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cryptocurrency

Swedish Officials Call For EU-Wide Ban On ‘Proof of Work’ Crypto Mining
The officials argue that if energy-intensive crypto mining remains legal, the European Union will not be able to meet its climate targets.
Gabriel Geiger
11.16.21
facial-recognition

South Korea Is Giving Millions of Photos to Facial Recognition Researchers
Travelers to the country are having their biometric data given to private companies under a program recently uncovered by civil rights advocates.
Ella Fassler
11.16.21
fandom

Community Dedicated to Hot Monster Girls Deleted for 'Fetish Material'
Fandom will remove it even if they promise to keep it 'clean.'
Gita Jackson
11.16.21
qanon

Hundreds of QAnon Believers Are Still in Dallas Waiting for JFK to Show Up
In videos shared by those in attendance, young children can be seen standing in the crowd holding QAnon signs late into the evening.
David Gilbert
11.16.21
Drugs

274 Reports But Zero Confirmed Cases: What We Know About 'Needle Spiking' in the UK
It's been over two months since the first reports of people being spiked via needles in UK clubs first emerged, but no cases have so far been officially confirmed.
Sophia Smith Galer
11.16.21
TV

The 'Succession' Insult Index: Episode 5
"Hercule Poirot of piss, over here."
Lauren O'Neill
11.16.21
Drugs

World's 'Strongest-Ever' Ecstasy Pill Found in English Nightclub
“Blue Punisher” ecstasy pills found at a club in Manchester are up to five times the usual dose, and potentially dangerous.
Max Daly
11.16.21
RACISM

Chinese Cultural Centre Cancelled Racism Talk Due to ‘White Fragility’
The Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art has been at the centre of a controversy about white people “gatekeeping” Chinese culture.
Eleanor Forrest
11.16.21
Instagram

'Where's the Scam?' – Inside the Viral 'Plant a Tree' Instagram Trend
Plant A Tree Co is what happens when Gen Z hustle culture collides with vapid social media activism.
Patrick Marlborough
11.16.21
Introducing

Introducing: The 70s Revivalists
You may see them walking up Kingsland Road like they're on their way to Whiskey-a-Go-Go, but they’re actually just off down the pub.
Lauren O'Neill
11.16.21
the internet

Why Tabloids Talk So Weirdly on Social Media
The content of red top newspapers is as cruel and salacious as ever, but the way they share their ideas has evolved.
Lauren O'Neill
11.16.21
transgender

Malaysia Tried To Suppress Its Most Famous Trans Celeb. It Failed.
We spoke with Malaysia’s most famous trans celebrity Nur Sajat, hearing her reflections on the country she was forced to flee this year to escape persecution.
Heather Chen
11.16.21
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