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Kill Karl, pictured on the sleeve for his 2025 album “Suck on My Album”. This artful combination of language and visual is precisely what curious newcomers can expect to find in his TikTok videos and entire creative output, which taken as a whole can be read as an act of extreme provocation -
Sam Quealy DJing at Silencio, one night after news broke of Kavinsky's death. All photos by Alaska Ragenard (@alaska___r)
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Image by Eva Bevec VICE Magazine Presents: The Self-Destruction Issue, Pre-Order Now
It’s summer 2026 and the magazine is back, shining a light on feats of ingenious human calamity.
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Kingdom Hearts 4 launches in late 2027, with Pixar’s Coco revealed as the first Disney world featured in the RPG.
Kingdom Hearts 4 Release Date Revealed Alongside First Disney World
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Zara Larsson played an epic set at the 2026 Sziget festival in Budapest, and then spent her post-show time meeting young cancer survivors.
Zara Larsson Wrapped a Big Festival Set and Then Immediately Did a Meet-And-Greet with Cancer Survivors Because She’s Literally The Sweetest
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EDF said three Gravelines reactors shut down after jellyfish clogged cooling-water systems, despite new precautions.
A Jellyfish Swarm Shut Down Reactors at One of Europe’s Biggest Nuclear Plants
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The shark-cam footage captured a rare four-minute encounter near an artificial reef off Boynton Beach, Florida.
How Researchers Studying Nurse Sharks Accidentally Got Rare Great White Footage
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This week, New Music Friday brings us fresh tracks from the super-duo Lustmord Lombardo, melodious indie rockers Slow Pulp, and more.
New Music Friday: 5 Songs You Need to Hear This Week (8/14)
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Robbie Williams was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome and ADHD in 2025, and he’s now revealed that doctors diagnosed him with autism.
Robbie Williams Reveals He’s Been Diagnosed With a ‘Little Bit of Autism’
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Kim Mathers, Eminem’s ex-wife, has been sentenced to jail over bond violations, but the judge offered her the choice to go to rehab instead.
Eminem’s Ex-Wife, Kim Mathers, Sentenced to Jail With One Caveat That Could Set Her Free
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Whether you’re at the club, a wedding, or a high school reunion, these club hits from the 2000s bring all the millennials to the dance floor.
4 Club Hits of the 2000s Guaranteed to Bring All the Millennials to the Dance Floor
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A rare Fugees performance is cut short by a strict 11 pm curfew, leaving the audience and Dave Chappelle especially upset.
Dave Chappelle Compares Cutting Off This Hip-Hop Group to Cutting Off MLK: ‘You’re F**king up History!’
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Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider and Kelly Osbourne exchange words through social media posts over Ozzy’s legacy.
Kelly Osbourne Defends Ozzy’s Legacy in Heated Social Media Exchange With This Heavy Metal Icon
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“Glad U Came“ by Liilz Feat. ZieZie has been called “the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ of UK poo”
Life, Culture
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Astronomers Found a Cosmic Object 100 Billion Times Brighter Than a Normal Star
The object could help explain Webb’s mysterious little red dots and how supermassive black holes first formed.
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Ancient Shackled Men Found Near Athens Were Probably Locals, Not Invaders
Tooth analysis suggests the men grew up near Athens, raising new questions about why they were executed and buried in chains.
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Archaeologists Found Coins Depicting Wrestlers Inside a 2,400-Year-Old Grave
Coins showing wrestlers were found inside the tomb, but experts say more evidence is needed to confirm who was buried there.
MOTHERBOARD Tech
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Universal History Archive/Contributor/Getty Images Researchers Are Using AI to Help Find Art Looted by the Nazis. Here’s How It Works.
The tool can search scattered archives for clues, but experts still have to verify any possible restitution claims.
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Photo: Lazy_Bear / Getty Images The Strange Case of Elias Thorne, the Imaginary Man AI Chatbots Are Obsessed With
Elias Thorne is a weird quirk of the system, but also a symbol of just how hollow and deeply unoriginal chatbots can be.
NOISEY Music
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Photo by Steve Eichner/Getty Images 3 Satirical Songs Dissing Mainstream Success That Ironically Became Mainstream Successes
The irony of these three songs becoming mainstream successes is so painful, but the songs are just so good.
