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An Alarming Number of Hong Kong Teens are Seeking Psychiatric Help, According to Report
An increasing number of young people in Hong Kong are seeking treatment for psychiatric problems, according to local public hospital records. There were a total of 4,200 mental health patients aged between 15 and 17 in 2015, a 45% increase from 2010. Also in 2015, there were…
· Ryan General
Naga Kataru: Man Who Created Google Alerts Now Makes $2.5 Million a Year Farming
A promising eight-year career with tons of perks and growth potential as an engineer at the world’s largest tech company did not keep Naga Kataru from pursuing what he loved most. “I felt I was stagnating,” he told CNNMoney in an interview. “I had worked one side of my brain for…
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Law Firm Becomes the First to Hire Artificially Intelligent Lawyer
Law firm Baker & Hostetler has become the first official law firm to announce that they have hired an artificially intelligent lawyer named Ross. The firm hired Ross for their bankruptcy practice which currently employs 50 human lawyers.
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George Zimmerman is Auctioning Off the Gun He Used to Kill Trayvon Martin
George Zimmerman is auctioning off the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin back in 2012. The 32-year-old listed the Kel-Tec PF-9 9mm handgun for a single-day auction on GunBroker.com. The starting bid is set at $5,000 and an undisclosed “reserve price” for the winning bidder.
· Ryan General
Farmville’s Zynga Headquarters is Now Worth More Than the Actual Company
Social video game provider Zynga is now worth less than its seven-story headquarters in San Francisco. The company, which was purchased in 2012 for $228 million, was put on sale in February this year with an undisclosed value. According to the Halting Problem blog, Zynga’s…
· Ryan General
Burmese Immigrant Raises Money to Help the Needy – Gets Stolen by Police
After a newspaper broke a story about an innocent Oklahoma man who had his cash unjustly seized and a criminal charge filed against him, it was announced that the charges against him will be dropped and the money returned. Muskogee County District Attorney Orvil Loge recently…
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Chinese Sports Brand is Literally an Exact Copy of Under Armour
A Chinese company has debuted a new sports clothing brand that closely resembles Under Armour. The brand, Uncle Martian, was unveiled this week. Images circulating on social media of the launch show a strikingly similar logo to that of the American sports brand.
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Germany Has an Awesome Solution to Saving the Lives of People Who Text and Walk
In an effort to ensure the safety of its pedestrians, one city in Germany has installed traffic signals right into its sidewalks so pedestrians will not need to look up while using their smartphones. Officials of Augsburg discovered that many pedestrians often ignored traffic…
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Former Victoria’s Secret Supermodel Has Harsh Words For What Instagram Models Really Are
Veteran supermodel-turned-actress Rebecca Romijn is not fond of the continued rise of social media models. The 43-year-old actress, who played the role of Mystique in the older X-men movies, said today’s popular models are “not true supermodels” in a recent interview with…
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Kim Jong Il’s Former Sushi Chef Escapes North Korea — Dangerously Decides to Go Back to Visit
The personal sushi chef of Kim Jong Il, father of current North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, recently returned to the isolated totalitarian state for a visit over a decade after he escaped through China and defected to Japan. The Japanese sushi chef, known by the alias Kenji…
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This Insanely Huge Hornet Confirms Japan is Also a Land of Nightmares
We all know that Japan is a land filled with amazing wonders that you can’t find anywhere else in the world. Unfortunately, that’s also true for its terrors. To some, this may look like the Pokemon Beedrill or some creature straight out of the Jumanji universe, but it’s not —…
· Ryan General
DC Comics Just Announced that the Next Superman is Chinese
A bold new change is coming to the Superman character when DC Comics hits the reset button on its comic book universe this July. As part of its upcoming Rebirth event, major changes are about to shape the DC comicdom, including a super-powered Lois Lane, a Latina Green Lantern…
· Ryan General
Science Confirms Listening to Live Music is an Amazing Stress Reducer
If you have been feeling a bit stressed out, science recommends that you try going out to a concert to make you feel better. Researchers from the Centre for Performance Science, a partnership between the Royal College of Music and Imperial College London, have recently…
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These NYC Subway Performers are Too Smooth, But Wait Until They Start Whistling
Maybe it’s because the guy with the bass look like John Lennon or maybe because they sound like they make music for Pixar movies in their spare time, but these NYC subway performers have the smoothest whistling solos you’ve ever heard.
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Panama Papers Law Firm Mossack Fonseca Has More Branches in China Than Anywhere Else in the World
Mossack Fonseca, the Panama-based law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers, has more offices in China than in any other country in the world. The Panama Papers, which includes 11.5 million confidential documents, has been linked to a number of political leaders, business…
· Laura Dang
Former Miss Jamaica Runner-up Tries to Smuggle $3 Million Worth of Cocaine, Fails Miserably
A flight attendant and former runner-up for the Miss Jamaica World beauty pageant fled Los Angeles International Airport and left security officers with her suitcases filled with an estimated $3 million worth of cocaine. Marsha Gay Reynolds reportedly flung off her Gucci heels…
· Laura Dang
Watch This Korean Makeup Artist Magically Transform Herself Into Taylor Swift
A genius makeup artist transformed herself into Taylor Swift using the magic of makeup. The crazy beauty routine by South Korean beauty blogger Park Hye Min, who is also known as PONY Makeup, involves fine mastery of contouring and highlighting.
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Meet the Mormon Teen Who Has Survived Three Terrorist Attacks
Coincidental and miraculous: An American teenager has witnessed three major terror attacks within the last three years. A native of Sandy, Utah, Mason Wells was among the individuals who suffered injuries from the explosion at Brussels Airport in Belgium Tuesday morning. Wells,…
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Here’s the Idiotic Reason Otto Warmbier May Have Stolen That North Korean Poster
Otto Warmbier, the 21-year-old University of Virginia college student sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for stealing a North Korean propaganda poster from his hotel may have done it to try and impress a secret society at UVA. Before his harsh sentencing for the crime of petty…
· Ryan General
German Shepherd Puppy Disappears At Sea, Miraculously Appears 5 Weeks Later
A fisherman’s loyal pet dog fell off a commercial fishing boat and was presumed dead last month. On Tuesday, she was miraculously found alive and well. San Diego fisherman Nick Haworth usually brings Luna, his beloved German shepherd, along when he goes out fishing. When his…
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Alibaba
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.
Company · Korea · NYSE:CPNG
Coupang
Coupang is Korea's Amazon — overnight Rocket Delivery plus Coupang Play, a streaming service bundling K-content and live sports into the shopping habit.
Company · Indonesia · IDX:GOTO
GoTo Group
GoTo is the app Indonesia runs on — Gojek rides, Tokopedia shopping, and GoPay wallets woven into daily life for the world's fourth-most-populous country.
Company · Singapore · NASDAQ:GRAB
Grab
Grab is the everyday super-app of Southeast Asia — rides, food, and payments in one wallet across eight countries, the way hundreds of millions actually move and eat.
Company · Korea · KRX:035720
Kakao
Kakao touches messaging, webtoons, music, and entertainment distribution in everyday Korean digital life.
Company · China · HKEX:1024
Kuaishou
Kuaishou is China's number-two short-video platform, where livestream selling turned everyday creators into a shopping channel and rewired how goods get sold.
Company · Korea · KRX:035420
Naver
One of the layers behind Webtoon, LINE, Snow.
Company · Japan · TYO:4755
Rakuten Group
Rakuten touches shopping, memberships, points, streaming, and platform habits that affect how people actually spend.
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Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.