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Andrew Tate’s ‘The Real World’ App Banned by Google Amid Claims It's a Pyramid Scheme
The move follows questions from VICE News over a campaign for tech giants to remove the app from their stores, on the basis that it’s a harmful pyramid scheme targeting teen boys.
It’s Hard to Use Apple Arcade Without Wondering How Developers Will Be Paid
If “engagement” and “time spent” are the metrics of success, won’t that just lead people to make games that encourage it?
Researchers Find Google Play Store Apps Were Actually Government Malware
Security researchers have found a new kind of government malware that was hiding in plain sight within apps on Android’s Play Store. And they appear to have uncovered a case of lawful intercept gone wrong.
Google’s New Play Store Rules Are Breaking an App Sex Workers Use to Keep Safe
Ugly Mugs, a UK-based call screening app that helps workers avoid dangerous clients, is at risk for being shut down.
Watch Android Malware Automatically Steal 1,000 Euros From a PayPal Account in Seconds
A new banking malware for Android phones allows criminals to take over control of PayPal and steal money.
The Targets of Mobile Apps: Your Health, Your Ancestors, and Your Baby
Researchers at Yale Privacy Lab analyzed the existence of a hidden economy of trackers packaged into many of the most popular apps in Google Play.
66 Percent of Popular Android Cryptocurrency Apps Don't Use Encryption
After analysis, 94 percent had "at least three" medium-risk vulnerabilities.
VICE Has a New Daily Podcast
We'll be running through the day's biggest stories and interviewing VICE reporters on 'The VICE Guide to Right Now.'
Stop What You’re Doing and Watch Bohemian Rhapsody in VR
Brian May from Queen is into VR and is also an astrophysicist. Who knew?