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If you thought websites making you type in indecipherable phrases through their CAPTCHA tests was frustrating, you’re lucky you’re not a China Railway ticket buyer. The national railway operator of the People’s Republic of China is employing a new verification system for booking…
· Max Chang
Google, Yahoo and other tech giants are more likely to hire Asians as computer programmers than to promote them to management and executive positions, according to new research. The study was conducted by Ascend, a group focused on Asian business issues. They analyzed data filed…
· Editorial Staff
To college or not to college — it’s an important question for all millennials and entrepreneurs of a certain age. On the one hand, while there are the usual arguments for going for that four-year degree, such as the ones Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton gave to…
· Benny Luo
Anyone who follows the tech industry most likely have come across the name Jason Calacanis. In terms of being an entrepreneur, it’s safe to say that this man has gone through literally all the ups and downs of starting a business. After building a business valued at $70 million…
· Editorial Staff
North Korea the isolated totalitarian state, is still cool enough to have their own social network, it turns out. Last week, it was discovered that a social network called “Best Korea’s Social Network” was created in North Korea and it looks an awful lot like Facebook.
· Ryan General
California-based developer ReGen Villages, in partnership with Danish architectural firm EFFEKT, will build utopian off the grid societies that can produce their own food and energy this year. The concept, ReGen Village, is a revolutionary self-sustaining neighborhood concept…
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John Sculley is the former CEO of Apple Computers who was hired by Steve Jobs in 1983. He’s best known as the man who ousted Steve Jobs From Apple in 1985. From there up until Jobs’ death, both men never repaired their relationship. While Sculley at the time was hired for his…
· Ryan General
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…
· Editorial Staff
Late rapper Tupac Shakur’s customized Hummer was sold at an auction for more than a quarter of a million dollars on Thursday. A Shakur fan from the Midwest who chose to remain anonymous got the fully loaded vehicle for the bid of $337,114 at RR Auction in Boston. At the time of…
· David Bond
Editor’s Note: The opinions and viewpoints expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or viewpoints of NextShark. My name is David Bond, and I make a living approaching Asian women on youtube and selling travel guides online. In…
· Ryan General
One does not simply enter a buffet restaurant and binge without a plan. As one bold “all you can eat” enthusiast reveals, getting the most out of a buffet can require a great deal of skill and methodology. In an article for Vice, Oobah Butler shared how he “beat the system” by…
· Laura Dang
Saltwater Brewery, a craft beer company, wants consumers to toast to saving the ocean with their innovative edible six-pack rings. The company, based in Delray Beach, Florida, is responsible for creating 100% biodegradable six-pack rings that will feed marine animals rather than…
· Editorial Staff
Meet Sue Googe, a Chinese immigrant, Donald Trump supporter (¯_(ツ)_/¯ ), and a woman who worked herself from an alleged life of hard labor and poverty to running as a republican candidate for Congress in North Carolina’s 4th district. She also loves guns.
· Laura Dang
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…
· Editorial Staff
A video of the TSA line at Chicago Midway airport has recently gone viral because…well…just look at the video and prepare to cringe.
· Editorial Staff
A group of students were barred to ever study at a private university in Thailand after they were caught cheating on their medical college entrance exams using high-tech gadgetry. According to AFP, Rangsit University test supervisors discovered three students attempting to cheat…
· Editorial Staff
An economics professor was temporarily removed from his flight after a fellow passenger thought he was a terrorist because of his math scribblings. Guido Menzio, a renowned University of Pennsylvania economics professor, was aboard an American Airlines flight from Philadelphia…
· Laura Dang
A new startup is redesigning the alarm clock into a wearable device that literally shocks its wearers to wake them up. The company behind the clock, Pavlok, guarantees its tested sensory input on its wearable devices can change a person’s behavior and lifestyle habits. The Shock…
· Waylae Gregoire
Meet Ira Pastor, the CEO of BioQuark, director of the ReAnima project, and a man who may soon bring the dead back to life. In the coming months, Pastor’s team of doctors will attempt to bring patients back from what science considers to be an irreversible death.
· Editorial Staff
Yahoo’s first quarter earnings released on Tuesday were apparently so bad that CEO Marissa Mayer has put the company up for sale on Craigslist. Or at least that’s what the prankster who listed the ad would have you believe. (The ad contact’s name is listed as “Marissa.”)
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