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Mind-Blowing New Law of Physics Could Mean We Really Live in a Simulation, Physicist Proposes
“Being a simulation is a possible consequence (or conclusion)" of the proposed second law of infodynamics, physicist Melvin Vopson says.
Major Tech Investor Calls Architect of Fascism a 'Saint' in Unhinged Manifesto
Silicon Valley's 'techno-optimism' cult believes we should let rich tech guys do whatever they want.
«He then goes on to list a number of “enemies,” which are “not bad people, but rather bad ideas”—including sustainability, tech ethics, and risk management.»
Scientists Want to Melt the Moon to Create Roads and Tested It With Lasers
Scientists report success in melting imitation lunar soil with a laser mimicking concentrated sunlight in order to eventually build habitats in space.
'Satoshi Nakamoto' Just Posted. WTF Is Going On?
Did the anonymous inventor of Bitcoin really just break their silence? Let's go down the rabbit hole.
VICE on Addiction
The Rise of Mobile Gambling Is Leaving People Ruined and Unable to Quit
Financial catastrophe is now only a few clicks away, a problem that is showing quiet signs of becoming a crisis. "I can't just get rid of my phone," one problem gambler says.
Researchers Find a Promising Treatment for Video Game Addiction
It's about rewiring the gamer's relationship to video games, not abstinence.
VICE on Artificial Intelligence
AI Spam Is Already Flooding the Internet and It Has an Obvious Tell
The phrase 'as an AI language model' is starting to flood Amazon user reviews and Twitter bot accounts.
«“Generative AI tools like chatbots further lower the cost for bad actors to generate false but credible content at scale, defeating the (already weak) moderation defenses of social media platforms,»
Scientists Increasingly Can’t Explain How AI Works
AI researchers are warning developers to focus more on how and why a system produces certain results than the fact that the system can accurately and rapidly produce them.
VICE on Business
OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Corporate, Closed-Source, and For-Profit
OpenAI is today unrecognizable, with multi-billion-dollar deals and corporate partnerships. Will it seek to own its shiny AI future?
The Rise of the Millionaire LinkedIn Influencer
To some, LinkedIn's try-hard nature has become a perfect example of the worst of corporate culture. But the site's influencers say the joke's on everyone else, as they pull in big money with ease.…
VICE on Deepfakes
Deepfake Porn Is Evolving to Give People Total Control Over Women's Bodies
People are creating a new kind of nonconsensual pornography by combining deepfakes with 3D avatars that can be manipulated to do whatever they want.
AI-Assisted Fake Porn Is Here and We’re All Fucked
Someone used an algorithm to paste the face of 'Wonder Woman' star Gal Gadot onto a porn video, and the implications are terrifying.
VICE on Elon Musk
Elon Musk’s First Days as Twitter Owner: Conspiracies, Chaos, and Desperation
Musk's first few days at Twitter create the image of someone who owns a company he doesn't want and has no idea how to manage.
VICE on Facebook
Zoom iOS App Sends Data to Facebook Even if You Don’t Have a Facebook Account
Zoom's privacy policy isn't explicit about the data transfer to Facebook at all.
Facebook’s Monopoly Is Imploding Before Our Eyes
Competition, miscalculations, and regulatory scrutiny have all but killed the advertising giant's dreams of diversifying its business and rolling up the digital world into its platform.
VICE on Gaming
Why There's No Room for Suburbs in Open-World Games
They're iconic, they contain a huge share of the population, and they're almost entirely absent from video games' depictions of reality.
U.S. Army Planned to Pay Streamers Millions to Reach Gen-Z Through Call of Duty
Internal Army documents obtained by Motherboard provide insight on how the Army wanted to reach Gen-Z, women, and Black and Hispanic people through Twitch, Paramount+, and the WWE.
VICE on LGBTQIA
Google’s Sentiment Analyzer Thinks Being Gay Is Bad
This is the latest example of how bias creeps into artificial intelligence.
Workplace Discrimination Is a Major Mental Health Issue for LGBTQ People
A trio of cases concerning LGBTQ employment rights are heading to the Supreme Court this week. Workers' livelihoods—and actual lives—are on the line.
VICE on Scams
I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb
How easy is it to exploit Airbnb? While searching for my grifter, I found out.
Here Are the Most Common AirBnb Scams Worldwide
Nearly 1,000 people flooded our inbox with their stories. We found some patterns.
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Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware
A dive into the thriving black market of John Deere tractor hacking.
What Happens to Your Brain When You Stop Believing in God
It's like going off a drug.
«Ironically, the brain's evolution is what enables us to believe in religion at all.»
Why Are Letters Shaped the Way They Are?
Linguistic games and research are revealing a hidden connection between what words look and sound like, and what they mean.
An AI-Generated Artwork Won First Place at a State Fair Fine Arts Competition, and Artists Are Pissed
Jason Allen's AI-generated work "Théâtre D'opéra Spatial" took first place in the digital category at the Colorado State Fair.
A Better Way to Think of Stress, According to Science
The “synergistic mindset” is about making unavoidable stressors work in your favor.
«Students who watched the training session exhibited a lower stress response based on heart rate and other physiological measures.»
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Facebook Threatens to Pull Out of Europe If It Doesn’t Get Its Way
European regulators are cracking down on Facebook's ability to transfer data across the Atlantic. Now the tech giant is threatening to pull its services from more than 400 million European users.
You Probably Don’t Know What ‘Phubbing' Is, But You Do It Constantly
A 2016 study explains why you can't stop looking at your phone, even when you are ostensibly having fun with your friends.