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Photo courtesy of The Oriel Co. Axl Rose Reveals Health Struggle That Impacts His Performing Abilities
Axl Rose paused a Guns N’ Roses show in New Jersey to share that he’d been dealing a TMJ disorder and had dental work to try and fix it.
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(Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images) Rapsody Trashes the Current State of Hip-Hop Media and Calls out DJ Vlad, No Jumper: ‘We’ve Given It to the Wrong People’
Rapsody reflects on the state of hip-hop as a culture and art form, calling out DJ Vlad and No Jumper in the process.
WAYPOINT Gaming
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Screenshot: Epic Games, SEGA Sonic Fortnite Collab Reveals Tails Sidekick for Chapter 7 Season 4
Sega has confirmed that Tails is coming to Fortnite as a Sidekick in the Sonic Chapter 7 Season 4 collab launching on August 20.
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Screenshot: Epic Games When Does the Current Fortnite Season End? Chapter 7 Season 4 Downtime Start Time
Find out when the current Fortnite season ends, when Chapter 7 Season 4 downtime starts, and the estimated Fortnite Override launch time.
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Screenshot: Wizards of the Coast Dungeons and Dragons Offers Players JRPG-Inspired Free Drop of Monsters, Sewer Maps, and Magic Items
Dungeons and Dragons players can now check out a ton of new content in the JRPG-inspired August D&D Beyond Drop.
Horoscopes
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Illustration by Reesa. Daily Horoscope: August 14, 2026
Sort out what’s actually going somewhere from what just felt big in the moment. The weekend is close, and it’s yours.
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Illustration by Reesa. Daily Horoscope: August 13, 2026
The morning after a big eclipse always feels anticlimactic. The alarm still goes off. You’re left holding whatever it handed you.
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Illustration by Reesa. Daily Horoscope: August 12, 2026
The day has a charge to it that’s hard to explain. If you’re feeling it, you’re not imagining things. It’s eclipse day.
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Soul Soul’s Summer Sale Takes 42% Off their Out of Office THC Gummies, Drinks, and Drops
Use the code SUMMER42 to stock up.
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VICE TikTok Wants You to Moisturize With Beef Fat—We Asked a Dermatologist If That’s a Good Idea
We rendered the trend down to its fat and vitamins.
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Epiphany Cosmo Named This the Best Arousal Serum. The Reviews Show Why People Keep Coming Back for More
“It makes me go crazy when we use it”: The little orange tube people keep “accidentally” running out of.
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Photo by Bill McCay/Getty Images Too Nervous to Ask Someone Out? All You Need Are These 3 Pop Songs To Guarantee a Date
When your own words fail, let Carly Rae Jepsen ask your crush out on a date for you.
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Photo by Brian Rasic/Getty Images 4 Rock Songs That Make You Feel Like You Could Bench Press a Ford F-150
These four rock songs have energy to make you feel like you could lift a Ford F-150 truck, though it’s not recommended.
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Screenshot: Game Freak Beast of Reincarnation Interview: Game Freak Reveals How Koo Helped Balance the Game’s Difficulty
Game Freak director Kota Furushima explains how Koo shaped Beast of Reincarnation’s difficulty, traversal, and emotional story.
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George Carlin Had a Brutal Take on Michael Richards’ Racist Stand-Up Meltdown
Carlin had a more nuanced take on Richards’s infamous Laugh Factory meltdown than most people who weighed in on it at the time
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The Weird Reason Coolio Has a Random Cameo in ‘Batman & Robin’
Joel Schumacher’s ‘Batman Unchained’ would’ve featured the rapper, but the poor reception of ‘Batman & Robin’ led to the film’s cancellation
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Screenshot: Luna Amazon Prime Subscribers Gain Access To Two Assassin’s Creed Games This Month
Amazon Prime members can check out two Assassin’s Creed titles this month as part of the Luna Standard game library.
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There Was a Topless Woman Hiding in This Classic Disney Movie for Decades
3.4 million VHS and LaserDisc copies of ‘The Rescuers’ were recalled in 1999 after it was discovered that somebody snuck an X-rated image into a couple frames
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Screenshot: Nintendo 2002 Nintendo 3D Platformer is Now Available On Switch Online + Expansion Pack
Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers got an exciting update this week that brought a GameCube era platformer to the service.
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Screenshot: The Pokémon Company Pokémon Legends 3 Update Leaves Black and White Remake Fans Waiting
A new Pokémon Legends 3 update suggests that fans may be waiting much longer for Pokémon Black and White remakes.