A Long Shot Pays Off

Why This Single Shot Was Worth Millions, Why Apple Has To Make Bigger-Screen iPhones, According To Apple, How To Weaponize Icicles, What You Missed This Weekend, How Advertising Cookies Let Observers Follow You Across The Web The Daily Digg Monday, April 7, 2014 A LONG SHOT PAYS OFF Why This Single Shot Was Worth Millions qz.com Saturday's last second, game-winning shot was what former basketball executive Tom Penn calls a typical "iconic moment" in an NCAA championship tournament reliably filled with such moments. And it could mean millions of dollars for Aaron Harrison, the University of Kentucky guard who took it. 'CONSUMERS WANT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE' Why Apple Has To Make Bigger-Screen iPhones, According To Apple 9to5mac.com It's basic business, really. BECAUSE WINTER IS COMING How To Weaponize Icicles digg.com "MythBusters" tried to make an ice bullet and failed, but what if you used a slingshot? DIGG PICKS What You Missed This Weekend digg.com We sincerely hope you didn't spend the weekend attached to a computer — that's our job. You should be out enjoying your life with friends and family. And since we don't have any friends, we had the time to break down the news you missed. AND YOU SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON FACEBOOK How Advertising Cookies Let Observers Follow You Across The Web theverge.com Researchers were able to reconstruct as much as 90% of a user's web activity just from monitoring traffic to ad-trackers like Google's DoubleClick. Crucially, the researchers didn't need any special access to the ad data. They just sat back and watched public traffic across the network. Read more on Digg.com → FREE FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION Odilon Zaleta of Mexico, right, lands a punch on Akira Yaegashi of Japan during their WBC flyweight title bout in Tokyo, Sunday, April 6, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

This Week's Best Videos: Pinball Wizard, Electrified Lizard And Literary Hitler

Small Meteor Nearly Hits Skydiver, Every On-Screen Death On 'Game Of Thrones,' In Under 3 Minutes, Pinball Stuck In Perfect Feedback Loop, What Happens When An Alligator Bites An Electric Eel, How To Nail A Job Interview The Daily Digg Sunday, April 6, 2014 HOPEFULLY NOT A PEBBLE... OR KIMMEL Small Meteor Nearly Hits Skydiver digg.com A Norwegian skydiver had a close call when a meteor almost hit his parachute. This is allegedly the first time a meteor has been filmed in-air after its light produced by hitting the atmosphere has gone out. YEAH, THIS IS SOME GORY SH*T Every On-Screen Death On 'Game Of Thrones,' In Under 3 Minutes digg.com We can only hope this is instrumental in convicting George R. R. Martin, our generation's most beloved mass-murderer. SORRY ABOUT THE VERTICAL VIDEO Pinball Stuck In Perfect Feedback Loop digg.com You won't be getting those quarters back. But then again, it's not 1972 — why are you playing pinball? ABOUT WHAT YOU'D EXPECT What Happens When An Alligator Bites An Electric Eel digg.com This alligator made a poor dinner choice. CONFIDENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM How To Nail A Job Interview digg.com Bringing in a lock of your interviewer's wife's hair sends the right message. Read more on Digg.com → TREAT YOURSELF 'Common Room' is a collaboration between 13 animators, based on Talia Randall's spoken-word poem of the same name. You'd be doing yourself a disservice not to watch this. Credit: Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Three Minutes Of Murder

Every On-Screen Death On 'Game Of Thrones,' In Under 3 Minutes, I Had My DNA Analyzed And All I Got Was This Lousy Story, Inside NYC's Dangerous, Multimillion-Dollar Cigarette Black Market, What To Do If You Find A Lost Drone, The Only Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram For Rap Beefs You Will Ever Need The Daily Digg Friday, April 4, 2014 OH, THE HUMANITY! Every On-Screen Death On 'Game Of Thrones,' In Under 3 Minutes digg.com We can only hope this is instrumental in convicting George R. R. Martin, our generation's most beloved mass-murderer. SO MUCH FOR 'GATTACA' I Had My DNA Analyzed And All I Got Was This Lousy Story arstechnica.com With too much to account for, direct-to-consumer genetics isn't ready for prime time. THE PRICE OF CHEAP SMOKES Inside NYC's Dangerous, Multimillion-Dollar Cigarette Black Market huffingtonpost.com "My guy has 100 different businesses he sells to," the bodega owner said, gesturing across the street at a Chinese restaurant, a laundromat and a barbershop. "All three of those stores buy and sell smuggled cigarettes too." DRONE HOME What To Do If You Find A Lost Drone forbes.com New technology leads to new etiquette conundrums. THIS IS PROBABLY A TRUE HEADLINE The Only Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram For Rap Beefs You Will Ever Need grantland.com Instead of the brightness on the y-axis, we measure how interesting each rap beef is. And instead of the temperature/color on the x-axis, we measure how real-life dangerous each rap beef is. Read more on Digg.com → CRACK OF THE BAT Pittsburgh Pirates' Tony Sanchez breaks his bat on a pop up to Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Pedro Strop who caught it and threw to first to complete a game-ending double play on Pirates' Neil Walker during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, April 3, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Are You Smarter Than The CIA?

