THE BOOGEYMAN IS OTHER PEOPLE
Living With Slenderman
Three little girls, an Internet boogeyman, and a stabbing in the woods on a sunny afternoon. Inside the trials of Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier.
AMERICAN IMPERIALISTS HAVE BEEN BUSY!
What A North Korean Propaganda Book Taught Me About America
I fake-interviewed a real North Korea propaganda book. Here's what it told me.
GOLD STAR FOR DEEBOT BOY
A Knockoff Roomba Forever Changed My Life
The life-changing magic of becoming a robot vacuum owner.
ENERGY WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED
If You Switch Over To Clean Energy, This Company Will Give You A Google Home Mini
Arcadia Power lets you access clean energy for your home and is giving away a Google Home Mini for anyone who signs up. There’s no installation and it only takes two minutes to sign up.
WE'LL JUST WATCH THIS ON LOOP
Guy Tries To Walk To His Car, Gets An Unpleasant Introduction To Black Ice
Look on the bright side — at least he didn't slide right in front of the car that drove by his house.
THE PUBLIC INTEREST
The Growing Movement To Create City-Run Public Banks
As activists pressure governments to remove their deposits from banks that back bad policies, cities are considering a new option: become their own financial institution that serves the needs of the citizens, not investors.
CES 2018
Netflix Fools Public With Eerie, Realistic-Looking ‘Lab-Grown Humans’ At CES ‘18 - DesignTAXI.com
CES 2018: 10 bizarre gadgets launched at CES 2018 | Gadgets Now
Kickstarter’s lasting effect on consumer tech is on full display at CES 2018
Optoma gives us the scoop on its upcoming 4K projectors, wireless earbuds
DEPENDS ON HOW YOU DEFINE WEALTH
How To Make A Nation Richer
If you were setting out to make a country rich, what kind of mindsets and ideas would be most likely to achieve your goals?
CUDDLES WHEN CORNERED
The World's Smallest Wild Cat Is Indescribably Cute
The BBC says this is a Sri Lankan rusty spotted cat, but we're pretty sure they just grabbed a kitten and plopped it in the jungle.
HOBBY LOBBYING
Why Hobbies Make You Happy
It's so important to have a sense of self beyond your work.
UNSETTLED BUSINESS
The Widow, The Bank, And The $8 Billion Verdict
After her husband died, Jo Hopper spent eight years fighting the bank administering the estate. She won a record-setting judgment. But will JPMorgan Chase ever pay up?
FEATURING HERBIE HANCOCK
A Musician Explains Harmony In Five Increasingly Complex Ways
Multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier explains the concept of harmony to a child, a teen, a college student, a professional, oh, and a jazz legend.
WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS 'TRUST US'
What's Slack Doing With Your Data?
You probably have a #CATS and a women-only channel, and you've probably said something privately that you wouldn't want shared with your boss. But that's not really up to you.
COMING TO A JAIL CELL NEAR YOU
Julian Assange Granted Ecuadorian Passport As Country Considers Moving Him From Embassy
The Wikileaks founder has been cooped up inside the embassy since June 2012 in a bid to avoid extradition to Sweden following sexual assault charges.
THREE…TWO…ONE…THEY’RE GONE
Holy Crap, Look How Fast These Methanol-Injected Snowmobiles Are
We're not convinced this is legal, but we are convinced it's awesome.
WHO WANTS A $16,000 SHIRT FOLDER
The Weirdest And Worst Tech Products At CES This Year
Would you like an internet-connected toilet? Or a headset that zaps your brain to make you lose weight? How about a $3,400 bitcoin mining machine that you only get to keep half the profits of?
LONG HARM OF THE LAW
Republicans Have Four Convicted Criminals Running For Congress In 2018
Three of them are bragging about it.
'VICIOUS CYCLE'
There's Nothing Sinister At All About The Life Of The Robots In This Animated Short
What starts as a chill animated short (with some neat mechanical systems driving these cute little robots) suddenly revs up the tension. What could the film be trying to say...
