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RED DEAD RESPLENDENT

Does 'Red Dead Redemption 2' Live Up To The Hype? Here's What The Reviews Are Saying

The long-awaited sequel to Rockstar Game's Wild West open world opus is almost here, hitting store shelves with high expectations and some real world scandal. Is it the landmark it clearly wants to be, or is it too compromised? Here's what the reviews say.

TIME TO MOVE TO ALASKA

The States Where You Pay The Most And Least Taxes, Mapped

2 diggs Data Viz Policy Money Maps

Different states have varying income and sales tax rates and so if you want to avoid a heavy tax burden, there are some parts of the US you might want to avoid.

LAST ROOF STANDING

How Engineers Designed A Hurricane-Proof Beach House

22 diggs Popular Science Architecture

Hurricane Michael flattened Mexico Beach, Florida. Except for one specially designed house.

SECURITY WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED

This Security System Has No Annual Contracts And 24/7 Monitoring Through The App

14 diggs simplisafe.com

SimpliSafe's award-winning system is easy to install, has no annual contracts and offers 24/7 monitoring plans through their app. Plus, it's wireless! So you can take it with you if you move.

IT GETS SO MUCH AIR

#TBT To This Incredible Video Of Teens Rolling An 800-Pound Tractor Tire Down A Mountain

15 diggs Satisfying Video

The payoff — when the tire hits the surface of the lake at the bottom — is just the cherry on top.

RACE TO THE TOP

The New Cold War Unfolding At The Top Of The World

0 diggs National Geographic Long Reads

Militaries are scrambling to control the melting Arctic.

A WHOLE NEW WORLD

Human Terrain: Visualizing The World's Population In 3D

10 diggs pudding.cool Data Viz World

Kinshasa is now bigger than Paris. Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Shenzhen are forming an epic, 40 million-person super city.

OFF-ROADING IN A BOAT

This Seems Like The Fastest Way To Destroy Your Boat

3 diggs Boats Video

But also the fastest way to get from one body of water to another.

IN A WORD: UNNECESSARY

Why Everyone Hates This Particular Model Of Mercedes

1 digg Cars Video

Don't worry if you bought one of these SUVs. We are happy to take it off your hands free-of-charge.

'A CASH-BURNING MACHINE'

Breaking Down Tesla's Balance Sheet

1 digg graphics.reuters.com Cars Technology Data Viz

Under the hood: heavy debt, supplier IOUs and dwindling cash.

READY, SET, WATER

NASA's 450,000-Gallon Water Deluge System Is Truly Something To Behold

5 diggs Curious Space Video

This video shows NASA's latest test of its water deluge system. The system is designed to suppress the crazy amount of heat and sound generated by a rocket's engines at liftoff.

YES! AND A HAPPIER ONE!

Can You Be A Good Person If You Don't Read The News?

1 digg theoutline.com Media

The news cycle — something that was once perhaps part of someone's morning routine or nightly commute — has become an ugly, corrosive, all-encompassing force.

HE WAS A PRECOCIOUS TALENT

The Untold Story Of Lost Star River Phoenix — 25 Years After His Death

5 diggs theguardian.com Profiles Movies

Phenomenally talented and famously caring, River Phoenix's death shocked the world. His girlfriend Samantha Mathis talks for the first time about that awful night and the man behind the myth.

FROM THE DIGG STORE

Get Two Luxury Toothbrushes For The Price Of One

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These 3-mode ultrasonic brushes clean, whiten, and maintain your gum health with just regular daily use. The built-in smart timer will vibrate every 30 seconds to guide you through each zone of your mouth, and they even come with extra brushes and two travel cases.

THAT ONE GOT AWAY FROM HIM

Repairman Tries To Fix Snowmobile, Suddenly Makes Everything So Much Worse

3 diggs Fail Funny Video

Starting the engine to see if it works is a good idea. Turning on the treads at full tilt? Not so much.

IT'S BLINDINGLY WHITE

The Black Struggle For Technology Jobs

2 diggs The Atlantic Technology Race Business Long Reads

In Atlanta and other racially segregated cities, the education system is stacked against African Americans competing for STEM careers. If Amazon picks the city to for its second headquarters, things could get even worse.

NATURE IS WEIRD

Guy Finds The Exact Edge Of A Downpour

9 diggs Nature Curious Video

We've seen localized rain, but we're not sure we've seen a border between "pouring" and "not raining at all" this clear before.

A SUCCESSFUL EXPOSE

Half Of The News Outlets We Asked Would Take Cash To Post Our Content

4 diggs breakermag.com Cryptocurrency Media

Posing as a PR agent, a Breaker reporter reached out to a range of cryptocurrency media agency asking if they would publish paid content without disclosing it as sponsored. The results were more damning than we expected.

CRUEL INTENTIONS

To All The Sims I've Killed Before

0 diggs The Huffington Post Human Nature Gaming

The iconic computer game tasked users with keeping digital humans alive. Instead, we set fires in their houses and removed the doors. Why?

DIGG GIVEAWAYS

It's Adventure Time — We're Giving Away A Trip For Two To Machu Picchu

21 diggs dojomojo.ninja Digg Giveaways

Digg is teaming up with some partners to send you on the adventure of a lifetime: a week in Peru exploring some of the most famous ruins in South America.

SLOW TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT

Driver Has One Hell Of A Close Call With A High-Speed Police Chase

2 diggs Crime Video

When you hear sirens behind you, it's always good to get over to the side of the road quickly.

