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Tornado Cash Is Crypto Hackers’ Favorite Way to Cash Out, But Experts Say It Can Be Traced

Tornado Cash has become the go-to service for hackers and crypto thieves, but its creators say it's merely a privacy tool that they can't control.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
6.21.22
Books

How 'My Year of Rest and Relaxation' Became an Unlikely Aesthetic Trend

TikTok and Tumblr are turning Ottessa Moshfegh's 2018 book into a style object, best paired with Chanel lipstick, perfume and bedsheets.
Emma Madden
6.21.22
Kenya

Kenyan Hospital Asks People to Stop Trying to Sell Their Kidneys

Kenyatta National Hospital reminded people it was illegal to sell their organs, as Kenya experiences a worsening cost-of-living crisis exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Dipo Faloyin
6.21.22
mexico

A Narco-Monkey Was Killed During a Shootout and Now Has His Own Narcocorrido

“He is on his way to heaven,” the final lines of the song dedicated to the monkey say. “But he left a legacy.”
Luis Chaparro
6.21.22
protest

Why Are Thousands of Young Men Setting Trains on Fire?

A new job scheme introduced by the Indian military has led to mass protests.
Pallavi Pundir
6.21.22
japan

Japanese Man Murdered His Co-worker With a Crossbow Because He Was Jealous

The victim was getting a little too friendly with a coworker the suspect had eyes for.
Hanako Montgomery
6.21.22
TOURISM

Hong Kong’s World-Famous Floating Restaurant Has Sunk

Salvaging the iconic Hong Kong landmark from the seafloor would be “extremely difficult,” its owner says.
Rachel Cheung
6.21.22
VICE Specials
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Escaping Brazil's Deadliest Gangs

In one of Brazil’s most violent cities, poverty forces many young men into a life of crime. The only way to escape is prison or death. But now there's a glimmer of hope.
Television

How the Internet Created 'Graggle Simpson'

We speak to the online pranksters who engineered the fake "Simpsons" character.
Amelia Tait
6.21.22
Politics

'Fakest Person Ever': People from London's 'Little India' on Priti Patel

I went to Southall – home to London's biggest South Asian population – to canvass people on the controversial UK Home Secretary.
Tom Jones
6.21.22
afters

How to Shut Up at the Afters 

Avoiding the embarrassment of oversharing at parties is a skill you can learn.
Romano Santos
6.21.22
education

Inside the Cutthroat Culture of One of the World’s Toughest Exams

Behind India’s most competitive exam is an endless cycle of debt and systemic biases discriminating against minorities.
Arman Khan
6.21.22
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