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America Has the World’s Shittiest Toilets

If only we spent as much time on the crapper thinking about the pitiful state of our toilet technology as we did thumbing through the Victoria's Secret catalogue.
Arielle Pardes
7.31.14
Twitter

Barack Obama Is Probably a Robot, and Other Lessons from 'Bot Or Not'

Barack Obama's Twitter is more bot like than Big Ben the clock's, so what's that tell you? (Not much, actually).
Ben Richmond
7.31.14
Power

The Internet of Things Can't Keep Your Data Safe

HP asks, 'Do these devices really need to collect this personal information to function properly?'
Joseph Cox
7.31.14
Stuff

Meet the Quaker Puppet Maker Trying to Save Arts Education in the Midwest

Christopher Lutter is the founder of Puppet Farm Arts, a pacifist collective that makes humongous puppets out of reclaimed trash for various theater productions, parades, and school workshops.
Georgia Perry
7.31.14
machines

The World's Most Popular Drone Is a Magnet for Reckless Pilots

The DJI Phantom is also the world's most problematic drone, because any old idiot can use one.
Jason Koebler
7.31.14
americas

International Dispute Erupts After Venezuelan 'Diplomat' Released

Hugo Carvajal, Venezuela's former intelligence chief, was controversially released after his arrest on US drug trafficking charges in Aruba.
Alicia Hernández
7.31.14
Drugs

Virtual Reality Is Being Used to Treat Heroin Addiction

The trick is to make addicts crave virtual drugs. And then choose not to use.
Jordan Pearson
7.31.14
VICE News

Rockets and Revenge

Israel’s military offensive, Operation Protective Edge, is now in its fourth week. More than 1,200 Palestinians and 50 Israelis have been killed, and the fighting shows little sign of letting up. VICE News sifts through the rubble in Gaza.
VICE Staff
7.31.14
Canada

Canada Wants In On NASA's New Mars Rover

The Canadian Space Agency is tagging along with NASA on its Mars 2020 mission.
Justin Ling
7.31.14
this month in shitty music

This Month in Shitty Music: July 2014

Brooklyn girls, metalcore and a thoroughly pointless award show.
Dan Ozzi
7.31.14
Stuff

We Asked Someone What It Feels Like to Be Struck By Lightning

After a freak thunderstorm storm in Los Angeles last weekend, 13 people were struck by bolts of lightning. We wanted to know what it felt like. Does your hair stand straight up? Does lightning burn?
Arielle Pardes
7.31.14
americas

Human Trafficking Is Rampant in Canada

Canada has removed 20 members of a massive human trafficking gang and deported them back to their native Hungary.
Angela Hennessy
7.31.14
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