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cuba

Why Cubans Won't Be Drinking Frappuccinos Anytime Soon

If the coffee behemoth wanted to move in on the coffee market in Cuba, they’d be facing more than just a population that knows its cafecitos very, very well.
Alex Swerdloff
9.21.15
Holy Shit

Father John Misty Covers Ryan Adams Covering Taylor Swift But Does so In the Style of Lou Reed

"My ongoing tribute to the classic Ryan Adams album 1989."
Kim Taylor Bennett
Noisey Redactie
9.21.15
Motherboard Blog

The Programmer's Greatest Challenge Solved in 'Space Between'

Water has been called “the animator's nightmare,” and “the programmer's greatest challenge,” but when it was time to create a game that demonstrated what you can do with when you swap a game controller for your bare hands—and, uh, your head—
Intel Developer Zone
9.21.15
GAMES

These Silly Games Take Advantage of a Weird Bug in Chrome

Beware of the trees, and the link of death.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
9.21.15
the americas

Heritage and Hate: Mississippi’s State Flag (Trailer)

Coming soon: Mississippi’s state flag is the last in the US containing the Confederate battle flag. VICE News and Kal Penn travel to the Magnolia state to find out what southern heritage means to the residents of Mississippi.
VICE News
9.21.15
Environment

Volkswagen Now Faces Possible Criminal Charges for Cheating on Emissions Tests

The US Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that the automaker installed software in its diesel vehicles meant to circumvent clean air requirements.
Eva Hershaw
9.21.15
COLLEGE

Undeniably Massive Study Confirms Campus Rape Is an Undeniable, Massive Problem

The Association of American Universities published a huge survey of campus sexual assault today. While the study's authors caution against relying on the "1 in 5" statistic, it's clear that campus rape is an epidemic.
Lauren Oyler
9.21.15
middle east

Iraq Is Now Fighting a Cholera Outbreak in Addition to the Islamic State

At least four people have died already, and the Islamic State controls the areas around a dam that supplies fresh water to some of the hardest hit places.
Landon Shroder
9.21.15
Mixes

Omar-S Sent Us A Tape He Made in 1993

THUMP Presents Omar-S, Actress, and John FM at Output
THUMP Staff
9.21.15
Stuff

What 'Cancer! The Musical' Doesn't Tell You About Having Cancer

'Cancer! The Musical' is witty and fun, but there's no trace of the anger or raw emotion involved in being a cancer patient.
H. Alan Scott
9.21.15
Thump

Autechre Made A Massive, 4-Hour Mix of All Their Musical Influences

Hear all the electro and early hip-hop that inspired them to make music in the first place.
Alexander Iadarola
9.21.15
Health

Pharmaceutical Company CEO Defends 5,000% Price Hike of Drug on Twitter

Shkreli insisted that his company "needed to turn a profit on the drug" despite the pill costing less than a dollar to manufacture, and said it was not his fault if people who needed the drug could no longer afford it.
Olivia Becker
9.21.15
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