FROM THE DIGG STORE
This Neuroscience-Based Music App Boosts Productivity
Focus@Will has over 50 channels of scientifically optimized music to help you focus. In fact, the program been proven to increase attention span and increase your productivity by 400%.
PLAY ON, PLAYERS
Relax, The Meltdown And Spectre CPU Patches Aren't Messing With Your Frame Rates
Your ability to crush noobs won't be impeded.
STRIKE?
A Bowling Attempt Can't Go Much Worse Than This
"My score isn't great, so my only hope is to destroy the scoreboard."
WAITING IN LINE IS CALLED 'DOWNLOADING'
In North Korea, The App Store Is An Actual Store
Despite its limited reach, urban North Koreans have embraced the country's intranet and the domestically made mobile devices that can connect to it. Getting new apps on those devices, however, isn't too easy.
BUT WE'RE IMPATIENT
Samsung's MicroLED 'Wall' Is The (Distant) Future Of TV
Good news first: MicroLED is an actual thing, a type of display technology that represents a significant improvement over the LED televisions that dominate today’s market. Bad news: You won't get your hands on a MicroLED TV for a long time.
HE TOTALLY MEANT TO DO THAT
Basketball Player Hurls The Ball Behind His Back As He Falls Out Of Bounds, Nails An Incredible Three-Pointer
You probably weren't watching Waubonsee Community College's game against McHenry County College when it happened, which means you probably missed this incredible shot from Addison Bode.
THE BALANCE OF POWER
Here's A Squirrel Moonlighting As A Snow Plow
This persistent squirrel needs to get from point A to point B and a little snow isn't going to stop them.
WHAT DOES GUO WENGUI REALLY KNOW?
The Mystery Of The Exiled Billionaire Whistle-Blower
From a penthouse on Central Park, Guo Wengui has exposed a phenomenal web of corruption in China’s ruling elite — if, that is, he's telling the truth.
DIGG PICKS
These $9 Phone Grips Are Pretty Great
Think about how many shattered screens you would have avoided if you'd just had a better grip. This little gadget pops out to do just that, plus it doubles as a kickstand for your phone and/or tablet.
TURNING THE TABLES
Trump Accuses Democrats Of Colluding With Russia, And Other Trump News From Today
All the Trump news you need to read today.
VAPORWEAR
The Strange Brands In Your Instagram Feed
A new breed of online retailer doesn't make or even touch products, but they've got a few other tricks for turning nothing into money.
A LEGACY OF MALNUTRITION
Iran's Ancient Village Of Little People
Up until a century ago, residents of Makhunik were half a meter shorter than the average Iranian.
WATER EVERYWHERE
Being On A Cruise Ship Caught In The Bomb Cyclone Looks... Not Fun
You would think cruise ships would be able to keep heavy rains out. You would be wrong.
IT'S A TRASH FIRE, TURN THE LIGHTS OUT
CES Just Lost Power, Which Is Not Ideal For A Massive Electronics Show
Wednesday at around 2:30 PM EST, the power went out in the central hall of Las Vegas' Consumer Electronics Show. This is a very bad thing, of course, because CES is the largest electronics show in the world, and electronics require electricity.
CLAPS ALL AROUND
Beachgoers Come Up With Clever Technique To Reunite A Lost Child With His Mom
Instead of trying to find the lost kid's mom on a huge beach, make sure the mom finds you and the kid.
THE PRIME MOVER
Amazon Is Thriving Thanks To Taxpayer Dollars
The tech giant has received more than $1 billion in tax breaks. The government is also funding food stamps for many of its workers.
(NOT COMIC SANS)
That Font You Hate Is Coming Back In Style
Fontdinerdotcom evokes the '50s as you'd like to remember them, not as they really were.
HATE TO BREAK THIS TO YOU, BUT...
