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· Augustine Reyes Chan
Apple Finally Admits Why They Keep Making Gold-Colored Devices
Apple is heavily influential, but it’s also influenced heavily by its global markets. It wouldn’t be surprising then to hear Apple admit that it greatly considers Chinese taste when developing its products, taking into consideration, for example, China’s color palette…
· Editorial Staff
How Two Engineers Got Rich Working 1 Hour a Day Making Things Smell Like Shit
Some companies leave us scratching our heads as to how they became so successful. Liquid Ass, a company founded by best friends Allen Wittman, 45, and Andrew Masters, 49, is one of those companies. Liquid Ass is a product that’s exactly what it says it is: a liquid substance…
· Editorial Staff
This $37 iPhone 6s Knockoff From China is Actually Pretty Legit
Of the many things China is good at, making realistic imitation products takes the cake. China’s copycat $37 iPhone 6s is ridiculously cheap compared to the actual Apple manufactured device and it functions fairly well. The fake iPhone replica is hard to tell apart from the real…
· Editorial Staff
Meet The Man Who Makes Up To $300,000 by Making Mistresses Go Away
Chinese wives are increasingly turning to new services aimed at convincing their wealthy but unfaithful husbands’ mistresses to abandon their affairs. “Mistress-dispelling” companies in China often employ gym instructors, counselors, lawyers and investigators to get the other…
· Editorial Staff
Making These Small Changes Can Create a More Productive Workplace [Infographic]
There’s even more good reason for why your company needs to ditch the ancient carpeting and bulk CRT monitors than you might have thought: productivity. Too often, companies don’t pay enough attention to employees’ work environment. It’s especially important considering how a…
· Editorial Staff
Meet the 28-Year-Old Female Engineer Making Space Exploration Cool Again
Earlier this month, an internet firestorm was set off after Isis Wenger, a 22-year-old San Francisco-based engineer, was criticized online for being too pretty, and thus an unrealistic choice, to portray an engineer in an ad campaign for tech startup OneLogin. The only problem:…
· Max Chang
Former Reddit CEO: Ellen Pao Was Actually Trying to Save You All
Former Reddit CEO Yishan Wong wasn’t done revealing the burning truths behind the recent chaos at Reddit. His latest revelation? Like Severus Snape was to Harry Potter and Itachi Uchiha was to Naruto, Ellen Pao was always on the side of free speech, even for the nastier…
· Riley Schatzle
Meet the Mysterious Jewelry Designer Making Grillz for Rihanna and Cara Delevingne
Dolly Cohen, dental technician turned badass mouth grill designer, is a mysterious and difficult woman to get a hold of. According to Vogue, Cohen is more difficult to get a hold of than Rihanna — one of Cohen’s many celebrity clients.
· Editorial Staff
Ousted Reddit Employee Victoria Taylor Finally Breaks Her Silence
Last week, reddit exploded in chaos after employee Victoria Taylor, a.k.a. /u/chooter/, was inexplicably let go. In protest, hundreds of subreddits were marked private, which allows no one but moderators to access the forums. Users also flooded to reddit’s competitor, Voat.co,…
· Sebastian Dillon
Billionaire Snapchat Founder Evan Spiegel Caught Making Out with Model Miranda Kerr
As if being a boy billionaire and founder of Snapchat wasn’t enough, Evan Spiegel is also going for the title of playboy as he was caught making out with model Miranda Kerr at a bar near Snapchat’s headquarters in Venice, California by the gossip rags. Spiegel, who at 25 has a…
· Riley Schatzle
Billionaire Jack Ma Wishes He was Making $12 Per Month Again
Twelve dollars a month is better than $25 billion a year, says Alibaba founder Jack Ma. There was a time when even the wealthiest men in the world were average, ordinary civilians. According to Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of Alibaba, that time…
· Editorial Staff
This is How Much Tidal Actually Pays Music Artists
If you’re still not exactly sure what all that woe-is-me attitude at the root of Jay Z and co.’s grandstanding at Tidal’s relaunch earlier this year was all about, look no further than the infographic down below. As shown by Information is Beautiful’s updated-for-2015…
· Sarah Lesnar
Here’s How Millennials Should Really Feel About Still Getting Money From Their Parents
Do you still get money from your parents for things you technically should be paying for yourself by now even though you graduated college a few years ago? If you do, you probably keep that fact on the down low, probably because you are a little ashamed that you are a…
· Editorial Staff
If You’re Not Doing This One Thing After Receiving a Job Offer, You’re Making a Huge Mistake
If you’re a millennial, it’s more likely than not that you’ve committed one particular cardinal sin when receiving a job offer: not negotiating your new salary. According to a new study from NerdWallet and Looksharp that surveyed 8,000 recent graduates and 700 employers, 62% of…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Whole Foods is Launching a Cheaper Organic Chain That Millennials Can Actually Afford
Face it. We love Whole Foods for its organic and natural foods but balk at its prices, which is why the chain is known as “Whole Paycheck.” That’s about to change. In a company press release revealed yesterday, the upscale Texas-based grocer will be launching a separate chain…
· Jesse Miller V
Drinking a Glass of Wine Actually Makes You More Attractive, Study Finds
You’re at your favorite local watering hole, and you’ve knocked a few back. Feeling emboldened by your newfound liquid courage, you scan the room for prospects. You lock eyes with someone who flashes you a smile, make your approach, and that’s when something miraculous happens.…
· Waylae Gregoire
Meet the Chef That’s Making $1000 Per Plate From Floyd Mayweather
If you were world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., how would you prepare for the most anticipated and hyped-up fight of the century? You’d probably train mercilessly, talk a lot of shit about your opponent Manny Pacquiao, maybe pay his sparring partners more to sit at home…
· Editorial Staff
How This 26-Year-Old Went From a Lowly Office Worker to Making $20,000 a Day Trading Stocks
The Rich Kids of Instagram have all gotten a lot of flack in the past for showing off their luxury-filled lifestyle on the internet. But who could blame their critics? Afterall, it’s indeed hard to fully respect someone who’s living off wealth they didn’t build themselves.…
· Alan Van
Gucci Blasted For Chinese Workers on 14-Hour Shifts Making Handbags
Apparently, Gucci has way bigger problems than their tacky, over-conspicuous monogrammed designs. The Italian fashion house announced it would be strengthening controls on its suppliers after a state-run public broadcasting program exposed the near-slave labor hours the…
· Waylae Gregoire
I Graduated Last Year: Here Are 6 Things I Really Wish I Did In College
I want to become a millionaire before I turn 30. I graduated a little over a year ago, so I still have several years to meet my goal. I’m working for a startup now, and while I don’t regret a second of it, there are moments when I wish I could violently shake my younger self for…