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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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 -…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…