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The Quantum Supercomputers of the Future Will Be the Dumbest Computers Ever Created, and the Best

Right now, we can do quantum computations at a very small scale. We've been able to create entangled systems of up to eight qubits, which in the scale of practical computing is infinitesimal. But in the grand scheme, is pretty amazing. Remember that in...
Michael Byrne
1.24.12
The Children of the Dragon Issue

Il-Sung Songs

Photos by Ben Ritter, Stylist: Annette Lamothe-Ramos
Ben Ritter, Stylist: Annette Lamothe-Ramos
1.24.12
Tech

Smashing Foreign Phones

What's keeping the iPhone, a hugely popular status symbol of a device, from being manufactured in the U.S. of A.?
Derek Mead
1.24.12
News

Quango - What Do You Have to Do to Lose a Knighthood?

Sinking the British economy isn't enough... Genocide?
Gavin Haynes
1.24.12
Travel

Alien Encounters of the Lunar Year Kind

The idea was to go out into the darkness and try to communicate with extraterrestrials using a combination of meditation and police radars.
Maude Standish
1.24.12
Stuff

What the Phone Saw

Well, kids, I'm off to Cuba for a week with my Cuban husband to meet his madre. In the meantime, here's the greatest hits of photos from my phone.
Bruce LaBruce
1.24.12
Stuff

In the Twilight of the Magicians

As with any good union of opposites there are multiple shots of a nude starlet cradling swords.
David Cotner
1.24.12
Music

Nick Zinner's 41 Strings at Sydney Opera House

Nick Zinner staged his sprawling 41 Strings composition at Australia's most t-shirt worthy building the other night, along with members of the Australian Youth Orchestra.
VICE Staff
1.24.12
Art

Refracted Time Reflects Audience Experiences Inside And Out

A virtual crystal that reflects… you.
Kyuhee Baik
1.23.12
Motherboard Blog

No Hiding: A Simple Video Guide to How You're Being Spied on Right Now

_Video by Lam Thuy Vo and Stokely Baksh. Words by Lam Thuy Vo._ When the FBI and the Metropolitan Police Force in Washington DC found out that nightclub owner Antoine Jones had links to a drug trafficking ring they set out to get him behind bars. They...
Lam Thuy Vo
1.23.12
Greetings From My Mind

The Reality TV KKK

Why do we give her our necks? Is it because we smell it? Is it because we secretly dream of it? Is it because of our shame?
Brett Gelman
1.23.12
Art

Are Street Vendors That 3D Print On The Fly In Our Future?

Belgian design studio presents a mobile street stall able to materialize virtually any item you desire.
Erica Gonsales
1.23.12
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