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VICE Life Hacks with Oobah Butler
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I Broke The Strangest Superstitions To See If It Ruined My Life

I decided to break as many of the weirdest superstitions I could in a day to see if it ruined my life.
amazon

Amazon Drivers Are Worried About New 'Customer-Obsessed' Disciplinary Program

Amazon says its system of 'violations' and 'defects' is aimed to improve driver safety and customer satisfaction, but drivers say they're stretched too thin.
Lauren Kaori Gurley
2.22.21
Food

Supply and Demand in China’s Supercharged Delivery Economy

The ease and convenience of food delivery in China relies on millions of gig-workers like Chang Si'en.
Joshua Frank
2.22.21
personal finance

Don’t Start Just Any Kind of Business; Start a Worker Co-Op

Worker co-ops get employees invested in their company’s success—literally—and put an end to, “The boss makes a dollar, I make a dime.”
Katie Way
2.22.21
Politics

Trump’s Tax Returns Are Finally Going to New York Prosecutors

The Supreme Court just put an end to years of battling over the financial documents.
Greg Walters
2.22.21
occult technology

Internet Occultists Are Trying to Change Reality With a Magickal Algorithm

The Sigil Engine adapts an ancient practice for the internet age, creating mystic symbols that true believers say can bend the universe to their will.
Tamlin Magee
2.22.21
Coronavirus

A Student Faked a COVID Outbreak In Her School to Avoid an Exam

The student circulated fake news of 13 students testing positive after coming to the school for a practical exam. 
Shamani Joshi
2.22.21
Environment

Banks Are Greenwashing Themselves. Don’t Believe It.

Many financial institutions market themselves as sustainable, but their portfolios say otherwise.
Alex Yablon
2.22.21
Politics

Mike Lindell Just Got Sued for $1.3 Billion Over Election Conspiracies

The CEO of MyPillow said he was “very, very happy” about the lawsuit.
Paul Blest
2.22.21
Hacking

Apple Is Going to Make It Harder to Hack iPhones With Zero-Click Attacks

Multiple exploit developers tell Motherboard an upcoming change in iOS could make zero-click exploits harder to pull off.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Joseph Cox
2.22.21
Algorithmic Bias

Sexist AI is Even More Sexist Than We Thought

A new study shows bias is deeply ingrained in algorithmic models, generating sexualized images of women while creating professional images of men.
Todd Feathers
2.22.21
argentina

Argentina Could Be the Best Place in the Americas to Get Your Period 

It’s about bloody time. Argentina could grant students the right to a day off a month to deal with their periods.
Amy Booth
2.22.21
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