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The High School ‘Asshole’ Who Became a Blackface-Wearing Neo-Nazi Homeschool Dad

“The Lawrences knew everyone, and everyone knew them,” one town resident said about the couple that started the neo-Nazi homeschool network in Ohio.
David Gilbert
2.7.23
Music

Why Beyoncé and Other Concert Tickets Are So Hard to Buy Now

"Fans found purchasing tickets so anxiety-inducing they cried."
Tatum Van Dam
2.7.23
Tech

Developers Created AI to Generate Police Sketches. Experts Are Horrified

Police forensics is already plagued by human biases. Experts say AI will make it even worse.
Chloe Xiang
2.7.23
voice AI

‘Disrespectful to the Craft:’ Actors Say They’re Being Asked to Sign Away Their Voice to AI

Motherboard spoke to multiple voice actors and advocacy organizations, some of which said contracts including language around synthetic voices are now very prevalent.
Joseph Cox
2.7.23
Rule 34

‘It Is Very Risky’: The People With a Fetish for Being Inside Inflatable Pool Toys

"I think it's in our nature to feel calm when held tightly. My theory is that it is possibly from our time in the womb.” 
Samantha Cole
2.7.23
Games Features

How Restrictive Contracts Stifle and Control Creativity in the Video Game Industry

Noncompete contracts that restrict where people can work are only the start. Companies also own everything you make, and developers are tiring of it.
Patrick Klepek
2.7.23
Entertainment

The Rise and Fall of 90s Hindi Pulp Cinema

How did the industry with a cult following that made even Bollywood’s biggies nervous at its peak quickly sink into virtual obscurity?
Arman Khan
2.7.23
News

Trump’s Hush Money Case With Porn Star Is Back to Haunt Him

Payments related to the former president's alleged affair with Stormy Daniels are his latest legal threat.
Greg Walters
2.7.23
indonesia

Workers Keep Dying at This Chinese Nickel Mining Company in Indonesia

In the year after the factory opened, workers fell into molten waste, got swept into the sea, and took their own lives. Then, after two employees were burned alive, protests erupted—and turned deadly.
Rachel Cheung
2.7.23
University

What It's Like to Lose Your Home While at University

Students who can't rely on the bank of mum and dad to cover soaring rent and bills are suddenly finding themselves without a home.
Beth Ashley
2.7.23
Art

Frank Dorrey’s Pop Culture-Laden Art Has Been Catching the Eyes of Greats

“It’s like creating a place where I’m distant but also close."
Julie Fenwick
2.7.23
shopping-sex

Make Valentine’s Day Suck In All The Right Ways With This Sale On Sex Toys

Vag against the machine.
Bree Grant
2.7.23
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