacturing background, Waymo’s head of vehicle supply chain Patrick Cadariu told The Telegraph. The company is preparing to open a Detroit factory, which will be used ton install its self-driving software into Chrysler and Jaguar vehicles.
  • Dior Missteps With Native American 'Sauvage' Ad
    French luxury fashion company Christian Dior’s decision to use an image of a Native American for its new fragrance, “Sauvage” is coming under fire. The word sauvage, or savage in English, is a racial stereotype with a long history of use against Native Americans, including in advertisements, according to the Washington Post. “The ad touched off a quick reaction on social media, with many accusing the company of deploying an insensitive depiction of Native Americans to sell its wares,” per the story.
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