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The Facebook Takeover Is Going Precisely as Planned

If you imagine your Facebook profile is a bedroom where you cybersnuggle with your friends, Facebook Home is the whole house.
Adam Clark Estes
4.4.13
Motherboard Blog

A Japanese Asthma Drug May Help Curb Meth and Heroin Addiction

There is a desperate need for drugs that reduce cravings in drug addicts, drugs that might function in ways radically different from the current addiction treatment arsenal.
Kelly Bourdet
4.4.13
Sittin' Sidewayz... With Skinny Friedman

Jay Shells's Rap Lyrics Signs Project is Awesome and Worth Your Attention

The great part about this street art project is it actually rewards people who like rap music.
VICE Staff
4.4.13
Motherboard Blog

Who Showed Up to the FAA's Virtual Drone Town Hall?

Roughly 40 Americans, it turns out.
Brian Anderson
4.4.13
Photo

Aaron Wynia's World of Rocks, Boobs, and Shot-Up Osama Posters

Our former intern Aaron Wynia has been photographing up a storm since we met him, so we figured it was about time to show you all what he's capable of.
VICE Canada
4.4.13
Motherboard Blog

The Critically Endangered Sumatran Rhino Has Been Given a Glimmer of Hope

Sumatran rhinos are in rough shape, and they're going to need a lot of help to survive and thrive.
Derek Mead
4.4.13
FAR OUT

Agafia's Taiga Life

In the fourth and final part we see how the outside world has crept into Agafia's life.
VICE Staff
4.4.13
Motherboard Blog

Things Are Getting Orwellian at Exxon's Arkansas Oil Spill

We're going to clean up the oil spill but there is no oil spill, says Exxon, the oil giant that is also managing the no-fly zone above the accident site.
Brian Merchant
4.4.13
Stuff

Volunteering at a Needle Exchange as a Reformed Addict

I regularly do volunteer work in the needle exchange located in Regina’s north central neighbourhood. If you’re not familiar with north central, it’s known for drugs, extreme violence, prostitution of girls all ages (even as young as 12), and...
VICE Staff
4.4.13
Motherboard Blog

Why Bitcoin’s Price Is Skyrocketing

To be clear, anyone who claims to know the direction of bitcoin tomorrow should be taken with a grain of salt.
ALEC LIU
4.4.13
Not-So-Easy Rider

Motorcycle Boot Camp

The last time I was on something with two wheels, it was a friend’s bike. I rode it for about a block on a New York City sidewalk before I hit the brakes too quickly and fell sideways. Now, here I am, after my boss sent me to do the Harley-Davidson...
Angelina Fanous
4.4.13
New music

Listen to K.Flay's New Felix Cartal-Produced Single, "Hail Mary" (Feat. Danny Brown)

A near-perfect fist to the face from the Stanford-educated wordsmith wünderkind.
Sasha Hecht
4.4.13
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