Google Settles with 4 Engineers over Complaint It Fired Them for Organizing

The high-profile National Labor Relations Board case involved Google employees who organized around ethical concerns at the company in 2019. | Continue reading


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Citizen Planning to Trial On-Demand Private Security in Chicago

The move shows that Citizen hasn't given up on the idea of on-demand private security. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

A Bitcoin Mine at a Natural Gas Well in Texas

Bitcoin miners are turning gas that would otherwise be flared into the atmosphere into electricity and tapping into Texas' wind boom to make bank. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Facebook GitHub Repo Spammed with Messages Supporting Russia

"False liberty and democracy make me sick!" one message written in Mandarin reads. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

What's a 'Nocoiner'? Inside the World of Crypto Sceptics

'The OC' actor Ben McKenzie is the most recent high-profile example of a critic who thinks the cryptocurrency bubble is about to burst. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

At SXSW, a Pathetic Tech Future Struggles to Be Born

The first SXSW in three years was taken over by crypto-mania fueled by marketing hype. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Senate Candidate Wants to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender with No Taxes

“Zero tax transactions. Zero tax capital gains,” said Bryan Solstin, who is running in Washington State's Democratic Primary. “No upper limit." | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Open Source Maintainer Sabotages Code to Wipe Russian, Belarusian Computers

The shortsighted protest has caused a massive uproar in the open source community. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Superbug-Infected Chicken Is Being Sold All over the US

A certain amount of bacteria is allowed under USDA rules, but companies routinely exceed that—and don’t have to recall their products. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

The ‘Freedom Convoy’ Bitcoin Donations Have Been Frozen and Seized

Bitcoin was supposed to be a financial lifeline for vaccine mandate protesters in Canada. That hasn't exactly worked out to plan. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Russia Is Now Claiming the US Trained Birds to Deliver Ukrainian Bioweapons

The Kremlin’s efforts to convince its citizens that Ukraine is the real aggressor are becoming increasingly desperate. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

The SEC’s Former Head of Internet Enforcement Fears How the Crypto Story Ends

We talked to one of the most credentialed critics of cryptocurrencies and NFTs about fraud and potential "cataclysmic events" in the industry. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors with Ukrainian Firmware

A dive into the thriving black market of John Deere tractor hacking. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Why Russians Are Fleeing Russia

People are leaving the country in huge numbers as Vladimir Putin’s government cracks down on all and any dissent over the invasion of Ukraine. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Company Plans to Dig Deepest Hole to Unleash Boundless Energy

The geothermal startup Quaise Energy has raised $63 million in funding to tap Earth’s deep subterranean power. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Russia Is Preparing to Cut Itself Off from the Global Internet

The Kremlin is getting ready to bring down the digital Iron Curtain. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Talking to the creators of Gender Pay Gap Twitter bot

We spoke to the person who made the Gender Pay Gap Bot calling out empty corporate celebrations of International Women's Day. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Twitter Launches Tor Onion Service Making Site Easier to Access in Russia

The site may become the most significant onion service created if it allows people to access Twitter from censored countries. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Trans People Stranded and Alone in Ukraine Following Russia’s Invasion

Trans people in Ukraine tell VICE World News they are fearful of trying to escape Russian forces in case they are prevented from leaving by authorities. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

What It Feels Like to Have Brain Surgery When You're Awake (2015)

I was 25 when doctors found a raspberry-sized tumor in my brain. Obviously, I wanted to be totally conscious for the surgery. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

The Meme-Ification of the Ukraine Invasion

Why are people recasting ordinary Ukrainians as Marvel heroes? It's got more to do with internet fandom than you think. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Right to Repair Groups and Farmers Unions File FTC Complaint Against John Deere

The complaint alleges the tractor manufacturer makes its products deliberately difficult or impossible to repair without paying exorbitant costs to a dwindling dealer network. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Putin’s ‘Cornered Rat’ Story Might Be a Warning About His Next Move

What Putin said he learned from cornering a huge rat, and why it matters. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Stonehenge might be “a simple and elegant perpetual calendar“

An archaeologist proposes that the monument is “a simple and elegant perpetual calendar” in a new study. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Kill Them All: Will Australia’s War with Feral Horses Ever End?

