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· Laura Dang
LinkedIn May Owe You Up To $1500 — Here’s How to Get the Cash
Individuals who used the professional networking site LinkedIn between 2011 to 2014 may be able to file a claim against the company worth up to $1,500. The payout comes as part of a settlement the company agreed to in resolving the $13 million class-action lawsuit filed against…
· Editorial Staff
That Awkward Moment a Startup Bro Asks LinkedIn’s Founder Why His Product Sucks
It’s tough to be one of the most respected entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley when startup bros try to call you out for having a confusing product. Reid Hoffman, venture capitalist and billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn, had an awkward interaction last week at Fortune’s Brainstorm…
· Bryan Ke
London Restaurateur’s Tires Slashed in Coronavirus-Related Attack
Geoff Leong, a celebrity restaurateur based in London, England and owner of Dumplings’ Legend, experienced firsthand the racism brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic after his car tires were slashed. Leong encountered the damage to his car on April 22 when he was about to drive…
· Ryan General
North Carolina Volleyball Club Director Sparks Outrage With ‘Don’t Eat the Bat’ Instagram Post
A volleyball coach and senior director of the NGO Triangle Volleyball Club was recently seen mocking Asian people during an apparent game played over a video conference call. Earlier this week, an image was posted on Triangle Volleyball Club’s Instagram page, showing a collage…
· Ryan General
UCSC PhD Student Goes on Racist Rant Against Chinese People on Facebook
Editor’s Note: This post has been updated with a response from Skidmore’s attorney. Allison Skidmore, a Ph.D. student at the University of California Santa Cruz, recently wrote a disturbing post on Facebook wishing for genocidal harm on China.
· Ryan General
Woman Loses Job After Harassing Asian Students With Racist Messages
Kathryn Ralph, Ph.D., used to be on every social media platform. Now, her accounts can no longer be found after she racially harassed students of Asian descent online. An alumna of the University of Notre Dame, Ralph is reportedly completing her postdoctoral degree at the…
· Bryan Ke
Vietnamese Heiress Who Went to Fashion Shows in Europe Tests Positive for COVID-19
A wealthy Vietnamese jet-setter attended several fashion shows in Milan, Italy and Paris before being tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Nga Nguyen, the 27-year-old daughter of a steel magnate, was present at the Gucci fashion show in Milan on Feb. 19,…
· Carl Samson
Vietnamese Artist Dropped From UK Exhibit Because ‘Asians Are Seen as Coronavirus Carriers’
A Vietnamese artist and curator in the U.K. has become the latest target of COVID-19 racism after getting banned from attending an art fair in London because “Asians are being seen as carriers of the virus.” An Nguyen was supposed to assist in the exhibit for Raquelle Azran, a…
· Khier Casino
Korean Woman Nearly Punched By 2 Men in the Netherlands Over Coronavirus Panic
A Korean interpreter living in the Netherlands was targeted by two men on a scooter, shouting “Chinese!” and trying to punch her as she rode on a bike. “It was really scary because it was late, and I was alone and I was on a street where I couldn’t see anyone nearby,” Jiye…
· Carl Samson
Bellevue College VP Put on Leave After ‘Removing History’ on Mural for Japanese American Concentration Camps
Bellevue College, a public college in Washington state, has apologized for editing an art installation that commemorated the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. The display, titled “Never Again is Now,” features an 11-foot mural of two Japanese American…
· Carl Samson
His Asian Mom Wanted Him to Be a Doctor or Lawyer, He Built a Tiny Phone Instead
As software forges new frontiers in artificial intelligence, curbing the insatiable habit of mobile use has become a more challenging cause to save ourselves from hours of aimless, unhealthy scrolling. Such a state of digital addiction, all in the age of data deluge, has…
· Carl Samson
NY Real Estate Agent Fired After Reportedly Saying Asian Woman Has Coronavirus on Instagram
A New York real estate employee has been sacked from his job after allegedly yelling at an Asian woman claiming she has coronavirus. Matthew DeGuida, who goes by @mattdeguida, posted a video of the woman going through a hill of garbage on the side of an unidentified street on…
· Bryan Ke
Australian Man May Face Death Penalty for Murdering Wife in Singapore
A man was given one charge of committing murder for allegedly killing his wife at a condominium in Buangkok, Singapore on Jan. 3. The crime occurred at a third-floor unit at Esparina Residences at 12:07 p.m. on Friday, according to Channel News Asia.
· Leanna Chan
4 Ways to Combat Sunday Scaries and Post-Holiday Work Anxiety
Do you feel a sense of dread wash over you every Sunday evening? Do you not only feel nervous after a nice long break but also somewhat fearful? You’re not alone. “Sunday scaries” is a term used to describe the feeling of anxiety we experience on Sunday evenings because of the…
· Carl Samson
How a Hong Kong Socialite Scammed Her Way into a Crazy Rich Life
The days of sipping expensive French wine in her luxurious Hong Kong abode could soon be over for a local socialite, whose alleged ways of seduction, deception, and manipulation to maintain her posh status quo have come to light. She is, she says, Azura Luna Mangunhardjono —…
· Editorial Staff
Newsweek Reporter Fired After Her Editor Allegedly Failed to Update Trump Story
Newsweek reporter Jessica Kwong has been fired over an “inaccurate” article she wrote that claimed President Trump would be spending the holiday “Tweeting, golfing and more.” The president’s plan to spend the holiday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida with his…
· Jin Hyun
Woman Allegedly Convinces Boyfriend to Jump to His Death 90 Minutes Before Graduation
A 21-year-old former Boston College student, Inyoung You, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for the suicide of her boyfriend in May. Prosecutors said that the female student’s behavior was physically, verbally and psychologically abusive during the 18-month…
· Alvin Chan
Controversial Firing of a Chinese Facebook Engineer Angers China
Software engineer Yi Yin was recently fired from Facebook after he accused the tech giant of mistreating foreign employees. Yin said that he received an email warning on the same day he attended a memorial for Qin Chen, a colleague who jumped from the fourth floor to his death.
· Benny Luo
Andrew Yang Once Chewed Me Out During a Job Interview and Changed My Life Forever
It’s the summer of 2007, I’m sitting inside my room on campus with the A/C on full-blast. I had just finished my freshman year at UC Irvine. Back then, it was known as a “safety school” before rapidly moving up the UC ranks in recent years. I was born and raised in San Francisco…
· Ryan General
Ex-Facebook Engineer Dishes on the Company’s Work Culture on YouTube
When Patrick Shyu was fired from his job at Facebook, he took to his thriving YouTube channel to express his feelings about the situation. Shyu, who was a software engineer on the social media giant, poked fun at his former employer in a video called “Day in the Life of a…