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· Sarah Lesnar
Here’s How Much Victoria’s Secret Angels Actually Make in a Year
How much does it pay to be a Victoria’s Secret Angel? At the very least, their checks have the same amount of zeros on them as you have fingers on a hand. Becoming an Angel isn’t an easy job to land and you can’t forget the annoyingly sexist questions that reporters always ask…
· Editorial Staff
It Takes a Few Seconds to See Which Apps Are Draining Your iPhone
Today’s smartphone batteries may hold charges longer than ever before, but that still doesn’t mean much in the face of constant Snapchats, Facebook updates and Instagram photos. If keeping your iPhone alive throughout the day is a struggle, it may be less about the actual…
· Editorial Staff
Airbnb Hosts and Renters Are Totally Hooking Up and the Company is Mostly Okay With It
People are using Airbnb’s accommodation services for hooking up and Airbnb is fine with that — unless it gets creepy and dangerous. The San Francisco-based company runs a website that allows users to list their homes for travellers to rent for short vacation stays. Airbnb, which…
· Editorial Staff
‘Clock Kid’ is Now Suing the City and School District for $15 Million in Damages
Fourteen-year-old Ahmed Mohamed received international media attention this year after he was arrested in Irving, Texas, for bringing a clock he built at home to school. The young teenager subsequently received invitations from politicians and leaders in business and tech who…
· Alan Van
Self-Driving Google Car Gets Pulled Over By Police For Driving Too Slow
Self-driving cars of the future might rack up tickets for going too fast, but a self-driving car pulled over yesterday was ticketed for driving too slow. A Mountain View Police Department officer saw traffic slowing down on El Camino Real near Rengstorff Avenue, an intersection…
· Editorial Staff
Why Having Too Many Talented People on Your Team is a Bad Idea
According to a new book, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Psychological scientists Adam Galinksy and Maurice Schweitzer go over the research on cooperation and competition in their new book, “Friend and Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to…
· Editorial Staff
This is What a $160 Billion Selfie Looks Like
Consider it the selfie sequel to September’s $200 billion photo. A selfie of French President Francois Hollande taken with some of China’s richest business leaders has gone viral on Chinese social media platform Weibo, garnering tens of thousands of comments, according to China…
· Editorial Staff
This 20-Year-Old Ran a $4 Million Drug Business From His Bedroom
A German teenager who made $4.3 million dealing drugs from his bedroom was sentenced to seven years in juvenile detention. The man, known as “Maximilian S.”, was 18 years old at the time he began running a drug operation from a bedroom in his mother’s house, according to The…
· Editorial Staff
A Team of Hackers Just Won $1 Million For Hacking the iPhone
This past weekend, a team allegedly claimed a million-dollar prize for hacking into the new iPhone operating system. The $1 million bounty was listed by a new startup, Zerodium, founded by Chaouki Bekrar, reported Motherboard. Hackers were given the challenge of remotely…
· Laura Dang
This Couple Visited North Korea and Captured All The Strange Things They Saw
A Canadian couple that has visited over 100 countries during their lifetime say their time in North Korea, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, has been the most unforgettable. Justin and Anna Williams traveled to North Korea in 2012 and spent about a week or so in the…
· 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
Why You Should Never Point a Laser at a Helicopter
What happens when you point a laser at a police helicopter? They find you, zoom up, and things basically turn into a game of Call of Duty.
· Riley Schatzle
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan to Open a Private School For Underprivileged Kids
To help educate the overwhelming number of disadvantaged students in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are opening a private school for preschoolers and students from kindergarten through eighth grade. On Thursday, the…
· Max Chang
The Camerawoman Who Tripped Refugees Plans to Sue Facebook and the Man She Tripped
Petra László, the infamous Hungarian camerawoman who was fired after videos of her tripping refugees went viral, is now planning to sue Facebook and one of the refugees she tripped. László was fired from her job at news company N1TV after videos showed her kicking children and…
· Laura Dang
How a Poor Village Girl Became One of the Richest Self-Made Billionaires in China
A Chinese girl who grew up in poverty working in a lens manufacturing factory is now one of the world’s wealthiest self-made women. Her company, Lens Technology, is a multi-billion-dollar operation that manufactures cover glass for laptops, tablets and cell phones. Zhou Qunfei,…
· Editorial Staff
People Who Prefer Drinking Black Coffee May Share One Scary Trait
New research finds that people who prefer their coffee black are more likely to possess antisocial and psychopathic personality traits. According to the research, “bitter taste preferences are positively associated with malevolent personality traits, with the most robust…
· Laura Dang
An App That Helps Fight Parking Tickets Just Got Banned in Three Major U.S. Cities
Nearly 100,000 people plagued by parking tickets are being left to fend for themselves after an app withdrew its services from three major cities three weeks ago. The mobile app Fixed helps individuals penalized by parking violations through the steps of disputing their tickets.…
· Editorial Staff
Facebook’s New Satellite Plan Will Bring Free Internet to Sub-Saharan Africa
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is one step closer to fulfilling his dream of connecting every person on earth via the internet. The Internet.org initiative headed by Facebook has partnered with French-based satellite operator Eutelsat in hopes of providing free internet service to…
· Riley Schatzle
Mysterious Owner of In-N-Out Reveals Why She Will Never Take the Company Public
The mysterious heiress of In-N-Out Burgers says that she will not take the company public or franchise restaurants because it is not what her family would have wanted. Many people question why the company has refused to go public in the past because of the wide popularity of the…
· Riley Schatzle
Hyperloop’s New Video Shows the Incredible Future of High-Speed Trains
The future is here, according to two new technology companies inspired by Elon Musk’s vision to create “the fifth mode of transportation.”
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