Alyssa Newcomb

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  • We’ve heard the stats: home improvement projects became more popular in 2020. That’s great for staining the deck or reorganizing the garage, but what about designing an entire room with an interior designer?Tech

    Virtual interior design services go mainstream as the boundaries between work and home continue to blur

    By Stephanie Cain and Alyssa Newcomb
  • The very nature of a wedding involves hugging and kissing dozens of people, drinking and toasting together and sweating it out on a dance floor—all things we can’t even imagine doing now.Careers

    This group of independent wedding planners set a new standard for small gatherings

    By Stephanie Cain and Alyssa Newcomb
  • Designers and buyers are out. Artificial intelligence and big data are in.Tech

    The fashion industry’s business model is getting a tech-fueled makeover that’s ‘Zara meets Netflix’

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  • Inside the Sephora Universal City Walk store on April 19, 2018 in Universal City, California. Charley Gallay—Getty Images for SephoraCareers

    How Sephora is tackling racial bias in retail

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  • Before the pandemic, Artery used to throw immersive live events. When COVID decimated their business, the company created a new online platform that is more than just a wall of faces.Tech

    Meet the startup taking on Zoom fatigue with custom-built virtual living rooms

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  • With regulatory hurdles out of the way, Manna moved at lightning speed in the past few months to serve more people than anticipated.Tech

    With grocery store access limited during the pandemic, drone delivery offers a high-tech boost to business

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  • Members work on laptop computers in a common area at the WeWork Cos Inc. 85 Broad Street offices in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. WeWork has become the biggest private office tenant in London, Manhattan and Washington on its way to 425 office locations in 36 countries overall. Photographer: David ‘Dee’ Delgado/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesReal Estate

    With offices closed, WeWork and other coworking spaces jump on market opportunity

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  • Two phones installed with the official Irish health service executive “COVID Tracker” contact tracing app as the government prepares to launch the app. (Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images)Tech

    U.S. states are turning to a private Irish company to help stop the spread of COVID

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  • WeWork offices located at 349 5th Ave on November 21, 2019 in New York City. WeWork is selling Meetup to AlleyCorp, days after SoftBank announced a massive asset sale. With much of the world on lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, Meetup has pivoted to online gatherings.Finance

    Exclusive: WeWork is selling Meetup to AlleyCorp for a fraction of its 2017 price

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  • An engineering student at the University of Zenica, in central Bosnia, assembles protective face shields, parts of which were made with 3D printers.Tech

    Crowdsourcing vs. coronavirus: Inside the global push to 3D-print masks and ventilator parts

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  • VPNs are an important security tool for the growing legions of at-home workers.Tech

    Here’s what to look for in a work-from-home VPN

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  • The coronavirus-driven increase in gun sales includes a population that includes more senior citizens, women, and first-time buyers, said one gun store owner.Retail

    Panic buying goes beyond toilet paper—gun and ammo sales are spiking too

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  • A woman uses hand sanitizer gel in Ankara, Turkey on March 11, 2020. When the first wave of coronavirus hit the economy, cancelling conferences and trade shows, the $25.8 billion promotional products industry—which puts out a lot of branded hand sanitizer—got soaked.Tech

    Conference swag companies crushed by coronavirus cancellations: More hand sanitizer, please

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  • The majority of medical imaging equipment in the U.S. is running on outdated operating systems, leaving patient data and hospital networks open to attacks, new research says.Tech

    83% of Internet-connected medical imaging machines in the U.S. are ripe for hacking, report says

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  • Coronavirus fears are prompting many conference organizers to switch their events to streaming-only.Tech

    Conferences go online amid coronavirus fears—minus the hallway schmoozing

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