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The Way to Prevent a Recount Disaster Is Sitting Right in Front of Us
November 3, 2020 is almost guaranteed to result in election recounts. Meet our possible savior: the risk-limiting audit.
Spenser Mestel
8.24.20
VICE Magazine

How Shadowbanning Went from a Conspiracy Theory to a Selling Point
Two years ago, conservative and far-right actors began fighting their supposed mass-silencing by Big Tech. Now, said silencing is being used as a selling point to promote the rise of new alternate platforms.
Anna Merlan
8.24.20
VICE Magazine

The Strange Bliss of the Mashup Era
Milkman’s ‘Algorithms’ and its ilk brought with it maximized enjoyability through someone else’s playlist.
Fran Hoepfner
8.24.20
VICE Magazine

The Algorithm in the Armchair
Can machine learning more accurately diagnose mental disorders, and prescribe the right medications? Maybe one day.
Shayla Love
8.24.20
VICE Magazine

The Broken Algorithm That Poisoned American Transportation
For the last 70 years, American transportation planners have been using the same model to decide what to build. There’s just one problem: it’s often wrong.
Aaron Gordon
8.24.20
Food

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Zucchini Scones Recipe
These chocolate-y, cake-like scones are the sweetest way to finish off your stack of zucchini.
Farideh Sadeghin
8.24.20
knife crime

Knife Crime Perpetrators Aren’t ‘Animals’. They’re People I Go to School With
Stories like Ali’s can’t just be throwaway headlines in newspapers, they need to be lessons for us.
Jessica Tunks
8.24.20
Social Media

#Breakup TikToks Are the New 'Melodramatic MSN Screen Name'
Teens on the app are documenting their heartbreaks with endless earnest and emotional video clips. Why?
Amelia Tait
8.24.20
Dating

Do People Actually Find Love on 'Subtle Asian Dating?'
The Facebook group has members humorously "auctioning" their friends for dates to over 600,000 people, but do posts on SAD have happy endings? I tried to find out.
Miran Miyano
8.24.20
japan

Abe Becomes Japan’s Longest-Serving Prime Minister As Hospital Visit Prompts Concern for His Health
The 65-year-old visited the hospital for the second time in a week but assured the public that he remains fit for office.
Anthony Esguerra
8.24.20
Noisey

Drill Lyrics Are Being Used Against Young Black Men in Court
Rapper Unknown T was lucky enough to have this misleading evidence excluded from his trial. Others aren't so fortunate.
Kamila Rymajdo
8.24.20
Philippines

Case of US Marine Found Guilty of Killing a Trans Woman in the Philippines Closed After Six Years
Joseph Scott Pemberton withdrew an appeal of his conviction after a lengthy court battle.
Anthony Esguerra
8.24.20
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