Derek Mead
derek.mead@vice.com10 Ways to Begin Doing Something
Embarking on a journey of doing a thing can be perilous, but it's easier if you know how to start.
A Totally Reasonable Explanation for Elon Musk Tanking Tesla’s Stock Price
As with everything, our most important economic lessons come from Bitcoin.
NSO Employee Abused Phone Hacking Tech to Target a Love Interest
The previously unreported news is a serious abuse of NSO's products, which are typically used by governments and authoritarian regimes.
The Right Wing Wants You to Die
Powerful people prefer mass death to adopting the social welfare policies of a civilized nation.
Behind the Scenes of the VICE Guide to Iran
Check out photos and a new documentary from VICE founder Suroosh Alvi, whose crew got incredible access to Iran just before everything fell apart.
Why the US Sucks at Building Public Transit
America is worse at building and operating public transit than nearly all of its peers. Why is that? And what can we do to fix it?
This Small Company Is Turning Utah Into a Surveillance Panopticon
Banjo is applying artificial intelligence to government-owned surveillance and traffic cameras across the entire state of Utah to tell police about "anomalies."
Mike Gravel’s Teen Campaign Team: Bloomberg Memes 'A Disgusting Phenomenon'
The candidate's scheme to use popular meme accounts "shows how sick American life is."
Shadow's Cancelled Nevada Caucus App Had Errors, Too
An error wouldn’t let users report results in a test version of the app. Shadow confirmed it was fixing some errors at the time.
Neo-Nazi Terror Group The Base Linked to the War in Ukraine
A 20-year-old American went from inside a neo-Nazi group's secret chatroom, to traveling to Ukraine looking for war.
Here Is a Link to the App that Blew Up the Iowa Caucus
Trust and transparency are core to the U.S. electoral process. That’s why Motherboard is publishing the app that malfunctioned in Iowa.
An ‘Off-the-Shelf, Skeleton Project’: Experts Analyze the App That Broke Iowa
Multiple experts analyzed Shadow Inc.’s Iowa caucus app. They found all kinds of problems.