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Melia Robinson

Melia Robinson

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9 apps every college student should be using

One of the most useful back-to-school supplies might be something students already keep in their ba…

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A wine expert says these cheap wines are the most underrated bottles on the shelf

Winemakers have been blending wines for hundreds of years, but it's only recently that branded and …

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The 15-year-old breakout star of Disney's 'Moana' never even had to audition

The movie follows Moana on an epic oceanic journey 2,000 years ago. Her ancestors once traveled the…

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I tried the new Fitbit for 2 weeks and it made me want an Apple Watch

The company made the Charge 2's display four times larger, making it easier to read and allowing fo…

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San Francisco is so packed it's paying people to not commute at rush hour

San Francisco isn't the first to engineer an incentives program in an effort to ameliorate tra…

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This sneaker startup is boycotting logos and now it's blowing up

The shoe is blowing up in the Bay Area, where startup founders and venture capitalists like to…

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This 38-person commune shows the lengths millennials will go to live in San Francisco

The promotional video for Chateau Ubuntu (yes, there's a promotional video) goes a little something…

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Meet the 13-year-old dancing sensation who stunned people at the big Apple event

Ziegler is no stranger to the spotlight. She accompanied Sia - in matching platinum wigs, no less -…

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A former San Francisco mayor wants to put the city's homeless on a Navy ship

The USS Peleliu has sleeping quarters, kitchens, medical clinics, offices, and recreation facilitie…

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16 photos of tech workers having the time of their lives at Burning Man

Judging from the photos of startup founders, tech workers, and venture capitalists t…

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An American wardrobe staple is going extinct - here's the shoe that could replace it

"People are working on their mobile phones at night. People are working wherever there's Wi-Fi," Jo…

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A photographer captured these surreal photos of North Korea's capital on a state-sanctioned tour

There are reminders of North Korea's repressive and totalitarian regime everywhere. Portraits and s…

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These photos from Burning Man take you deep inside the madness

Over 70,000 "burners" descended on Black Rock Desert, Nevada, this week to sweat, dance, and f…

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Vandals just decimated Burning Man's 'fancy camp' founded by the son of a Russian billionaire

White Ocean wrote on Facebook that after notifying Burning Man organizers of the incident, they wer…

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There are two main types of marijuana - here's the difference

It's nearly impossible to make any definitive assumptions since research has been limited for so lo…

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Inside the Las Vegas trailer park that Zappos' multimillionaire CEO calls home

In 2014, as part of his grand efforts to revitalize the city, Hsieh transformed an abandoned parkin…

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A drone captured these shocking photos of inequality in South Africa

In 2016, photographer Johnny Miller set out to capture "the architecture of apartheid" from above. …

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This Facebook executive says fasting for 15 hours a day changed his life

Still, intermittent fasting is catching on among certain Silicon Valley tech workers who give up fo…

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We visited one of New York City's first marijuana dispensaries - take a look inside

Earlier this year, we toured one of the first medical marijuana dispensaries to open doors in New Y…

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New Yorkers will soon have an easier time getting legal marijuana

New York's medical marijuana program is arguably one of the most restrictive and cumbersome program…

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9 surprisingly beautiful tiny homes you can buy right now

The market for vacation properties reached an all-time high in 2015 and shows no signs of slowing d…

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Marijuana startups could be decimated once legalization hits

In defense of these fledgling pot startups, many have experience on their side. The "Yelp of mariju…

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Fitbit just gave 2 of its most popular products a makeover

I've been alternately wearing the Charge 2 and Flex 2 for the past couple of days, and one of my fa…

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The CEO of the 'Apple of vaping' explains why the comparison makes sense

Goldman argues one of the biggest similarities between Pax Labs and Apple is a commitment to gettin…

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This 'Silicon Valley' star just revealed who his character is based on

He climbed the ranks at Google-inspired tech giant Hooli to become "cohead dreamer" of the moonshot…