Foxes, pigs and rabbits are culled frequently with little dispute. But when it comes to horses, things are freakishly tense. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Young, Male and Infertile: The Men Struggling to Have Kids

To many, infertility is still a women's issue. That couldn't be further from the truth. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Russian Electric Vehicle Chargers Hacked, Tell Users ‘Putin Is a Dickhead’

The chargers no longer work and display a scrolling message reading “Glory to Ukraine / Glory to the heroes” | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Google Suspends Maps Features in Ukraine That Showed Russia's Invasion

The tech giant said it disabled live traffic data in Ukraine for the safety of local communities. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Scientists Unveil 'Unified Genealogy of Modern and Ancient Humans'

With more than 3,600 individual genome sequences that date back more than 100,000 years, it is largest human family tree ever created. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

University students are living in cheap hotels to “cheat” landlords

"I don’t think I’ve missed out on the university experience." | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

At-Home Abortion Demand Has Skyrocketed Since the Texas Ban

A group that helps people perform their own abortions initially saw a 1180 percent increase in requests for help from Texas. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Russia Will Restrict Access to Facebook, State Media Reports

The country’s telecommunications and internet regulator announced the restriction on Friday, accusing Facebook of censoring Russia. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Russia Today Says Anonymous Took Down Its Site

The TV channel said it was the victim of a “massive” cyberattack from devices “mostly based in the U.S.” | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Would Banning Russia from Getting Software Updates Make It Easier to Hack?

Ukraine asked U.S. government to ban software updates to Russia, which should weaken the country’s cybersecurity. But the potential impact isn’t so clear. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Google Maps Live Traffic Showed the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

“I think big data companies often don’t want to face squarely how useful their data can be.” | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Scientists Discover the Long-Lost Continent ‘Balkanatolia’

The landmass existed 40 million years ago and may have facilitated the migration of Asian mammals into Europe. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Watch: NYPD Arrests Amazon Union Organizers at Staten Island Warehouse

The worker organizers were delivering lunch to Amazon warehouse associates during their break. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Chinese Cybersecurity Company Doxes Apparent NSA Hacking Operation

A Chinese security firm released a detailed report about what it says is malware created by Equation Group, a hacking group widely believed to be the NSA. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Pentagon Says ‘Nintendo Generation’ Has Weak Skeletons

A military press release announced that Gen Z may be at risk for more injuries in boot camp. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Scientists Discover Centuries-Old Arctic Creatures Surviving on Fossils

Sponges spotted a half a mile below the Arctic sea ice had researchers "jumping for joy" according to a study co-author. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Top Researchers Warn About AI Threat to Humanity (2018)

26 researchers from 14 organizations compiled a sweeping report on the dangers posed by malicious superhuman artificial intelligence. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Hamsters’ Testicles Shrink After Being Infected with Covid, Study Finds

The virus was delivered intranasally to the rodents, with researchers finding an acute decrease in sperm count and testosterone. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

‘Crypto Ruined My Life’: The Mental Health Crisis Hitting Bitcoin Investors

The stress and anxiety that goes with funneling your life savings into a volatile market is no joke. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

A Hacker Is Actively Stealing High-Value NFTs from OpenSea Users

The world's largest NFT exchange says it is 'actively investigating rumors of an exploit.' | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Redditors Compete to Create Impossibly Short Ethernet Cables

People on Reddit are competing to invent the shortest possible working ethernet cable. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

Man Who Lived in Small Apartment Owes Nintendo $14.5M

Gary Bowser was recently sentenced to over 3 years in prison and ordered to pay millions to Nintendo for what his lawyers say was a relatively minor role in a Nintendo Switch piracy ring. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

The Largest Lithium-Ion Battery in the World Keeps Melting

Ten battery packs melted in an energy storage facility in California, the second meltdown in five months. | Continue reading


@vice.com | 2 years ago

A Pilot Wrote the Word ‘Relax’ at Ukraine’s Border

A novel form of diplomacy. | Continue reading


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