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· Augustine Reyes Chan
Author Reveals the Real Difference Between ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ and the Real Wall Street
John LeFevre, the British-born former banker behind Goldman Sachs Elevator, has just substantiated for those outside the insular world of investment banking that the behavior on Wall Street is spot on with how the movie “Wolf of Wall Street” portrayed it. One discrepancy between…
· Benny Luo
Bestselling Author Tim Ferriss Reveals How to Master Any New Skill in Record Time
Tim Ferriss’ entrepreneurial journey began when he founded BrainQuicken in 2001. It was his first company and focused on selling nutritional supplements online. He ended up selling it to a private equity firm in 2010. In between that timeframe, he wrote his first bestselling…
· Max Chang
This Woman’s Innovative ‘Resumé’ Thoroughly Impressed Airbnb’s CEO
Nina Mufleh always wanted to work for Airbnb. After moving from the Middle East, Mufleh lived in San Francisco for a year, unable to land a single interview with the company after months of submitting job applications, answering listings and sending emails to the company — until…
· Sebastian Dillon
Inside the Life of Mashable’s 29-year-old Multi-Millionaire Founder
Pete Cashmore is the 29-year-old entrepreneur and founder of Mashable. Born in Banchory, Scotland, Cashmore founded Mashable in 2005 at the age of 19 while still living with his parents in Aberdeen, Scotland. Cashmore has served as Mashable’s CEO for just over a decade now.
· Max Chang
San Diego Woman Fined $25,000 By City For Renting Her Home Through AirBnB
A San Diego woman is being fined $25,000 by the city of San Diego after renting out her home using AirBnB without a proper permit. Because Rachel Smith, a 70-year-old retired schoolteacher who lives in San Diego’s historic Burlingame neighborhood, failed to obtain a conditional…
· Riley Schatzle
Vanity Fair Throws Major Shade at Tinder; Passive-Aggressive Twitter Meltdown Ensues
salas Tinder recently lashed out at Vanity Fair and one of their journalists for publishing an article that links their company to the “dating apocalypse”.
· Riley Schatzle
Spoiled Rich Kid Pays $30,000 to Light His Ferrari on Fire So He Can Get a New One
The son of a Swiss millionaire decided that instead of working hard to earn the money to buy a new 2015 Ferrari 458 Italia, he would, instead, burn his old one in an elaborate scheme to get away with insurance fraud. However, after some miscalculations, the son found himself and…
· Jacob Wagner
People Who Eat Spicy Food Are More Likely to Live Longer, Study Finds
Good news for spicy food lovers: a recent seven-year study of hundreds of thousands of people has found that spicy foods may help you live longer. The study, which was published in the medical journal BMJ, was conducted by researchers led by the Chinese Academy of Medical…
· Mahbod Moghadam
What I Learned From My Rap Genius Cofounders
I beef with my co-founders now, but I have to admit — they taught me some valuable things. Ilan Zechory was the first person who ever told me that the internet was going to blow up. This was in 2005. For those of you who don’t remember those times, let me explain to you:…
· Jacob Wagner
Donald Trump Gets the Last Laugh After Gawker Publishes His Cell Phone Number
No one enjoys attention as much as Donald Trump — or wields it better than he does. Yesterday, in response to Trump leaking the cell phone number of fellow presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham in July, Gawker published his cell phone number to try and give…
· Riley Schatzle
Shanghai Janitor Loses Leg After Another Horrific Escalator Accident
A mall cleaner was forced to have his leg amputated after it became wedged in an escalator in Shanghai, China.
· Riley Schatzle
Why Facebook Strong-Armed an App Developer and Crushed His Viral App
A popular application that let Facebook users know which of their friends had unfriended them was shut down on Wednesday in a controversial move by the social networking company. Who Deleted Me was created by Anthony Kuske to be a “useful tool to enhance users’ Facebook…
· Riley Schatzle
Tech Employee Spends $476,000 on Online Strippers and Sex Toys Using Company Card
A “national solutions architect” for a St. Louis-based company was indicted last week by federal authorities for using nearly half a million dollars in company funds to pay for online strippers. John David Berrett, 40, is accused of falsifying expense reports from September 2013…
· Editorial Staff
Bullies Are Sexier and More Popular Than You, New Study Finds
That bully from high school that you’ve never forgiven and the jerk you share an office with at work could very well be higher up on the social ladder than you, according to newly published research. The study, conducted by researchers at Simon Fraser University in British…
· Riley Schatzle
HP Reportedly Bans T-Shirts at Work, Programmers Forced to Wear Collared Shirts
HP has finally put their foot down, ending what was becoming a fashion catastrophe. This week, HP sent all of their employees — roughly 100,000 individuals across several countries including the UK, Australia, India, Germany and the U.S. — a confidential memo reminding them that…
· Riley Schatzle
Rickshaw Driver Confronted After Trying to Charge $300 for a One Mile Ride
A Rickshaw driver in London redefined premium transportation today when he charged four passengers 206 pounds, or about $320, for a ride that didn’t even amount to a whole mile.
· Gary Vaynerchuk
Here Are the Best Ways to Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking
Everyone at some point in their life has been nervous about public speaking. It can be one of the most terrifying things to encounter. Getting up on that stage, suddenly you have flashbacks to that fifth grade book report that you definitely didn’t prepare for. But I have some…
· Riley Schatzle
A 77-Year-Old Toll Booth Collector Was Fired After Helping to Pay Someone’s $5 Toll
Vladislav Sam Samsonov, 77, is a veteran Florida tollbooth collector who, after 29 years of being employed at the Boca Grande Causeway, was fired for paying a customer’s $5 toll.
· Max Chang
Here’s How Your Phone Can Tell if You are Depressed
While there are already apps that give smartphones the capability to track how often you have sex or even menstruate, researchers have found that they can also tell when you are depressed with a surprising degree of accuracy. A new study out of Northwestern University tracked 40…
· Riley Schatzle
Telling Siri to Charge Your Phone Will Make Her Call the Police
Apparently if you ask Siri to charge your phone to 100 percent, it will make the mistake of thinking you need to get in touch with the police. The Verge reported early this morning on the phenomenon but were baffled as to the reason why Siri thinks that charging a phone to 100%…