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The Mysterious Case of the Missing 250-Ton Chinese Power Transformer
In May, the Trump administration seized a $3 million transformer on its way to Colorado. What happened to it, and where is it now?
Surveillance Company Explains How to Keep Facebook From Detecting Fake Accounts in Leaked Manual
A leaked manual from Blackdot Solutions, a British company that offers social media monitoring services, included a step-by-step guide on how to create fake profiles on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Hannibal Buress Wants to Blow Your Expectations of Socially Distant Standup
VICE spoke to Buress about the 'Let's See How This Goes' tour.
Trump Protects TikTok Users' Security By Cutting Them Off From Security Updates
Any TikTok vulnerabilities patched by ByteDance will continue to persist for Americans and Americans only under Trump's new TikTok ban.
It's Impossible for You to Know Which Apps Sell Your Location Data to Trump
The Trump campaign paid $4 million to a data broker called Phunware, which collects your sensitive data from dozens of apps.
Senators Demand Amazon Stop Spying on Workers
The move comes after Motherboard revealed an Amazon internal spying unit called the Advocacy Operations Social Listening Team.
DeJoy Didn't Bother to Check Whether His Policies Would Kneecap the USPS
USPS collected the data they needed to know running trucks on time would destroy service, but they didn't look at it.
The American Commune Is Back—Thanks to COVID, the Recession, and TikTok
Given all the instances of co-living for a shared benefit, it looks like we're at the start of another surge in communitarianism, even if its pioneers don't think of themselves that way.
Encrochat Investigation Finds Corrupt Cops Leaking Information to Criminals
Beyond drug trafficking, the continuing investigations into users of the encrypted phone network Encrochat is increasing to corrupt officials.
The Internet Archive Has a New Tool to Save Research Papers From Vanishing
Following a shocking report that hundreds of journals have been lost online, the Internet Archive Scholar lets users search open-access works and add their own to a catalog.
This Hacker Creates Fake Cheats That Make Cheaters Jump Off Buildings In-Game
This web designer turned hacker troll has tricked hundreds of cheaters into downloading programs that actually make them kill themselves and punish them in CS:GO and PUBG online games.
How Mail Is Delivered During Natural Disasters
Delivering mail must be resumed within 12 hours of an emergency event, because bringing things to people is most important when those people have just lost everything.