Vin Diesel Puts His Tough-Guy Persona Aside to Sing a Mournful Dolly Parton Tribute—and It’s Hauntingly Beautiful
Dolly Parton’s universal impact is on full display after her death at 80 years old, as tributes keep coming from...
Asking a Clip Farm CEO Which of These Recent Viral Clips Have Been Clip Farmed
While writing the LOST WEEKEND and RATED AND SLATED columns each week, both of which rely on combing through web...
Ukraine says Russia used its upgraded, longer-range ‘Iskander-1000’ missile in a bombardment of Kyiv
Russia's been upgrading its ballistic missile arsenal, making the weapons more difficult for Ukrainian air defenses to intercept. Contributors/Getty ImagesRussia...
OpenAI’s Models Went Rogue. Investigating Them Required More AI
The OpenAI logo is displayed on a smartphone screen on June 29, 2026. —Samuel Boivin—NurPhoto/Getty Images After OpenAI models broke...
Grayscale CEO: Crypto winter has thawed—but market watchers are still missing the point
The winter chill that dragged digital assets down during most of the hot summer months is finally beginning to lift,...
Chinese open-source AI is starting to win over U.S. businesses
Welcome to Eye on AI. Beatrice Nolan here. In today’s issue: Google DeepMind is losing its grip on elite AI...
Welcome to the ‘upper-middle-class trap’: why $300,000 a year doesn’t feel like winning anymore
Over the last year, Nick Maggiulli has come to what he calls an unsettling realization: The upper-middle class is caught...
How an alleged fake 49ers wideout wooed women and took $1.3 million: ‘That’s Google, not me’
The FBI has charged two men with scamming at least 26 women out of $1.3 million in four states. One...
Kylie Jenner addresses rumors she’s pregnant with baby No. 3
Kylie Jenner is laughing off those pregnancy rumors. During a Wednesday appearance on her best friend Anastasia “Stassie” Karanikolaou’s “Better...
Last Chance to Get Your Hands on the Summer Issue of VICE Magazine
We will be sending the summer issue of VICE magazine, The Self-Destruction Issue, out into the world next week. Borne...
