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Here’s the Internal Presentation the FBI Uses to Train Surveillance Pilots

“Pay attention this will get mind bending,” one slide reads.
Joseph Cox
8.9.16
vancouver

Local Police In Canada Used ‘Stingray' Surveillance Device Without a Warrant

This is bigger than we thought.
Jordan Pearson
8.9.16
News

Catching Up With Victoria’s Tent City Residents on Eviction Day

Dozens have moved into new social housing, but some stayed camped out past Monday's deadline.
Sarah Berman
8.9.16
short circuit

Facebook Claims Moral Imperative In Fight Against Ad Blockers

Facebook isn’t hurting for ad revenue, but instead wants to take a moral stand against the use of ad blockers.
Nicholas Deleon
8.9.16
FIGHTLAND

Fighter-Turned-Artist Recreates Boxing's Most Famous Combos With Light

We speak to the Paint Boxer, Bart van Polanen Petel, about recreating and photographing ten of his favorite punches and combinations from the likes of Frazier, Lewis, and Tyson, for his latest work, Project Phosphorescence.
Sarah Kurchak
8.9.16
climate change

Humans Have Used All the Earth’s Resources for the Year

By 2030, we'll need more than two Earths to support our natural resource needs.
Sarah Emerson
8.9.16
thump news

Boys Noize Announces North American Tour

The Berlin producer also has music in the forthcoming Olive Stone film 'Snowden.'
Alexander Iadarola
8.9.16
americas

Rio's Olympics can't keep throwing protesters out of venues, court rules

The ruling comes amid high political tension in Brazil as the effort to permanently remove suspended president Dilma Rousseff from power approaches its culmination.
Jo Tuckman
8.9.16
dispatches from rio

Qatar’s Rejuvenated Handball Team Has A Distinct Shortage of Qataris

Qatar's investment in sports is bigger than the World Cup. Their national handball team, which has players from Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, and France—and three Qataris—is proof.
Aaron Gordon
8.9.16
ADVERTISING

Indonesia Wants to Ban These Instant Noodles for Being 'Pornography'

Bikini Noodles may not have much of a future in Indonesia. Dress that torso in more conservative clothing, though, and the noodles may have a second life in the populous nation. Just don't squeeze the package.
Alex Swerdloff
8.9.16
climate change

Warming seas could lead to an 'unprecedented' rise in cholera infections

One side effect of climate change may be making more people sick from eating seafood tainted with pathogens.
Arielle Duhaime-Ross
8.9.16
Politics

FBI probe of Clinton's emails prompted by espionage fears, secret letters say

Secret letters from the FBI to the US State Department released exclusively to VICE News reveal the probe into Hillary Clinton's emails was rooted in fears of potential espionage.
Jason Leopold
8.9.16
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