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· Sebastian Dillon
Thirsty Ravers Offered Sex For EDC Tickets on Craigslist
EDC may have ended last weekend, but memories of the wild weekend should still be pretty fresh for some, at least according to these Craigslist posts. Some individuals who weren’t able to snag a wristband before the event found other ways to get in, like one young woman (below)…
· Riley Schatzle
Staggering Statistics Show Why EDC is the Best Music Festival Ever
The evolution of the Electronic Daisy Carnival over the years has been unbelieveable. Starting in the early 90s as a series of simple warehouse raves in Los Angeles, EDC has grown into the dance music Moby Dick of all music festivals. When EDC was officially launched in 1997,…
· Max Chang
The CDC Just Revealed the Disgusting Reason Why Your Eyes Turn Red After Swimming
Swimmers know that after a few laps in a pool without goggles, it’s pretty normal for your eyes to become itchy and turn red. Most of us think it’s the chlorine in the pool that irritates the eyes, but according to the CDC, we are so unfortunately wrong.
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Vintage Apple Jacket Now Costs $10,000 on Ebay After Drake Wore One at WWDC
When Drake took the stage at the Apple WWDC 2015 event yesterday to talk about the much-anticipated Apple Music, it was what he wore that garnered the most attention. The “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” rapper wore an old Apple varsity jacket that immediately caused a…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Christian Anti-Gay Protesters Accidentally Promote Hardcore Gay Porn Site
Without knowing it, anti-gay protesters have been accidentally directing people to a hardcore gay porn site for weeks now. Christian evangelists appeared outside of Carolina Rebellion, a hard rock and heavy metal music festival that takes place annually in North Carolina, to…
· Sebastian Dillon
Watch Judge Judy Get Confused and Upset Over EDC Rave Girl
“Electric Daisy Carnival.” “Rave.” These are words that the venerable Judge Judy knows nothing about, and like many elderly people would, she immediately decides to hate them. Watch as the plaintiff, Talina Apodoca, tries to explain what a rave (at 0:37, Judge Judy calls it a…
· Benny Luo
SoundCloud Founder: How Important is Being Creative When Building a Startup?
Since it’s launch in 2007, SoundCloud has evolved from a small startup in Berlin to one of the top online audio distribution platforms in the world. To give you an idea of the company’s growth, SoundCloud recently told us that 12 hours of music and audio get posted every minute…
· Editorial Staff
Video of Starving Chinese Tourists Ravaging a Seafood Buffet in Thailand Goes Viral
People have taken to Chinese social media to express serious disapproval of how some of their own are behaving abroad. An incident involving Chinese tourists at a hotel buffet in Chiang Mai, Thailand has gained a whirlwind of criticism after a video surfaced showing the diners…
· Editorial Staff
New Startup Allows You to Buy Part of a Cow Before It’s Turned Into Steak
The communion between meat lovers and startup geeks has produced Crowd Cow, an idea that allows individuals to buy shares of a cow before it is butchered and delivered to owners of the shares. Consumers have become increasingly aware of the kinds of food they choose to put into…
· Laura Dang
How a Poor Kid Who Learned to Fight For Free Burritos Defeated UFC Champ Conor McGregor
Nate Diaz is the American mixed martial artist who took out UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor last Saturday with a rear naked choke during UFC 196. The two faced off in the octagon at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas after Brazilian fighter Rafael dos Anjos injured…
· Max Chang
Gay Men in China Have Fake Marriages with Lesbians to Make Their Parents Happy
Within the deeply rooted traditions of Chinese family culture, gays and lesbians in China resort to marrying each other to give their families the illusion that they are in a conventional relationship. It’s a growing trend in a massive country where homosexuality is legal, but…
· Editorial Staff
Reebok Will Give You a Free Pair of Shoes if You Can Run Past This Ad Fast Enough
In a twist, sneaker company Reebok wanted pedestrians to literally run by their new outdoor ad in Stockholm.
· Editorial Staff
Saudi Man Gets 2,000 Lashes, 10 Years in Prison Over His Twitter Account
A man in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to over 10 years and 2,000 lashes over his tweets about atheism. He was also tasked to pay a fine of $ 5,300 by the court, according to the Associated Press. The unidentified man was arrested by the Saudi religious police after he was…
· Ryan General
Cancer Patient Dies Before Getting His Last Wish to Watch ‘Batman v Superman’ Early
A dying man’s wish to watch the highly anticipated superhero flick “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” in advance will go unfulfilled as he has passed away before his request was granted. British #Batman fan dies before getting final screening wish…
· Editorial Staff
There’s a Downside to Being a Woman Who Sells Things on eBay
Women don’t just pay more than men for the same products — they also earn less than men for selling the same products on eBay. A new study published in the journal Science Advances finds that female sellers on the e-commerce site “receive a smaller number of bids, and lower…
· Editorial Staff
White People Have Another Key Advantage That No Other Race Has, Survey Finds
Data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that white people are more likely than any other racial group to get a healthy amount of sleep. About 65% of the over 444,000 Americans surveyed by the CDC for their new report said they get at least…
· Editorial Staff
Indian Startup Creates The World’s Cheapest Smartphone, Costs Only $4
With the loose change you find lying around your house, you might be able to buy a brand new smartphone in India. On Feb. 17, Indian phone company Ringing Bells announced that their Freedom 251 phone, billed as the world’s cheapest smartphone, would be priced at just under 500…
· Editorial Staff
The Dark Side of Having Rich Parents in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is an area known for its entrepreneurial spirit and its affluent population of business and tech leaders. However, it’s lesser known that the area has one of the highest suicide rates among teenagers and young adults in the country. In the city of Palo Alto, the…
· Editorial Staff
Someone Just Found This Gigantic $20 Million Diamond in Southern Africa
An enormous diamond almost three inches in length was found in the southern African country of Angola, an Australian diamond company announced Monday. The small, Perth-based Lucapa Diamond Company cited Wikipedia in declaring the 404.2 carat diamond the 27th largest diamond ever…
· Sarah Nadav
VC Compares a Female Startup Founder to His Wife, Instantly Regrets It
Investors, you should know that the only thing that I have in common with your wife is a vagina. You need to know that because the women who are sitting in front of you to pitch are Entrepreneurs – and we are a totally different breed of human being than just about anyone else.…