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It Turns Out Video Game Developers Suck at Playing Their Own Games

Making a 'Battlefield' game doesn't mean you're good at playing 'Battlefield,' and arguably, it doesn't actually matter.
Patrick Klepek
8.24.20
Artificial Intelligence

This Guy is Suing the Patent Office for Deciding an AI Can't Invent Things

The USPTO rejected two patents applications written by a "creativity engine" named DABUS. Now a lawsuit raises fundamental questions about what it means to be creative.
Todd Feathers
8.24.20
TikTok

TikTok to Sue the Trump Administration Over US Ban

After weeks of tension, TikTok parent company ByteDance said it would file a lawsuit against the Trump administration.
Anthony Esguerra
8.24.20
women

Women Are More at Risk Due to the Pandemic and Climate Crisis. These Feminists Are Working to Change That.

Women and those in poverty suffer the most during times of crisis. The ongoing climate problem and pandemic are no different.
Mamata Dash
8.24.20
VICE Magazine

The Last Good Summer

It was supposed to be a time of promise. But—as we investigate in the new issue of VICE magazine—rules are made to be broken.
Kate Dries
8.24.20
VICE Magazine

What If Technology Belonged to the People?

We need non-market, publicly-owned alternatives to big tech. Here’s how we get it.
Edward Ongweso Jr
8.24.20
VICE Magazine

A Plague on Ibiza

Since they arrived unexpectedly in the early 2000s, snakes have become a local preoccupation in Ibiza—for the iconic Ibiza wall lizard, and for the humans who brought them in, too.
Ellie Shechet
8.24.20
VICE Magazine

The Story of How the Australian Government Screwed Its Most Vulnerable People

In 2016, the Australian government began automating welfare back payments. What happened next was an absolute disaster.
Jordan Pearson
8.24.20
VICE Magazine

Algorithms Are Automating Fascism. Here’s How We Fight Back

“Bias” can’t be fixed with a software update. Only by disrupting oppressive systems on every level can we make a more just world.
Janus Rose
8.24.20
VICE Magazine

'You Couldn’t Swipe Fast Enough': How the Pandemic Devastated Instacart Workers

On-demand grocery delivery has been marketed as a lucrative opportunity for laid off workers during the pandemic. But as the experience of Instacart’s gig workers shows, its shoppers are being gamed by the app.
Lauren Kaori Gurley
8.24.20
VICE Magazine

The White Sage Black Market

As “smudging” has been appropriated from Native American use, the selling of sage offers a cautionary tale for the wellness economy—one where the intentions of users can be subverted by suppliers, and many sellers have no idea of their impacts.
Kimon de Greef
8.24.20
VICE Magazine

Rising from the Ashes of Rentboy Comes a New Community for Male Sex Workers

Five years after the government shut the male escort site down, a new partnership is attempting to recreate the safe space its predecessor was for so many.
Hallie Lieberman
8.24.20
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