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crypto

VC-Backed Startup Promises Bitcoiners Way to Bypass Taxes While Buying Home

An innovative new financial instrument will let people buy homes, no down payment, tax returns, or FOMO required. “Your crypto is what qualifies you."
Maxwell Strachan
2.1.22
Tesla

On Second Thought, Tesla Decides Not to Unilaterally Legalize Rolling Stops

The company allowed members of the “Full Self-Driving” Beta program to opt into rolling stops at certain intersections, despite that being illegal in several states.
Aaron Gordon
2.1.22
Astro Guide

Monthly Horoscope: Taurus, February 2022

Welcome to Aquarius season, dear Taurus!
Annabel Gat
2.1.22
Astro Guide

Monthly Horoscope: Aries, February 2022

Welcome to Aquarius season, dear Aries!
Annabel Gat
2.1.22
GAMES

Top ‘Final Fantasy XIV’ Streamer Will Flee Ukraine With Cameras Rolling

Zepla streams the acclaimed MMO to thousands of people. Now she’s preparing to leave Ukraine while queuing for savage raids.
Matthew Gault
2.1.22
ewaste

Android’s E-Waste Problem Can’t Be Solved With Custom ROMs

Custom ROMs have their use cases, but they’re few and far between and difficult to install.
Aaron Gordon
2.1.22
mexico

Kids as Young as 6 Are Using Meth in Mexico's Spiraling Addiction Crisis

There are only a few rehab clinics focused on helping minors with drug addiction, and they are overwhelmed by demand.
Nathaniel Janowitz
2.1.22
sexual violence

Teen Dies by Suicide. Then His Family Is Arrested for the Gang Rape of a Woman in Delhi.

Twelve members of the dead teenager’s family have been arrested so far.
Rimal Farrukh
2.1.22
shopping-home

What VICE Readers Bought This Month: Skillets, Sex Toys, and Art Books

You snatched up massage guns, coffee alternatives, art books, and more during the first month of 2022.
Ian Burke
2.1.22
Ukraine

Ukrainian Civilians Train With Wooden Guns Ahead of Potential Russian Invasion

“People in the big cities got used to the fact that the conflict was far away from them,” a military instructor said. “Now they realise that the war might come to them.”
Dipo Faloyin
2.1.22
myanmar coup

Myanmar’s Volunteer Soldiers Who Gave Up Everything to Fight the Junta

A year since the coup, a return to their old lives seems a distant prospect for the thousands of ordinary people who took up arms to fight for democracy.
Alastair McCready
Ben C. Solomon
2.1.22
japan

Family Arrested for Tying Up Mentally Ill Son, Who Died After Fall From Window

The 37-year-old man, who had a history of mental illness, was tied up with rope and handcuffs for months by his parents and sister in Japan.
Hanako Montgomery
2.1.22
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