Woman Insists She's Engaged Upon Coming Out Of Anesthesia When She Very Much Is Not
She woke up from dental surgery with the deep belief that she and her boyfriend were engaged.
SHAKE AND BAKED
Vintage '80s Polaroids Of Amsterdam
From gay bars and discos to old-school bruin cafés and red-light district taverns – Marc H. Miller and Bettie Ringma’s portraits capture the hidden soul of the city.
YOUR MOVE, ZUCKERBERG
Keep Track Of Who Facebook Thinks You Know With This Nifty Tool
Facebook is constantly watching you. Now, you can watch Facebook back.
DOGGY STYLES
Competitive Dog Grooming Is Even Weirder Than We Imagined
The empty eyes of these technicolor pooches scream, "Save me, please."
5.0
The Trailer For 'Silicon Valley' Season 5 Is Here, And It's Awkward As Hell
Things are heating up for the Pied Piper squad, and it looks like come March 25 some feelings might be hurt and some egos might be bruised.
CONSCIOUS CONSUMPTION
Pop Culture's Great Awokening
What happens to culture in an era of identity politics?
RIGHT BUD, RIGHT PRICE
Reviewing The AirPod Killer: Hhusali i7 Right Earbud
Sure, you only get one earbud — the right — but the best designs always do more with less.
REFLECTIONS ON ICE
Tonya Harding Would Like Her Apology Now
In the movie, "I, Tonya," the disgraced figureskater looks back on the 1994 Nancy Kerrigan scandal and her struggles to tell her side of the story.
THE MOVIE INDUSTRY CAN DO NO GOOD
Mark Wahlberg Was Reportedly Paid 1500 Times More Than Michelle Williams To Reshoot 'All The Money In The World'
Scenes that included Kevin Spacey had to be reshot after a wave of sexual misconduct allegations were made against him.
FOWL PLAY
Dog Plays Dad, Separates Two Bickering Chickens To Keep The Peace
Like any good dad, he's got good taste in sweater vests.
WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU NICER
When Brain Injuries Turn Someone's Personality From Bad To Good
Brain injury does not always result in an undesirable personality change.
THE DARK ARTS
Super-Black Is The New Black
Blackbirds, it turns out, aren't actually all that black. Their feathers absorb most of the visible light that hits them, but still reflect between 3 and 5 percent of it. For really black plumage, you need to travel to Papua New Guinea and track down the birds of paradise.
ACTUALLY TIME FOR SOME GAME THEORY
How To Defeat Your Opponents Using Game Theory
Game theory expert and professor of philosophy Kevin Zollman suggests that the best way to get ahead of your opponent is to think counterintuitively.
HA HA, HA HA (LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE, WOO)
Why Is Will Smith Trying To Be The Next Jake Paul?
More and more mega-celebrities are turning to vlogging.
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DEPENDS ON HOW YOU DEFINE WEALTH
How To Make A Nation Richer
AND ALSO MONDAY. AND TUESDAY. AND....
Why Sunday Evenings Can Feel Like Existential Crises
'I'M FROM THE FUTURE'
Nothing Goes As Expected When You're Interviewing A Time Traveler
SPICY VISION
What Would Happen If You Jabbed Chili Peppers Into Your Eyes?
IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND
What Should You Do If You're Bad In Bed?
TERRARIAL
A Castaway Searches For Safe Haven In A Dystopian Wasteland
TIME TRAP
A Wanderer Finds Himself Stranded In Space But Not In Time In This Epic Short Film
'Get Out' Star Daniel Kaluuya Goes On 'Moby Dick'-Like Journey In Sci-Fi Short 'Jonah'
How To Make A Nation Richer
Why Sunday Evenings Can Feel Like Existential Crises
Nothing Goes As Expected When You're Interviewing A Time Traveler
What Would Happen If You Jabbed Chili Peppers Into Your Eyes?
What Should You Do If You're Bad In Bed?
A Castaway Searches For Safe Haven In A Dystopian Wasteland
