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Frank Ocean Confirms Wolfgang Tillmans Took Him to Berghain

Ocean drove 12 hours to go to the club with Tillmans.
Britt Julious
8.20.16
Hacking

Inventor of The Internet’s Most Terrifying Search Engine Shows Us How To Use It

Thanks to Shodan, it’s incredibly easy to find hackable things on the internet.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
8.20.16
asia & pacific

North Korea claims diplomat who defected from London was wanted for sex crimes

North Korea's state news agency accused high-level defector Thae Yong-ho of "embezzling a lot of state funds, selling state secrets and committing child rape."
Keegan Hamilton
8.20.16
Gay Rights

Openly Gay Soccer Player Seized in Sweden for Deportation to Liberia, Where Gay Sex is Illegal

Andrew Nagbe now faces the possibility of deportation to his home country on August 23, where it is still illegal to be openly gay.
Liam Daniel Pierce
8.20.16
Gaming

Magic and Mushrooms: What Happens When Video Games Take Drugs Seriously?

We speak to the makers of We Happy Few and LISA about proper drug representation in gaming.
Steven T. Wright
8.20.16
crime & drugs

Federal judge urges prosecutors to put Arizona's 'Sheriff Joe' behind bars

The controversial 84-year-old Phoenix-area lawman could face criminal contempt charges for violating a court order linked to racial profiling of Latinos.
Tess Owen
8.20.16
Animation

Watch Pixar’s First Animated Short Recreated With 5-Ton Camera Robots

Very cute, but also kind of terrifying.
Ian Birnbaum
8.20.16
Gaming

‘Nier: Automata’ Is Emphasising the ‘Action’ of the Action RPG Genre

PlatinumGames' traditional hacking and slashing feels right at home in this post-apocalyptic fantasy world.
Mike Diver
8.20.16
Stuff

We Asked the Nicest People We Know About Their Sex Lives

A recent study found that altruistic people tend to have the most sex and the most sexual partners, so we conducted a "scientific" survey of our own.
VICE Staff
8.20.16
Film

'Ben-Hur' Couldn't Have Been Worse

The new version of the Charlton Heston epic barely qualifies as a remake. In fact, it barely qualifies as a film.
J. W. McCormack
8.20.16
Stuff

What It's Like to Do Prison Time Without Ever Being Convicted of a Crime

We spoke to Moazzam Begg, a British man caught in center of the war on terror, and held for years in prisons around the world for no clear reason.
Mari Shibata
8.20.16
Comics!

'Candy,' Today's Comic by Michel Esselbrügge

Who doesn't like candy?
Michel Esselbrügge
8.20.16
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