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How Shady Is OkCupid's New Blind Dating App?
It's a pretty simple idea. You download the app for free and set up a simple profile that includes only your name, age, sexual orientation, favorite meeting spots, and a photograph (which the app scrambles). What comes next, we can only imagine, is...
Adam Clark Estes
1.15.13
Motherboard Blog

In the Public Fury Against Aaron Swartz's Prosecutors, Calls for Reform
There is a light at the end of the tunnel here.
Adam Clark Estes
1.15.13
Stuff

My Days of Bibliomancy with Virgil's 'Aeneid'
I first read about sortes virgilianae in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book, 'Antifragile.' He described the heuristic technique and said it was a little trick he used when faced with a big business decision. The gist of it is this: Open Virgil's 'Aeneid...
Ken Baumann
1.15.13
Features

Why Are You So Intimidated By Girls Liking Rap Music?
This recurring assertion of male "ownership" of rap is why this list infuriates me. Axe deodorant is out here in 2013 literally sending motherfuckers into space, and adult men still cannot grapple with the idea that girls might have the Young Scooter tape
Meaghan Garvey
1.15.13
Motherboard Blog

China's Nuclear Rover Will Sample the Moon
Are we in for a new Moon race?
Amy Shira Teitel
1.15.13
Film

The 'Shoplifting from American Apparel' Movie Is a Steaming Pile of Crap
The 'Shoplifting from American Apparel' movie is the cinematographic equivalent of the Doritos Loco Taco—a total lack of substance covered up with gimmicks to distract the consumer.
Dave Schilling
1.15.13
Question Of The Day

Does Admitting You've Cheated Make it OK?
Or is it still shitty regardless of what you say?
VICE Staff
1.15.13
Stuff

Science Fiction Is Sapping My Will to Live
So not too long ago I decided to get really into science fiction books because I hate leaving the house because there’s people out there, and they scare me, and it’s January in Chicago where I live. I cannot recommend enough that you avoid this entire...
Ben Johnson
1.15.13
Sports

The NHL Lockout Is Finally Over: Time to Start Hating on the Leafs Again
Hockey season, a.k.a. hating season, starts right back up again this Saturday. To celebrate, we brought in Greg, our resident Quebecer hockey nut, to tell you why the Toronto Maple Leafs really suck.
Gregory Pike
1.15.13
Motherboard Blog

Will Extreme Air Pollution Slow the Chinese Economy?
The public health costs are nothing to scoff at.
Derek Mead
1.15.13
Photo

Atlanta Is a Paradise
Marcus Tanner recently sent us some beautiful and weird photos of Atlanta, saying that his home is "a vibrant cultural melting pot of artists, musicians, freaks, activists, and your typical ATLiens getting their daily hustle on." We think he's right.
Christian Storm
1.15.13
Film

Hacking The Shit Out Of Everything: Part 2
How do we bring a three-dimensional, video-based project like Empire online in a compelling way?
Kel O'Neill and Eline Jongsma
1.15.13
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