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· Ryan General
Japanese Movie-Goer Has a Genius Lifehack for Curing Backaches
A Japanese movie buff has shared a simple yet effective hack to avoid that “complimentary” backache one usually gets from sitting in a movie theater chair for an extended period of time. As a regular moviegoer, Twitter user @itiitiY found it frustrating to have to endure pain in…
· Ryan General
Genius Japanese Lifehack Will Change How You Use a Bandage Forever
For an invention that has been around for almost a century, nothing much has been changed about the bandage, especially on how it is made and used. A Japanese Twitter user, however, is going to change the way people use popular adhesive bandages.
· King Malleta
Filipino Boyfriend Comes Up With Genius Gift Idea After Girlfriend Says She Hates Flowers
For guys that are planning to sweep their lady off their feet this coming Valentine’s Day, if she doesn’t like flowers, why not give her a bouquet of chicken nuggets? That was the surprise idea of Rico Villanueva for his girlfriend Annika Aguinaldo. These two lovebirds from the…
· Editorial Staff
Genius Japanese Hack Lets You Perfectly Wrap Gifts in Under 15 Seconds
The holidays are coming and it’s time to start buying gifts for your loved ones. One of the most tedious chores during this time is to gift wrapping, which is something not many people like doing. A little while ago, a viral video went out showing a gift-wrapper in Japan’s…
· Editorial Staff
Popular Ramen Cooker That ‘Reduces Sodium’ By 50% is Hilariously Full of Crap
A photo that made its way to the front page of reddit today is possibly the most hilarious example of BS marketing at its best. The photo, posted by reddior redditbrock, features the Rapid Ramen Cooker, a product that claims to be the “word’s fastest and easiest way to cook…
· Ryan General
Canadian Teen Invents Genius Solution To Avoid Getting Sick While Flying
Germs are probably the last thing one would want to bring home after an overseas vacation. Fortunately, a teenager from Vancouver has proposed a solution that can potentially stop bugs in their tracks inside a plane. By changing the way air moves around a plane through a new…
· Ryan General
Lucy Liu is Sick of Being Asked About Being an Asian-American Actress
Lucy Liu is getting sick and tired of being asked about being an Asian-American actress. She gave a lengthy explanation why during a post-screening panel discussion of her hit show “Elementary” at PaleyFest 2016 this Saturday. Responding to a question from the New York Times’…
· Ryan General
Bike Company Starts Putting TVs On Their Delivery Packages For the Most Genius Reason
Dutch manufacturer VanMoof saw a significant number of its bikes get damaged during deliveries, so it devised a simple packaging hack hat made a huge difference. The company, which exports bicycles overseas, was able to reduce delivery damages by 70-80% by simply making the…
· Ryan General
11-Year-Old Genius Lets His College Classmates Know They Can ‘Email Him’ For Help
It’s not uncommon to find really smart students in a college class. Occasionally, one might encounter a student with above average or even superior I.Q. who easily understands each lesson and aces every quiz and exam. And then there’s that very rare chance a college class would…
· Editorial Staff
This Genius iPhone Case Will Make Catching Pokémon MUCH Easier
If you’ve been struggling to catch Pokémon on Pokémon GO, there’s now a simple solution to make things much easier. Jon Cleaver, an industrial design student in Australia, created a cool iPhone case that acts as a guide to help your fingers consistently throw Pokéballs straight.…
· Ryan General
Genius French Artist Paints Over Graffiti To Make Them Readable
When we see graffiti, it’s safe to say most of us don’t even know what it’s trying to say. To give everyone a better vision of graffiti, French artist Mathieu Tremblin went out to the streets of France and made them legible via a project he called “Tag Clouds.”
· Editorial Staff
This Genius $47 Japanese Device Turns Any Sink into a Mini Laundry Machine
A Japanese company has come up with a convenient and cost-effective solution for those who need a to wash their clothes on the go. Thanko, a company also known for producing the armpit fan, has released Washable, a device that can turn any bucket or sink into your own personal…
· Editorial Staff
Microsoft-Backed Startup Has a Genius Way to Give People Wi-Fi in the Philippines
Internet access to some parts of the world is either extremely limited or non-existent. It’s no secret that the Philippines has one of the worst Internet services in the world. However, there are now free sponsored Wifi hotspots in stores across the Philippines to help with the…
· Editorial Staff
19-Year-Old Chinese Girl Gets Plastic Surgery to Look Like Actress Liu Yifei
Another Chinese girl has chosen to go under the knife in an attempt to recreate the beauty of her favorite celebrity idol. Meet Li Yifei, a 19-year-old from Qingdao, China who is using cosmetic surgery to become a clone of her idol, actress, model and singer Liu Yifei. After a…
· Ryan General
Fen Da: Ingeniuos Chinese Startup Valued At $100 Million Only 24 Days After Launch
A Chinese startup, which gave the all-too-common Q & A website formula a brilliant twist, has successfully secured a valuation of $100 million just 24 days after launching. Fen Da is an app that takes inspiration from Reddit’s “Ask Me Anything” (or AMA), where featured guests…
· Ryan General
This 12-Year-Old Chinese Opera Genius Just Got Admitted into College
A talented Chinese student is about to skip several years of schooling ahead of her classmates after passing a college entrance exam while still enrolled in primary school. Fifth grader Huang Sihan took an independent entrance exam for Anhui Professional College of Art and aced…
· 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…
· Waylae Gregoire
Exiled Rap Genius Founder Plans to Overtake Wikipedia, Wants to Suck Mark Zuckerberg’s Dick
Officially, Mahbod Moghadam is a co-founder of Genius (formerly Rap Genius), a fast-growing annotation startup that raised $40 million at a valuation of under $1 billion in 2014. Most recently, he’s the co-founder of startup Everipedia. Unofficially, he’s a guy who will say and…
· Editorial Staff
Man Leaves Home With Only $80, Discovers Genius Way to Travel Around the World
Here’s a refreshing travel story of a man who hitchhiked his way around the world after leaving home with only $80 in his pockets . He doesn’t do it for the cool social media pictures or for the goal of becoming an Insta-famous model and traveler. No, Timotei Rad did it to…
· Editorial Staff
Genius Teen Wins $150,000 For Inventing Device That Cleans Polluted Water at Intel Science Talent Search
A 17-year-old female student from Maine has developed an ingenious way to filter pollutants from contaminated bodies of water and the invention earned her $150,000 in prize money from Intel. Paige Brown, a senior from Bangor High School, has successfully crafted an effective way…
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NiziU
NiziU is JYP's proof that its idol system can be productized for another market entirely — a Japanese group built via a Sony Music Japan joint venture that competes as a domestic act on Oricon, not a K-pop import, effectively giving JYP a second home-market revenue engine.
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Simu Liu
As Marvel's first Asian lead in 'Shang-Chi,' he turned a studio experiment into a franchise anchor — then used the platform as an outspoken advocate, treating visibility as a mandate, not a milestone.