On September 24, 1869, the United States gold market suffered a financial crisis. Two conniving Wall Street bankers sought out to buy as much gold as possible to hike up the price and sell it back to the public to turn an impossible profit. When the plan was finally revealed that Friday, a huge portion of the country had already gone bankrupt.

The Holiday season is upon us with the looming promise of gift shopping sprees, meal planning and back to back traveling. Though it can be rewarding to spend time with our loved ones and eat tons of food, the holiday season can be stressful as there are so many things to prepare for. I’m here to add another thing to the list.

Magecart refers to a hacker group that originally targeted global brands using Adobe’s eCommerce hosting platform Magento but has expanded to other platforms and poses a threat to anyone who operates or makes purchases on an eCommerce website. The attack skims credit card information from users by injecting malicious code into already existing code within the browser, making it difficult to detect. 

The Domain Name System (DNS) is an integral part of any website. DNS converts user-friendly domain names into resources (including IP addresses) that are more comprehensible to machines. When you type in a website’s domain name, your computer sends a request to find the IP address responsible for all the website’s data.

A lot has changed in the past few years, a global lockdown has resulted in many changes to the way we live, for better or for worse. This includes the way that we shop. Buy online, pick-up in store (BOPIS) is one of many innovations that came from the pandemic as shoppers demanded a way to get their items quickly without shopping in-person.

If you’ve purchased anything online in the past few years, you may have noticed a new payment option on the checkout page. Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a form of short-term financing that allows customers to pay for their order in installments after the purchase rather than all at once.

When I scroll through my TikTok "For-You" page, every few posts show a shopper’s “thrift haul,” or someone digging through their relative’s vintage closet for a nostalgic home fashion show. Occasionally I see folks repurposing clothing they already own to learn how to shop more consciously. Bringing new life to old clothes has become not just a fashion statement, but also a necessary step in the direction of sustainability.