Why Your Umbrella Sucks And What To Do About It, So You Think You're Smarter Than A CIA Agent, How To Tell If You're A Basic B*tch, The Tipping System Is A Scam, If MMA Doesn't Change, Someone Is Going To Die The Daily Digg Thursday, April 3, 2014 STEP UP YOUR UMBRELLA GAME Why Your Umbrella Sucks And What To Do About It digg.com This year, we have vowed to stop the endless cycle of umbrella use, abuse, and destruction. This year, we're going to do it right. This year, we're going to figure out why umbrellas break and how to pick a quality one. This year is going to be different. THE WISDOM OF THE CROWD So You Think You're Smarter Than A CIA Agent npr.org A group of 3,000 ordinary citizens, armed with nothing more than an Internet connection, is often making better forecasts of global events than CIA analysts. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN VEGAS How To Tell If You're A Basic B*tch digg.com "If not treated properly, this could escalate to full-blown 'Sex In The City'-themed brunches." HOW TO GAME IT The Tipping System Is A Scam newrepublic.com Over the years, research has shown that what customers actually reward often doesn't have much to do with service. LIVE ON TV If MMA Doesn't Change, Someone Is Going To Die deadspin.com Fighting is inherently dangerous. We're obligated to mitigate that danger as much as possible. We're doing a piss poor job. ADVERTISEMENT History Of Cryptography How encryption has evolved and will continue to evolve as well as the measures you should consider when implementing encryptions. ANOTHER TRAGIC DAY Lucy Hamlin and her husband, Spc. Timothy Hamlin, wait for permission to re-enter the Fort Hood military base, where they live, following a shooting on the base, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Fort Hood, Texas. Credit: AP Photo/ Tamir Kalifa Read more on Digg.com → Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Really Weird And Really Important

What I Learned About Stop-And-Frisk From Watching My Black Son, Why Freezing Yourself Is A Terrible Way To Achieve Immortality, If You Like This Newsletter, You'll Like This Other Newsletter, Why Does Ice Float?, The Women Who Still Make Bank As Phone Sex Operators The Daily Digg Wednesday, April 2, 2014 THE 'SPECIAL TAX' What I Learned About Stop-And-Frisk From Watching My Black Son theatlantic.com "When I heard that my 21-year-old son, a student at Harvard, had been stopped by New York City police on more than one occasion during the brief summer he spent as a Wall Street intern, I was angry. On one occasion, while wearing his best business suit, he was forced to lie face-down on a filthy sidewalk because — well, let's be honest about it, because of the color of his skin." EVEN IN CARBONITE Why Freezing Yourself Is A Terrible Way To Achieve Immortality gizmodo.com Unlike the miraculous rebirth of one's soul at the hands of Osiris, the practice of cryonics promises the rebirth of a younger, fitter, and not-dead you — all through the miracle of future scientific progress. But it's a terrible idea. NEWSLETTERS WE DIGG SPONSORED If You Like This Newsletter, You'll Like This Other Newsletter nowiknow.com One of the very few things we read every single morning is Now I Know, a daily newsletter featuring interesting facts and the stories behind them. We highly suggest you read it, too. REALLY WEIRD AND REALLY IMPORTANT Why Does Ice Float? digg.com Why does ice float? You might not think about it, but this special property of frozen water is what makes your iced tea tinkle and makes a lot of aquatic life possible. TALKING DIRTY The Women Who Still Make Bank As Phone Sex Operators nerve.com "I can be anything they want." Read more on Digg.com → PUCKER UP A Balinese girl, right, tries to avoid a kiss from another during the "Omed Omedan" kissing festival in Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Locals believe that the festival ensures the good health of those taking part and prevents bad luck from hitting the village. During the festival, village priests dump buckets of water over couples to douse their passions. Credit: AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

The Case For Fewer Clothes

America's Horniest States, What Really Killed William Henry Harrison?, The Case For Fewer Clothes, The Science Of A Slapshot, The Dark Side Of The Trophy Deer Industry, Why You Rarely Notice Major Movie Bloopers The Daily Digg Tuesday, April 1, 2014 DIGG INVESTIGATES America's Horniest States digg.com Yes, while it's true that doing the legwork on this piece was quite arduous, finally answering one of those long-nagging questions made it all worth it. A PRESIDENTIAL MYSTERY What Really Killed William Henry Harrison? nytimes.com The accepted wisdom is that the shortest-serving president developed pneumonia after delivering a long Inaugural Address in cold weather. But that might not be true. SLOW FASHION The Case For Fewer Clothes qz.com Much of the cheap clothing we consume in droves is like our fast food diets — high in calories (quantity) but low in nutrition (quality). We are a culture that buys a lot of junk. THE FLEX IS THE KEY The Science Of A Slapshot digg.com Did you know that when a hockey player winds up for a slap shot they're not trying to hit the puck? BUCK FEVER The Dark Side Of The Trophy Deer Industry indystar.com An Indianapolis Star investigation has discovered this industry costs taxpayers millions of dollars, compromises long-standing wildlife laws, endangers wild deer and undermines the government's multibillion-dollar effort to protect livestock and the food supply. OTHERWISE LIFE WOULD BE AN ACID TRIP Why You Rarely Notice Major Movie Bloopers psmag.com The visual field accounts for the recent past in order to prevent us from feeling like we've gone mad. ADVERTISEMENT The Ultimate Guide To Gmail Chances are that you're not even close to getting the most out of Gmail. Grab this free guide that'll tell you everything you need to know. JUST AN EXERCISE A South Korean marine LVT-7 landing craft sail to shores through a smoke screen during the U.S.-South Korea joint landing exercises called Ssangyong, part of the Foal Eagle military exercises, in Pohang, South Korea, Monday, March 31, 2014. South Korea said North Korea has announced plans to conduct live-fire drills near the rivals' disputed western sea boundary. The planned drills Monday come after an increase in threatening rhetoric from Pyongyang and a series of rocket and ballistic missile launches in an apparent protest against the annual military exercises by Seoul and Washington. Credit: AP Photo: Ahn Young-joon Read more on Digg.com → Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014