Former Iran director at NSC: Crypto legislation is a ticket to sanctions evasion
In May, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a stark alert: Iran was using digital currencies...
Why build AI data centers in a cornfield when Saudi Arabia has cheap oil and cheaper power?
Meta stock jumped more than 7% Tuesday on a Bloomberg report that the company is building a new business to...
A Dystopian Weekend at Piccadilly Gardens: Manchester’s Doomscroll Ultraviolence Factory
This feature is from the spring 2026 issue of VICE magazine, THE NOT THE PHOTO ISSUE. Buy it now—or get...
Pinterest is about “intention” rather than attention, says CMO Claudine Cheever
"The secret to CMO tenure is coming in and wearing an enterprise hat, first and foremost," said Claudine Cheever, the...
‘A witches’ brew’: Washington’s ethics establishment reacts to Trump’s $2.2 billion windfall — they’re shocked but not surprised
The disclosure of President Trump’s 2025 income — $2.2 billion, more than $1 billion of it from crypto — is...
Justice for U.S. star Folarin Balogun, red card for VAR
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As a nation, we’re pretty new to all this. And this VAR abomination we’ve all now been introduced...
Current price of oil as of July 2, 2026
By 9:40 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil had reached $71.53 per barrel, measured using the Brent benchmark. That’s $1.15 less...
FDA upgrades Utz brand potato chips recall to highest level
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has upgraded the recall of several varieties of Zapp’s and Dirty brand potato chips...
One of PlayStation’s Most Iconic Ads Has Backfired After 13 Years
13 years after an iconic PS4 advertisement took a shot at the competition, Sony is now the first major console...
I bought a 6-bedroom villa in the Italian countryside for $50,000. Within a year, I’d left the US and fully moved in.
Buying and renovating a historic villa in a Tuscan village hasn't always been easy, but I'm still happily settled here...
