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Netflix Is Holding ISPs Hostage over HD Streaming

Netflix just gave net neutrality the middle finger.
ALEC LIU
1.17.13
Sports

Manti Te’o: Another Narrative Bites the Dust

The story of Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend destroyed the ready-made image of the Notre Dame linebacker. He's no longer an Upstanding Young Man, but neither is he Harmlessly Wacky or the related Speaks His Mind About Political Topics. He may be a Student...
Harry Cheadle
1.17.13
Tech

EVE Online, Offline: A Chat with the Geeks Living Inside an Interstellar Virtual War

EVE is a massively popular multiplayer online game. Last year, we rolled out to the EVE Fanfest at the Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center in Reykjavik, Iceland, to find out what happens when legions of EVE players party together in real life.
Ezra Morris and Ben Ritter
1.17.13
texas

A Sugar Daddy Dating Site Lets Coeds Find Rich Old Men to Pay Their Tuition

College undergrads at universities across Texas are using "Seeking Arrangement" to find Sugar Daddies to pay their way.
Greg Thomas
1.17.13
Motherboard Blog

Anybody Else Think a Sin Tax on Video Games Is a Bad Idea?

If anything, it really makes me want to play Mortal Kombat. Does that mean I'm a sociopath?
Adam Clark Estes
1.17.13
video

Sundance Institute's New Frontier Story Lab

When it comes to technology and creativity, one of the big ways technology can change how we perceive the arts is its impact on storytelling. How can breakthroughs in software and hardware assist an artist in how they want to tell and relate a story?We...
The Creators Project
1.17.13
Film

Trailblazing Storytellers: Meet Sundance New Frontier Story Lab

The Sundance Institute’s New Frontier Story Lab supports artists who explore how technology is pushing the boundaries of narrative possibilities.
Kevin Holmes
1.17.13
Ask Mish

A Leaked Nude Pic and a Cowardly Married Man

Ask Mish returns with a look at leaked nude photos, plus, a married man who is a giant fucking baby.
Mish Way
1.17.13
Stuff

I'm on the Fence About This Breast Milk Baby Doll

The Breast Milk Baby is apparently the world's first breastfeeding baby doll, and is intended to teach children about the merits of breastfeeding. When it first came out, it caused quite a stink, and after holding its hollow plastic noggin to my fake...
Kelly McClure
1.17.13
Features

For Mexican Prisoners, Music Brings Inner Freedom

In the streets around Santa Martha Acatitla prison in Mexico City, mangy dogs forage for scraps. Pickup trucks trundle around with guards in ski masks toting AK-47s. But convicts have found an escape...
Frederick Bernas
1.17.13
Tech

Some Scary Shit

Here are 150 things that spook the world's smartest people.
Brian Merchant
1.17.13
Health

Venom Superman

For the past 20 years Steve Ludwin has been sticking deadly snake venom in a syringe and mainlining it. He claims that snake juice is the ultimate pick-me-up, making him stronger, faster, and more resilient. Now, scientific research might be catching...
VICE Staff
1.17.13
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