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AlphaBay

FBI Refuses to Release Dark Web Kingpin Arrest Video It Already Showed and Bragged About

The bureau rejected a FOIA request without explaining why.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
7.18.18
How to Not Die

This Is What Happens When You Combine Molly and Alcohol

Taking MDMA and drinking at the same time is like pulling your body in two very different directions.
Suzannah Weiss
7.18.18
LOCK DOWN

Instagram Working on Stronger 2FA That Won't Use Your Phone Number

Some Instagram users are at particular risk of sim hijacking, where a hacker takes control of their phone number and uses that to break into accounts. Now, Instagram is pushing towards app-based authentication, which should make the hackers' job harder.
Joseph Cox
7.18.18
Google

The EU's record $5 billion antitrust Android fine will take Google two weeks to pay off

“Google has used Android as a vehicle to cement its dominance as a search engine. These practices have denied rivals a chance to innovate and to compete on the merits."
David Gilbert
7.18.18
youth culture

I Went to a Workshop On How to Deal with Loitering Teens

A room filled with worried baby boomers, a 72-year-old "expert in street culture," and an actor playing a loitering teen—a recipe for a wonderful afternoon.
Pien Goutier
7.18.18
Culture

I was Budget-Batman For a Day

How did we celebrate the tenth anniversary of The Dark Knight? We unleashed ourselves on Delhi, cape and all.
Parthshri Arora
Photos by Vijay Pandey
7.18.18
Crime

The Story of the Most Wanted Gun in Britain

We spoke to the makers of the new documentary 'Gun No 6.'
Daniel Dylan Wray
7.18.18
star signs

The Astrologers Who Try to Solve Murders Using Birth Charts

This is what happens when your interest in astrology links up with your true crime obsession.
Nana Baah
7.18.18
The far-right

American populists are desperate to spring British far-right activist Tommy Robinson out of jail

“Tommy Robinson … has acted as a lightning rod for an international coterie of far-right, anti-Muslim activists and extremists.”
Tim Hume
7.18.18
Ryan Bassil's Fantastical Emporium of Music as Magic (and sometimes shit)

The Waterboys Made an Incredible Van Morrison Song Even Better

Their rendition of giddy classic “Sweet Thing” improves an already impressive song, colouring it so vividly with feeling it is almost alive.
Ryan Bassil
7.18.18
Politics

Centrist Dads Are Obsessed with a Fake Idea of Authenticity

We interviewed the author of a new book about 'Authentocracy', about why politicians now confuse drinking coffee with being posh.
Angus Harrison
7.18.18
Drugs

I Offered Namaz While High on MDMA

'My du’as were webs of light.'
Anonymous
7.18.18
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