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Gun Skins and Live-Streamed Blackjack: The Strange New Face of Online Gambling

Here, thousands of people are siphoning their money away to corporations who, on the face of it, are game producers, but in essence are income rakers to the fullest extent.
Joe Bish
10.29.16
Weed

Weed Growers Are Racing to Register Their Strains on the Bitcoin Blockchain

Medicinal Genomics is creating a 23andMe for cannabis that is powered by the Bitcoin blockchain.
Daniel Oberhaus
10.29.16
Culture

We Asked Haunted House Workers About Their Customers’ Most Intense Reactions

It turns out you can literally be scared shitless.
Madi Fuller
10.29.16
style

Taming the Physics of Splashing

New experiments could mean more sanitary hospitals and safer industrial facilities.
Michael Byrne
10.29.16
VICE News Tonight on HBO

Four-day school weeks are the new normal in Oklahoma

"This was our best way to survive," one principal tells VICE News.
Amanda Pisetzner
10.29.16
Instagram

This Week in Food Porn: Halloween Special

In the spirit of Halloween, here's a roundup of the spookiest snacks and most deviant dishes uploaded to Instagram this week.
Nell Frizzell
10.29.16
Make this

Bake This Samhain Bread Instead of Eating Halloween Candy

Samhain is the pagan celebration of the final harvest before winter sets in. And if you're going to harvest, you've got to make your goods into some lovely, fluffy carbs so that you don't get too drunk on mead and sleep through all the partying.
Munchies Staff
10.29.16
security

It Won’t Be Difficult to Spoof Smartphone Finger Vein Scanners

Smartphones are already equipped with fingerprint and iris ID systems, but a Japanese company wants to ID you by the veins in your fingertips. But is it really more secure?
Daniel Oberhaus
10.29.16
Interviews

Humans Love Bigfoot Because We’re Narcissists, Says Bigfoot Expert

Loren Coleman, director of the International Cryptozoology Museum, looks back on a life of chasing legendary creatures.
Emalie Marthe
10.29.16
Interviews

How the Star of ‘Halloweentown’ Built an Etsy Halloween Empire

Child actress Kimberly J. Brown has used her most famous role to create a second career as a Halloween expert.
Emalie Marthe
10.29.16
first-person shooter

Being a Craft Beer Brewer Is Just as Chill as You Think

In this edition of First-Person Shooter, we sent some cameras to a guy who makes quality beer at a microbrewery in Oregon. Based on his photos, we think he has one of the best jobs.
Julian Master
10.29.16
Fashion

Mishka's Founder Is Righting His Streetwear-Wrongs with a New Label

Thirteen years after creating the cult brand known for its skater-punk weirdo vibes, Mikhail Bortnik has started a clothing line called Psychic Hearts, and it couldn't be more different.
Catherine Pears
10.29.16
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