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Your Texts Are Not Private, Ontario Court Rules

The new ruling has massive privacy implications.
Davide Mastracci
8.10.16
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Watch Disclosure Play Records Live From Their Kitchen, Right Now

Champagne has been served, and they're showing off some fancy new slipmats.
THUMP Staff
8.10.16
ANIMALS

This Puppy Enjoys Frozen Popsicles as Much As You Do

Wait, what?
Broadly Staff
8.10.16
Comics!

'Author's Folly,' Today's Comic by Michael Hawkins

Two authors build a forcefield around their home and go to separate spaces to write. Then things get confusing.
Michael Hawkins
8.10.16
Art

An Artist Documented Ayahuasca's Secrets as Sounds and Textile Art

“Everything is vibrating,” explains Irish artist Tanya Harris.
Andrew Salomone
8.10.16
short circuit

You No Longer Need Cable to Watch the NFL Network

Sling TV is the first streaming service to add the NFL Network, making it dangerously close to the cord cutting ideal for football fans.
Chris Brantner
8.10.16
pool water color

The Pools in Rio Have Turned Green

It looks bad, but it is supposedly still safe for the athletes.
Patrick Sauer
8.10.16
The VICE Guide to Right Now

Everyday Hero Tries to Scale the Trump Tower Using Suction Cups

The guy Spidermanned his way as far up as the fifth floor, drawing cops and a growing crowd of onlookers.
VICE Staff
8.10.16
Premieres

We "Swear to God," Mic Outlaw's New Video Is a Rags-to-Riches Story for the Ages

This Brampton rapper's come-up anthem is urgent and empowering.
Phil Witmer
8.10.16
surprise medals

Chinese Swimmer Fu Yuanhui Finding out She Won a Medal is the Best Thing at the Olympics

A reporter surprised Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui with news that she won a medal.
Patrick Sauer
8.10.16
Science

Archaeologists Discover Tools that Prehistoric Butchers Used 250,000 Years Ago

How many nights have you listlessly laid awake in your bed and stared into the inky abyss of the night sky wondering the following: “Just what in the hell did early man use to butcher rhinos in their quest for Stone Age sustenance?”
Alex Swerdloff
8.10.16
The Anatomy of an Ordinary Mass Shooting

How a Paternity Fight Led to a Mass Shooting in a Trailer Park

Many mass shootings are intimate executions carried out by men who target the women and children closest to them. This is how one of them rocked a community.
Sonja Sharp
8.10.16
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