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Flying With Natural Hair Care Products in Your Carry-On | TSA
While traveling, Fox does her best to keep her products to a minimum, with shampoo, conditioner, and mousse, like Miche Set Gel-to-Foam Styling Mousse, usually making the cut. (See below for information on where to buy products mentioned in this article.) “It has an end result that’s a great balance between hold and softness. It applies quickly and dries very…
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I Tried 7 Products Designed to Make Solo Travel Less Scary
Solo travel is something I’ve wanted to try for a long time, but I’ve been afraid to. From movies like “Taken” that show women being kidnapped for sex trafficking to horror stories on social media about the terrible experiences women have had while abroad, it’s hard not to be a little fearful. Anytime I mention wanting to travel alone to…
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Safety and Security Products for Airbnb and Hotel Stays
Call me paranoid, but incidents of nonworking monitors, hidden cameras, and the like aren’t unheard of. As recently as 2024, a family in Florida told a harrowing story of having to use the balcony to exit an Airbnb after alarms didn’t go off during a fire. CNN published an investigation into a short-term rental company’s lack of appropriate response when vacationers…
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OpenAI Will Work on Hardware Products With Jony Ive
Jony Ive, the famous designer responsible for many of Apple’s most well-known products, is teaming up with OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman. This new company will focus on hardware that incorporates AI. This partnership, which has led to the creation of a new company called “io,” will bring AI even closer than before. The plan is to use OpenAI’s…
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Tips for Buying Secondhand Products to Save You Money
The good news is, CR experts say many everyday products can be safely purchased secondhand. Shanika Whitehurst, CR’s associate director of product sustainability, says there are a few exceptions. “I’d probably stay away from smaller appliances like rice cookers, humidifiers, and more health-related products. Stuff you’re going to be cooking on—make sure you can clean every single part of it.”…
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Skip Products That Combine Sunscreen With Insect Repellent
Sunscreen and insect repellent need to be applied in different quantities and frequencies, and combining them could reduce their effectiveness or change the way they are absorbed by your skin, says Esther Freeman, MD, PhD, an associate professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also advises travelers to steer clear of these products,…
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How to Get More for Your Money When Shopping for Tech Products
Price Range: $65 to $1,500 Why are some models so pricey? Top-of-the-line tablets have beautiful, high-resolution displays with silky smooth scrolling—for reading e-books, playing games, and viewing movies and video clips. They feature higher-quality cameras, lots of horsepower for tasks such as photo editing, and extra storage space (128 to 256 gigabytes) for music, games, and movies. Many have batteries…
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5 Dairy Products That Won’t Give You Bubble Guts
Though many people develop lactose intolerance as adults, all babies are born with the lactose-converting lactase enzyme in their small intestines. This enzyme decreases with age and the first symptoms of intolerance typically begin to emerge after age three. The symptoms can range in severity, but generally present within 30 minutes to two hours of consuming food with lactose and…
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A lot of Logitech products cost more now than two months ago
Many of Logitech’s products are pricier now than they were in the recent past. In a video published this week, YouTuber Cameron Dougherty detailed increases as high as 25 percent on the company’s PC and gaming accessories, including well-known Logitech gear like the MX Master 3S mouse. I took a peek at a few Internet Archive captures of Logitech’s current…
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Google ruled an online ad monopoly, could be forced to break up its advertising products – Computerworld
Google took this as a partial win, with the company’s VP for regulatory affairs, Lee-Anne Mulholland, stating: “We won half of this case and we will appeal the other half. The Court found that our advertiser tools and our acquisitions, such as DoubleClick, don’t harm competition. We disagree with the Court’s decision regarding our publisher tools. Publishers have many options…
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