Thursday, April 11, 2019

OK, You Can Start Freaking Out

It's Time To Panic About Privacy, The Gravity Of Black Hole Memes Is Inescapable, and more.
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A BOTTOMLESS PIT
THE EYE OF THE CAMERA
It's Time To Panic About Privacy
nytimes.com
Here's the stark truth: We in the West are building a surveillance state no less totalitarian than the one the Chinese government is rigging up.
BLACK HOLE FUN
The Gravity Of Black Hole Memes Is Inescapable
digg.com
These memes making light of the landmark black hole photo will have you laughing until your stomach feels impossibly dense.
RUNNING OFF-BALANCE
Why Extreme Wellness Is So Popular
elemental.medium.com
Marathons, fasting and silent retreats — the psychology behind hardcore health.
DIGG PICKS
These Earbuds Are So Waterproof You Can Swim Laps With Them
xfyro.com
Xfyro has made the first-ever fully waterproof wireless earbuds. They're comfortable, secure, and magnetically connect to the battery case so you can enjoy a total listening time of 20-30 hours before having to recharge your case.
UNVEILING MYSTERIES
99% UNPLAYABLE
A Fascinating Investigation Into Why A Specific Podcast Shuts Down Mazda Car Stereos
digg.com
​On the latest of episode of "Reply All," hosts Alex Goldman and PJ Vogt looked into an extremely unusual and rare technical problem.
MODEL CHARACTERS
How Algorithms Know What You'll Type Next
pudding.cool
To see how text predictors work in action, we will predict tweets by four Twitter accounts: Barack Obama, Justin Timberlake, Kim Kardashian and Lady Gaga.
BIG RICH ENERGY
What You Find When You Look Into Rich Energy, The Mystery Sponsor Of America's F1 Team
jalopnik.com
The further people went down the rabbit hole on Rich Energy, the weirder things got.
FOR LOVE OR MONEY
What It's Like To Lose A Million Dollars To An Online Dating Scam
thecut.com
"I'd never heard of anybody being taken by an online romance, I'd only heard the good stuff. So I kind of went into it trusting that what was going to happen would be good."
VIDEO OF THE DAY
THE UNIVERSE BENDS TOWARDS JUSTICE
Douchebag Running On Top Of The Shelves At Walmart Gets His Just Deserts
digg.com
Honestly, calling this guy a douchebag is probably unfair to douchebags everywhere.
IN THE NEWS
Julian Assange, Wikileaks Co-Founder, Arrested In London
Attorney General William Barr Thinks 'Spying Did Occur' On Trump Campaign
Amazon Workers Are Listening To What You Tell Alexa
Sudan's Military Overthrows President, Ending His 30-Year Rule
DIGG PICKS
Get Ahead By A Century
huckberry.com
The 10-Year Hoodie is designed to last a decade (and it's on sale), so you may as well buy 10 and call it a century.
We can't predict the future, but we can predict the next thing you type in your browser might be 'Digg.com.'