IT IS like a hash-induced hallucination: row upon row of lush, budding plants, tended by white-coated technicians who are bothered by the authorities only when it is time to pay their taxes. Cannabis once grew in secret, traded by murderous cartels and smoked by consumers who risked jail. Now,…

Welcome to Chaturbate, where live-cam performers engage in the wild and the weird. But watch it long enough and you realize that social media has created a whole new sexual persuasion. So, how “internet sexual” are you? By Emily Witt Photographs by Arko Datto On the computer a woman in north Florida…

FAITHFUL followers of Twitter believe that Jack Dorsey, one of the social network’s founders, is the only person capable of turning around the struggling firm. Mr Dorsey (pictured, during a recent Old Testament beard experiment) returned as its boss last year, taking over from Dick Costolo, who had…

Story highlights Donald Trump wins Republican primary in New Hampshire and leads national polls Stanley: Republican establishment is too divided to take on Trump Stanley: Trump doesn't care about issues that regular conservatives are fighting for Timothy Stanley is a historian and columnist for…

Bill Rebholz They were high school sweethearts, sort of: Britt and John met in middle school right outside of Houston, the kind of place where the person you end up marrying is someone you’ve known your whole life. They flirted later in the halls of one of those big Southern high schools that boasts…

Written by Amar Ediriwira Published on February 9, 2016 Category News Share 0 Share 0 “It’s become a nightmare now.” Veteran Australian record collector Trevor Cowling is having second thoughts about his lifetime collection of records. The former radio music director, 74, has been searching for a…

Kanye West doesn’t believe in yesterday. Living through his records may be the closest thing our generation gets to experiencing the constant future-shock of the Beatles between Rubber Soul and Let It Be . Each of the six left-field knockout studio albums that band released from 1965 through 1970…

Getty Images Day 1 : After inauguration, call Mexico about building that wall Day 2 : Commission presidential portrait. Make sure artist understands about the hair. Day 3 : Take down portraits of ex-presidents who were fat or sad Day 4 : Replace boring White House carpet with luxurious velvet Day 5…

An image from “That Dragon, Cancer,” a video game that mixes animation and magical realism to tell the story of a family’s profound loss. Numinous Games The “extra life” was a fixture of early video games, a reward for skilled players that was imbued with the language of reincarnation. Players would…

Despite shutdowns, crackdowns, and sanctions, Pyongyang’s methamphetamine is still flooding northeastern China. Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast HONG KONG — China has a major meth problem. The drug can be a pick-up, a pastime, or something that builds trust—or addiction. It mostly comes from…

Elena Scotti/FUSION Once again, we’re approaching the most American of holidays: Super Bowl Sunday. Amid all the keg buying and dip-recipe research, you may have missed an astounding piece of news last week, when Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning received a $2 million bonus for the team’s…

I’m 29 years old, and I’ve been on Snapchat for about a year now. I post fairly often (usually on my Story), and I get a decent amount of engagement from my friends. Quite honestly, up until Thanksgiving, I thought I was pretty good at Snapchat. Then I watched my little sister on Snapchat. This is…

The makers of Hitman want you to believe that this is a game about murdering people , but I think it might be more interesting. I think it's really a game about opening and closing doors. On the face of it, opening and closing doors sound a lot less fun than creeping around mansions and cruise…

Watching Keegan-Michael Key, 44, and Jordan Peele, 36, act feels a little like watching a pair of stage magicians at work. You know it's not real—and you can almost see the seams—but even after the trick is slowed down and explained, it still works on you. It's still magic. Since their show, Key and…

Congratulations, gamer girls—you’re officially at the top of the food chain when it comes to games. A new study released by the Entertainment Software Association has revealed that adult women now occupy the largest demographic in the gaming industry. Women over 18 made up a whopping 36 percent of…

You don’t have to show any skin to be sexually harassed — and you don’t even have to be human to be the subject of offensive, suggestive commentary, it seems. Deborah Harrison, an editorial writer in the Cortana division of Microsoft, told CNN that even female virtual assistants can’t escape the…

Malware. Blech! We hate malware. And so we should—deleting files, maliciously clogging up our desktops, turning our browsers into never-ending adverts. But it’s so boring and irritating these days. At least back in the 1980s and 1990s you could take a step back and admire both the technical and…

Animation by Jessica Tang. West: GVK/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images via Getty Images. Tweets: New York Magazine and Twitter. Welcome to Social Capital, a series devoted to analyzing the social-media presences of celebrities. You may have heard the news about Kanye West . He absolutely, positively does not…

“TO BE, or not to be together, that is the question,” tweeted the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, on February 2nd as he published a draft plan offering Britain new terms of membership of the European Union. David Cameron, who had hammered out the bargain with Mr Tusk, was clearly…

