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Tech

You Should Take Five Minutes to Update Your OS and Apps

05.14.18

By Kaleigh Rogers and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Introducing Motherboard’s Digital Security Tuneup

05.11.18

By Kaleigh Rogers and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Identity

Your Menstrual App Is Probably Selling Data About Your Body

05.11.18

By Sarah Burke
Tech

‘Disappearing’ Signal Messages Are Stored Indefinitely on Mac Hard Drives

05.09.18

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Android App With 10 Million Downloads Left Users’ Photos and Audio Messages Exposed to Public

05.08.18

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

You Can Finally Encrypt Slack Messages So Your Boss Can’t Read Them

05.03.18

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

A Proposed Database of Food Stamp Recipients Isn’t Only Cruel, It’s a Security Risk

05.03.18

By Kaleigh Rogers
Pulse

Russians are flying paper planes to protest Telegram being banned

05.01.18

By Milena Mikael-Debass
Tech

Is Sidewalk Labs Building a Brotopia on Toronto’s Waterfront?

04.26.18

By Tracey Lindeman
Pulse

Cambridge Analytica researcher says the Facebook data is still out there: “someone did not delete it”

04.25.18

By William Turton
Pulse

Facebook just took data protections away from 1.5 billion users

04.19.18

By David Gilbert
Pulse

Facebook picked one hell of a time to turn facial recognition back on in Europe

04.18.18

By David Gilbert

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Music

Beyond ‘Breaking Bad’: 5 Music Videos Featuring the Late RJ Mitte

RJ Mitte was best known for his role as Walt Jr. on ‘Breaking Bad’, but the actor also starred in several music videos over the years.

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By Stephen Andrew Galiher
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Music

3 Forgotten Side Projects From Myspace Era Bands of the 2000s

During the Myspace era in the 2000s, many bands created side projects that were easy to discover through the social media site.

3 hours ago

By Dan Milam
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WOMO

There’s a Scouse in the House—Last Week On VICE: Members Only

Behind the paywall this week, one writer speaks to EsDeeKid fans in Chicago, and another speaks to the newlyweds who live in Azealia Banks’s old apartment.

4 hours ago

By Emma Garland
Newlyweds Avani and Harris, with their cat Chutney (who they are definitely not planning to sacrifice)

Music

We Just Moved Into the Azealia Banks Animal Sacrifice Apartment

Welcome to your lovely new home, featuring two bedrooms, one bathroom, and one celebrity’s sacrificial closet.

4 hours ago

By Eamon Levesque
Photo by Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images

Music

3 Psychological Tricks That Make Certain Songs Impossible to Forget

Can’t seem to get an annoying pop song out of your head? You might have these psychological tricks to thank.

4 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert