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How Not To Mess Up Your At-Home Hair Color

The part of you that survived the ‘90s loves a DIY. But on a normal day, there’s a still limit to how far that punky, DIY spirit extends. Like, even if you’re down to repaint a cabinet, you’d still call a pro to reupholster your couch. Or you’ll whip up …

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We need to do more than flatten the curve; we need to demand action

VentureBeat published an opinion piece yesterday titled, “Don’t like dystopian surveillance? Flatten the coronavirus curve.” The author, Khari Johnson, rightly points out that, with the current pandemic, it’s more than our health on the line — it’s also our privacy. Johnson argues, “If you value privacy and due process or …

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Coronavirus and Negative Interest Rates: What It Means for You

Photo by HBRH / Shutterstock.com Thanks to the coronavirus-related financial crisis, we’ve broken more records in U.S. financial markets: Interest rates on some government securities have now dropped below zero, with one hitting a new low. As of this morning, three-month Treasury bills on the secondary market were paying negative …

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