3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (248+ words) Maybe the robots really are taking over." People are willing to try just about anything to feel close to someone again. And in today's ever-freakier world, that "someone" doesn't even have to be human. But "easier" always comes with tradeoffs....

4+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (400+ words) Archaeologists Find Cube-Shaped Human Skull in Mexico. .. (Third column, 14th story, link) Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered a 1, 400-year-old skull shaped like a cube, and it's unlike anything they've seen in the region. The find came from Balc'n de Montezuma in…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (469+ words) Mission Barns wants you to eat as much bacon as you want. The real stuff. Not turkey bacon, not some bacon simulacrum made from soy and hydrogenated oils. Real bacon from a real pig. They just don't understand why you…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago  (289+ words) Authorities said they're not entirely sure what the body parts were intended for. A woman in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, was waiting for a shipment of medicine and medical supplies. When it finally arrived, she ripped the box open and found that…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (335+ words) There is no better summation of the Miami of today than an AI-powered "autonomous" police car. You may not be aware, but Miami has convinced itself it's America's newest, hottest tech hub. At the same time, it is politically shifting…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (343+ words) AI has moved on from answering questions. It's now slipping coded messages to its friends about glue-eating and human extinction. A study released July 20 on ar Xiv by Anthropic and Truthful AI shows that large language models can slip subliminal…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (737+ words) Coming to you from around the world, VICE Digital's team strives to capture the people at the heart of stories, and focus on the ideas, issues, and context that other outlets miss. At the start of this year, residents woke…...