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This Photographer Uses Drones to Capture the Most Unique Wedding Photos
Drones can be used for everything nowadays — to deliver packages, put on light shows or even be used as weapons of war. But one innovative photographer uses drones to capture new perspectives of couples for their weddings and vacations. Photographers using technology to expand…
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VietJet: Vietnam’s ‘Bikini Airline’ Just Bought $11 Billion Worth of Jets
The Vietnamese “bikini airline” just put in an $11 billion order with Boeing for a hundred 737 MAX 200 airplanes. VietJet, a low-cost 5-year-old airline, has gained a lot of publicity in the past for its bikini-clad flight attendants who have appeared in their in-flight lingerie…
· Ryan General
SkinTrack: New Technology Turns Your Arm Into A TouchPad For Your Smartwatch
Smartwatches have slowly become a must-have wearable for many techies. However, the tiny screens on these gadgets can be frustrating to use for some, with operations even as basic as swiping through notifications proving difficult to do. To solve this annoyance, a team of…
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Chinese Trolls Making 488 Million Propaganda Posts Every Year Are on the Government Payroll
For years, Chinese netizens have come to disdain an online troll army that populates social media with pro-government propaganda posts. Outsiders condemn the group as keyboard warriors who are allegedly paid 0.5 yuan per post in an attempt to shape public opinion to the benefit…
· Laura Dang
Uber’s Very First Self-Driving Car Just Hit the Streets of Pittsburgh
Uber will be introducing its first self-driving car onto the streets of Pittsburgh for test runs in the coming weeks.
· Laura Dang
Google Will Pay You $20 an Hour to Put Your Life in the Hands of Their Self-Driving Cars
Google is looking to pay some candidates $20 an hour to sit in the driver’s seats of their self-driving cars and collect data on how the cars manage traffic situations. The tech company is on the search for applicants who live in Phoenix, Arizona, or are willing to relocate to…
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Rich Parents Are Doing Something Pretty Shady to Make Their Kids More Successful
It’s not hard to imagine what a parent would do to give their children the best chance for success in life. In the case of rich parents, they may spawn rich kids, but parents also have other ways to ensure their child has a productive yet stress-free life. We’ve already heard of…
· Laura Dang
Jean Liu: She Was Asked to Sing Céline Dion in a Job Interview, Now She’s Uber’s Greatest Threat in China
Jean Liu, 37, is the president of Didi Dache, Uber’s biggest competitor in China’s mobile-based transportation services market. Liu, the daughter of Lenovo founder Liu Chuanzhi and the granddaughter of Liu Gushu, a former top banker at Bank of China, earned a bachelor’s degree…
· Laura Dang
Photographer Dad Features Daughters in Terrifying Book of Children’s Nightmares on Kickstarter
When parents photograph their children they usually strive to make their kids look as angelic as possible in a beautiful place set among the clouds or a field of flowers. That was not what photographer dad Joshua Hoffine was going for in his pictures at all. Hoffine, who is…
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Ritesh Agarway: How A 22-Year-Old College Dropout Built India’s Largest Budget Hotel Chain
Ritesh Agarwal is the 22-year-old founder and CEO of OYO Rooms, India’s largest budget hotel chain with 40,000 rooms under its umbrella. The company’s continued growth can be largely attributed to the young entrepreneur’s resilience and business acumen. According to an e27…
· 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…
· Laura Dang
Wisconsin City to Fine Parents Up to $681 if Their Kids Repeatedly Bully Others
Parents in a Wisconsin city will now be punished with fines of up to $681 if their children are caught repeatedly bullying others. According to a new ordinance passed two weeks ago in Shawano, Wisconsin, parents will first receive a warning if their child has exhibited any kind…
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Chinese Family Tries to Raise Money for Baby Born With 31 Fingers and Toes
The parents of one special child in Hunan, China are desperately trying to raise money for surgery to help their baby who was born with 15 fingers and 16 toes but no thumbs. The baby, Honghong, is now three months old. He suffers from polydactyly, a rare birth defect that…
· Ryan General
Finance Companies are Having Trouble Keeping Their Young Workers Because of Their Bonuses
A large portion of young workers in the finance sector say they are currently unhappy with their bonuses and some even plan to quit because of it.
· Editorial Staff
Here’s How Much Money in Bribes Chinese Officials Can Now Take Before They Get Sentenced to Death
Bribery and corruption is not an unfamiliar practice in Chinese politics. But how much can one get away with before being sentenced to the chopping block? That magic number happens to be $463,000, or about 3 million yuan, according to a statement released on April 18 by Chinese…
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The NBA Responds to Alleged Racial Bias of Jeremy Lin By Referees
Earlier this month, Hsiu-Chen Kuei, a 48-year-old fan of Jeremy Lin uploaded a YouTube video showing many instances of Lin suffering through unfair officiating by NBA referees.
· Laura Dang
I Spent the Day With the World’s Hottest Animal Doctor — This is What Happened
Many may know Dr. Evan Antin as the veterinarian dubbed “Sexiest Beast Charmer” by People, but his clients know him as the caring doctor who performs regular check-ups on their beloved pets. Since the beginning of this year, Dr. Antin has gone from having just 11,000 to 274,000…
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Did the Tech Boom Create a Crime Boom? Let’s Look at the Data.
We hear a lot about the companies valued at over $1B, and that ⅓ of the world’s Unicorns live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lately, more people are voicing concerns about the other humans who live there too: “Every day, on my way to, and from work, I see people sprawled across…
· Editorial Staff
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…
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Black Male ‘Coding’ Student Gets Arrested After Trying to Cash His Own Money Order
Rodney Sampson is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor who helped organize #CodeStart, a 13-month program in Atlanta that teaches disconnected youth and under-employed young adults skills like coding, entrepreneurship, and career and financial preparation. Upon graduation, the…
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