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Obama On Drug Laws: 'No Doubt Our Criminal Justice System Is Skewed'
Thursday, June 29, 2023 - 12:20pm | 564"There is no doubt that our criminal justice system generally is so heavily skewed towards cracking down on non-violent drug offenders," stated fomer President Barack Obama in a 2015 interview with VICE founder Shane Smith. This candid discussion, tackling a myriad of pressing issues from...
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TikToker Launches 'SCAM' Coin, Raises $70M An Hour After Launch
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 - 7:53am | 483A TikToker known as Dre created the Simple Cool Automatic Money (CRYPTO: SCAM) token as a joke and saw it gain a market cap of $70 million within an hour since the launch. What Happened: According to a Wednesday Vice report, Dre himself said that he didn't expect or invite people...
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Twitter Insider Was Allegedly Responsible For The Biggest Hacking Incident: Report
Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 8:57am | 448Several verified high profile users on Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR), including such as Elon Musk, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden, sent out tweets promoting a bitcoin scam as a result of an alleged hacking Wednesday, which Twitter claimed was a result of social engineering. An...
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Twitter Rolls Out New Voice Tweet Feature On iOS, Brings Moderation Concerns
Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 5:20am | 330Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) is launching voice tweets that will allow users to post audio clips of up to 140 seconds in length. What Happened On Wednesday, Twitter announced its users will now be able to add voice to bolster their conversations on the microblogging site, in addition to already...
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Here's What Martha Hart Thinks About Vince McMahon And Bret Hart
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 5:45pm | 814The season finale of Vice’s “Dark Side of the Ring” airs on Tuesday and features the widow of former World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) performer Owen, Hart, who tragically died in a 1999 stunt during a WWE pay-per-view event. Martha Hart blames WWE on Owen’s...
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Vice's Owen Hart Documentary Revisits WWE's Darkest Day
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 2:15pm | 540World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) fans will get new details for the first time related to the darkest day in the company’s history. The season finale of Vice’s “Dark Side of the Ring” will focus on the death of former WWE performer Owen Hart, who fell nearly 80...
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Microsoft The Latest To Be Criticized For Using Humans To Listen To User Audio
Thursday, August 22, 2019 - 11:06am | 465Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the latest tech company to be criticized for using humans to review audio captured through devices, raising more privacy concerns about in-home tech. Vice reported that contractors working for Microsoft were paid to listen to audio from Xbox users in the...
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'It's All About Quality': B-Real Of Cypress Hill And 'Bong Appétit' Talks About The Cannabis Entertainment Business
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 3:02pm | 526I recently had fun a chat with B-Real, cannabis entrepreneur and Cypress Hill frontman, ahead of the launch of “Bong Appétit: Cook Off.” B-Real hosts the marijuana-themed cooking show on VICELAND with judges Vanessa Lavorato and Miguel Trinidad. The show is extremely relevant for...
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Remember American Apparel's Dov Charney? He's Back With A New Business Idea
Thursday, September 14, 2017 - 2:44pm | 369One of the last times many investors heard the name Dov Charney was early 2016 when the ex-CEO of American Apparel Inc was mounting an offensive to regain control of the company he founded — and was ultimately fired from. Charney was fired from American Apparel for alleged misconduct and...
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3 Ways Snapchat Is Responding To Slow User Growth
Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 10:19am | 918After several months of poor daily-active-user figures by Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP), Evan Spiegel, Snapchat CEO and co-founder, is determined to drive user-engagement. The DAU decline occurred right after Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s Instagram Stories launched, and Spiegel has taken notice. Specifically...
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Teens Rank Corporations By Coolness; Do Rankings Correlate To Success?
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 - 9:09am | 768It's always difficult to keep track of what teens consider cool these days, but a recent survey conducted by Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google's market research wing provides some valuable insight. Google's report, titled "It's Lit: A guide to what teens think is cool," ranks...
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Watch CNBC's Josh Brown Teach VICE How To Budget For Weed Money
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 7:04pm | 234CNBC “Halftime Report” co-host and Ritholtz Wealth Management CEO (and part-time awards show host) Josh Brown made an appearance on Viceland’s “Desus and Mero” talk show Tuesday night to talk about appropriate rates of weed consumption, among other things. When co-...
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Viacom Wants In On Vice
Friday, December 2, 2016 - 10:46am | 315Media conglomerate Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, led by new CEO Robert "Bob" Bakish, is said to be considering buying a stake in millennial digital media start-up Vice, according to a New York Post report “Bakish wants to make his mark on the struggling media giant and is out to show his board...
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What The Rio Olympics Mean For Zika And Favelas
Friday, August 5, 2016 - 1:54pm | 657With the Rio Olympics kicking off Friday, anticipation is building up and news is crowding the internet. Among much discussion, we would like to take a look into what this event means for Rio de Janeiro’s "favelas" (slums) and for the spread of the Zika virus. God’s Cities About 1.4...
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Streetsweeper Goes Negative On Second Sight, Says These Risks Are 'Eye-Opening'
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 2:51pm | 382Shares of Second Sight Medical Products Inc (NASDAQ: EYES) surged higher on Monday after the company's medical technology was featured in a preview in an upcoming Vice documentary. However, shares tumbled on Wednesday after the company received some negative press in the form of a...