The inmate Jeremy Wilson during an interview Jan. 29 at Rikers Island. “There is so much misinformation about me,” Mr. Wilson said, “no one can say with absolute certainty who I am.” Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times He strolled into the police station in Chelsea on Jan. 4 wearing a Harvard…

Complexity, feature gaps, and bugs have crept in People think of Apple as a maker of excellent premium hardware. In fact, many reviewers regard Apple devices as the best you can buy. For instance, I’m on record as saying its most important product, the iPhone, is the best smartphone on the market .…

What is Playboy without naked women? It sounds a little bit like Car and Driver magazine without cars or drivers, and for readers who want only to gawk at the most intimate of female parts, it is just that. For everyone else, the makeover is subtler than you might expect. And frankly, the starkest…

Peter Zimbicki, a senior associate at BillFixers who negotiates better deals for customers (while also riding a hoverboard). Stacy Kranitz for The New York Times BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Cable companies and mobile phone service providers now offer so many deals, options, add-ons and doodads that the sheer…

On Friday , The New York Times reported that officials examining whether Nicole Madison Lovell, 13, was killed by a Virginia Tech student she connected with using Kik, a free messaging app. Of course, worries over the power of technology are not new — many worried about the dangers of MySpace and…

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Donald J. Trump once boasted that he could someday be the only person to turn a profit running for president. He may be closer than anyone realizes. Mr. Trump’s campaign spent just $12.4 million in 2015, according to disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission, millions…

Something strange happens with the camera at the start of Spectre (2015). The movie opens with a wide view of an elaborate Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City. We’re then shown a villain before focusing on James Bond, who starts to follow this villain. Bond and a woman then go into a hotel and he…

With ‘Jungle Fever,’ Spike Lee Brought Cultural Taboos to A Theater Near You By Scott Tobias “Agree or war has been our way of compromising/ Let live and love has become our greatest lie.” —Stevie Wonder, “Feeding Off the Love of the Land” Toward the middle of Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever , a group of…

‘Cyanotypes: Photography’s Blue Period‘ John Dugdale The Phoenix artist Annie Lopez wanted to stand out among her contemporary peers. Instead of trying to invent something utterly new, she has been turning to a 174-year-old photographic printing process — cyanotypes, once used for copying…

Interviewing doesn't come naturally to me. I'm shy. I don't know what to do with my hands when I talk to people at parties. And if I'm being totally honest, I don't much care for meeting new people. That's why as a filmmaker and freelance radio producer I have to try hard to make myself a better…

Jordan Asher, known professionally as Boots, in the Mojave Desert recording his new music video, “Motorcycle Jesus.” Tony Corella TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIF. — “We’ve got to go now,” said Jordan Asher, the musician who records as Boots , as his video crew rapidly packed up equipment. With the Mojave…

Adam Feeney sounds relaxed, even as he admits he’s a bit nervous about his recent ascension onto the A-list of rap producers. “I’ve been doing music for a long time, and so to be in this spot, I feel like I just can’t fuck it up,” the 32-year-old best known as Frank Dukes says with a laugh, while…

Steve Buscemi, left, and Louis C.K. in “Horace and Pete.” Louis C. K. rolled out his new drama, “Horace and Pete,” last Saturday with no advance warning, via his website, and it appears he plans to promote the show in the same fashion. On Thursday the comedian sent a message to his email list…

In interviews following Wolf Parade 's hiatus announcement back in 2010 , they made it sound like the band probably wouldn't get back together. Spencer Krug , at least, didn't believe it was ever going to happen. "It had become a bit of a predictable grind," he said in a phone interview with…

Paramount When I started rewatching Black Sheep on the occasion of its 20th anniversary , it quickly became apparent that this piece would be more of a post-mortem than a straight-up appreciation. The movie certainly has its rabid fans (one of those weird things you learn from being on the Internet…

The Far Cry series has always dealt in discordance. Those hyper-saturated blues of travel agent brochures and the high-contrast greens of the indigenous flora, deliciously juxtaposed with the hyper-violence you were enacting on screen. It’s the calling card of the series, that contrast; travel…

Short Profile Name: Charles Michael Palahniuk DOB: 21 February 1962 Place of Birth: Pasco, Washington, USA Occupation: Author Mr. Palahniuk, do you think that the world is getting better or worse? Better. Ultimately, everyone is acting out of what they feel is the best choice. In a way, they’re all…

courtesy Sundance Institute Quick, what’s your favorite conspiracy theory? Unless you’re partial to Reptoid Aliens Living Under Denver International Airport, it’s probably Faked Moon Landing. And why shouldn’t it be? It’s got everything necessary to be a late-night talk radio/dorm room smoke session…

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The only question now is whether Venezuela's government or economy will completely collapse first. The key word there is "completely." Both are well into their death throes. Indeed, Venezuela's ruling party just lost congressional elections that gave the opposition a veto-proof majority, and it's…