Accounting For Taste

Bill Benter did the impossible: He wrote an algorithm that couldn’t lose at the track. Close to a billion dollars later, he tells his story for the first time.

Now, Now - Yours [Official Music Video]

“VICE News Tonight” correspondent Elle Reeve went behind the scenes with white nationalist leaders, including Christopher Cantwell, Robert Ray, David Duke, and Matthew Heimbach — as well as counter-protesters. VICE News Tonight also spoke with residents of Charlottesville, members of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the Charlottesville Police.

This awe-inspiring stone Buddha lies half hidden within a man-made hill in a cemetery in Sapporo, northern Japan. Architect Tadao Ando was commissioned to build the false-hill around the massive Buddha to create a more contemplative lead-up to the statue, much like a prayer chapel. 

It's always embarrassing when you follow a new artist's rise, listen to all their music on streaming platforms, learn about who they are and where they come from, and then realize you can't pronounce their name. It's happening more and more frequently lately, as artists get increasingly creative in coming up with unique names that don't overlap with any other keywords on the internet. Here's a little guide to help you out with some of the most commonly mispronounced artist names out right now.

A portrait of Jim Carrey as a committed, serious visual artist. Anchored to a street-level studio space in New York City. It’s anything but standard Hollywood summer fare.

Researchers develop a working, battery-free cellphone.

Coober Pedy is a small desert town in Australia where the entire population lives in underground homes. With outside temperatures hovering over 100 degrees, residents made permanent homes in the cooler temperatures of old mine shafts.

The video platform now plays host to a thriving community of hard-right commentators and their fans — all with little rejoinder from the other side.

Meet the porn purveyor who's making money making higher-end porn.

Dallas police say Charles Albright is the coldest, most depraved killer of women in the city’s history. To me, he seems like a perfect gentleman. Maybe too perfect.

Mura Masa - What If I Go? (Official Video)

Love and Fire: In Virginia's rural Accomack County, a troubled romance was behind a string of 77 arsons.

A mysterious assault. An unsolved murder. And a ship that hasn’t given up all its secrets.

For a young actor in 2017, the good news is it’s never been easier to get a job. There are now a million options—as long as you’re cool with getting “famous” on go90. Or Crackle. Or Freeform. The list of platforms keeps growing, while the screens keep shrinking. Zach Baron reports on a generation of would-be stars navigating an era of glorious upheaval—when that next phone call might be from Netflix. (But it’s probably from Seeso.)

AREA21 - We Did It

As rave documentary The Agony and The Ecstasy airs on Sky Arts, we speak to Norman Jay MBE about the political impact of the acid house scene and share three exclusive clips