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September 22, 2015
Why Fashion Model Karlie Kloss Launched Her Own YouTube Channel
Supermodel Karlie Kloss gets paid (a lot) to project other people's creative visions. Her new YouTube channel is about representing her own.
There are Band-Aids on the backs of Karlie Kloss's ankles. She is wearing a little sparkly ring in the shape of a "K"; a delicate gold necklace around her neck reads "Sister." New York Fashion Week is in full swing when I sit down with the 23-year-old supermodel in YouTube's new Manhattan studios. She has just finished shooting a segment for her recent collaboration with YouTube, a handful of the platform's most popular fashion and beauty vloggers, and Vogue magazine. After wrapping up her video shoots and walking down the runways, she'll still have to do her homework—she just started her freshman year at New York University, where she's taking an introductory writing class, just like everyone else. "I'm a normal 23-year-old girl," she says.
September 21, 2015
Apple's Electric Car Could Ship By 2019
As expected, Apple is working on a car—but the first iteration won't be fully autonomous, contrary to previous reports.
Apple has set an ambitious ship date for its electric car: The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is revving things up to deliver a car by 2019, and has the green light to triple its 600-person team. Though Apple is conducting research on fully autonomous vehicles, its first release will be an electric car—not a self-driving car, as previously rumored.
Apple Weathers The First Major Malware Attack On Its App Store
Apple, which prides itself on its security measures, fell prey to malware that compromised hundreds of iOS apps from China.
Over the weekend, Apple revealed that malware found its way into the App Store on a mass scale after several of China's most popular apps were infected with code that could snoop on iOS devices and steal passwords. The breach is bad news for Apple, which uses its security as a major selling point and has stiff competition in the lucrative Chinese market.
Today in Tabs: A Big Night For Ham
I just don't dig on swine, that's all.
Let's get the easy one out of the way: Jon Hamm is finally on the Emmy scoreboard at 1 for 16 after winning his finale-season pity statuette for "Mad Men."
At Harvard College, 16% Of Female Seniors Surveyed Report Having Been Raped
This is higher than the 11% average, according to a new report about sexual violence at American universities.
Today, a university-wide email went out from Harvard President Drew Faust detailing the initial results of a survey completed by Harvard students which asked about individual experiences with sexual assault and campus perceptions of sexual assault.
Infamous Web Forum 4chan Has A New Owner
4chan has been sold to Hiroyuki Nishimura, founder of the Japanese message board 2channel.
4chan, one of the Internet's most infamous web forums, has a new owner. Christopher Poole, who founded 4chan in 2003 as a teenager and saw it grow into a major player in digital culture, is selling 4chan to Japanese message board founder Hiroyuki Nishimura. Nishimura founded 2channel, an online message board that served as one of 4chan's inspirations. Terms of the sale weren't disclosed, but 4chan boasts more than 20 million monthly users.
Kickstarter CEO: "We Don't Ever Want To Sell Or Go Public"
Crowdfunding site Kickstarter announced it is reincorporating as a public benefit corporation.
On Sunday, Kickstarter made a decision that appears to be in stark contrast to the usual trajectory of investment-chasing tech companies. The crowdfunding platform has elected to become a "public benefit corporation"—in other words, a company that is legally bound to prioritize its societal impact, and must be transparent about its progress year after year.
You Can Now Have Wine Delivered With Your Blue Apron Dinner
Today, Blue Apron launches a monthly service that delivers six bottles of wine designed to pair with its boxed meal kits.
If you're a fan of the boxed meal kit—the service in which all the ingredients to prepare a home-cooked meal come neatly packaged and delivered to your doorstep—dinnertime just got more fun.
Disney Leads $66 Million Investment In Virtual-Reality Startup JauntVR
Hollywood is ramping up on VR in the months before Oculus and other hardware hits the market.
The Walt Disney Company is among the lead investors in virtual-reality startup JauntVR's $66 million Series C round of funding. It's the latest evidence that Hollywood wants in on VR before the technology is widely available.
How The Creators of Monument Valley Are Writing The Rules of Virtual Reality
The creators of one of the most beautiful iPad apps of all time has turned their sights to pioneer virtual reality in Land's End.
There's only ocean as far as my eye can see. It's a swirl of pastels marking the break of dawn. Overhead, I watch a flock of seagulls fly by. Under foot, I hear the crash of waves against rocks. It's only then that I look down, and realize I'm standing on the ledge of a cliff.
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