COSTUME CONUNDRUM

Is It Okay To Dress Up As A Friend For Halloween?

11 diggs Human Nature TV Kids

I never questioned the time a friend dressed up as me until I saw a similar instance come up in "American Vandal." It got me thinking: where's the line between homage and bullying?

SECURITY WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED

This System Makes Home Security Simple

4 diggs simplisafe.com

SimpliSafe's award-winning system is easy to install, has no annual contracts and offers 24/7 monitoring plans through their app. Plus, it's wireless! So you can take it with you if you move.

NOT A BEAR IN THE WORLD

Big Grizzly Bear Becomes A Total Kid When He Plays In His Little Wave Pool

1 digg Animals Cute Nature Funny Video

He may be ginormous in size, but he's still a young cub at heart.

TOXIC VALLEY

How Google Protected Andy Rubin, The 'Father Of Android'

0 diggs The New York Times Google Technology

The internet giant paid Mr. Rubin $90 million and praised him, while keeping silent about a misconduct claim.

OBSERVATION IS KEY

Private Investigator Fact Checks Just How Accurate Detective Movies And TV Shows Are

1 digg Movies Work Video TV

"I like the Mr. Rogers approach in that you're nice to people. You have to be persistent. You have to listen."

WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR THIS

I Bought Used Voting Machines On eBay For $100 Apiece. What I Found Was Alarming

7 diggs Wired Technology Politics Security

Surely, I thought, these machines would have strict guidelines for lifecycle control like other sensitive equipment, like medical devices. I was wrong.

OH FOR PETE'S SAKE

Guy Drives His Completely Flattened Car To The Repair Shop

1 digg Cars Video Fail

We understand not wanting to pay for a tow truck, but this is not the solution, dude.

THEY'RE JUMPY CREATURES

This Is Why You Should Always Give Kangaroos Some Space

2 diggs Animals World Video

You never know what they're going to jump on when they're seriously rattled.

WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER TRUST THE POLICE

How To Kill A Black Man Twice In America: The Botham Jean Story

2 diggs melmagazine.com Race Criminal Justice Politics Long Reads

The character assassination that follows the actual assassination of black victims of police violence is all too familiar — and equally tragic.

WOBBLY SAUSAGE

Meet The Softies: The Men Who Celebrate Flaccidity And Send 'Soft Dick Pics'

1 digg melmagazine.com Sex Internet Human Nature Long Reads

These guys have no problem with going soft.

KEEPING IT '300'

Gerard Butler Reads People's Sexy Tweets About Him And, Lordy, Folks Are Thirsty

2 diggs Fame Sex Funny Video

Talk to his agent because the condos on his chest hair are for sale.

THINK RICH

The Mindset That Makes You Better With Money

0 diggs Medium Money Psychology

Just thinking of yourself as powerful helps you make better financial decisions.

SPOILER: IT WAS COLONIALISM

How Modern History Was Invented In India And China

2 diggs Quartz Histories Politics World Long Reads

The development of "modern" history in both India and China was spurred to some extent by the kind of historical force that so challenged Chinese literati of the late seventeenth century: conquest — or, in the case of China, the threat of conquest.

SPLIT STREAMS

Enjoy Netflix While You've Got It: Why Streaming Is About To Get Much Worse

10 diggs Business Internet Video Entertainment

The mouse is hungry for a slice of the pie.

THE GIRL AND THE ROBOT

Dancing On Her Own: The Exhilarating Singularity Of Robyn

2 diggs theringer.com Music Culture Human Nature Long Reads

For more than 20 years, the Swedish pop iconoclast has been charting new ground and standing alone. On her new album, "Honey," she's as independent — and brilliant — as ever.

TRUE HORROR

Searching For The Truth About The Actual Murderer In 'The Exorcist'

4 diggs Esquire Long Reads Crime

For decades Paul Bateson's name has been attached to a spree of gruesome murders in the '70s. This is our search for what's true and what's legend.

DEVELOPING

Robert De Niro And Joe Biden Were Also Reportedly Targeted By Bomber — Here's What We Know

18 diggs News Digg News

Explosive devices were mailed to several prominent Democratic officials this week.

MAKING A KILLING

The Unsolved Murder Of An Unusual Billionaire

5 diggs Bloomberg Crime Criminal Justice Long Reads

Last December, a Canadian pharmaceuticals executive and his wife were strangled in their home. No one knows who did it or why, but everyone has a theory.

AWFUL

China's Hidden Internment Camps

1 digg BBC Long Reads World

What's happened to the vanished Uighurs of Xinjiang?

LOOK OUT BELOW

Guy In A Classic BMW Finds Out The Hard Way That Semi Trucks Have Really Big Blindspots

9 diggs Cars Video

Luckily for Mr. BMW, he's got this dash cam video to prove that yep, that semi driver just drove onto him.

THEY'RE UNREAL

The (Imaginary) Numbers At The Edge of Reality

3 diggs quantamagazine.org Math Science Curious Long Reads

Odd enough to potentially model the strangeness of the physical world, complex numbers with "imaginary" components are rooted in the familiar.

DIGG PICKS

This Weird-Looking Wheel Will Help With Your Back Pain

21 diggs kickstarter.com Digg Pick

Based on feedback from over 100,000 original customers, the Plexus Wheel has engineered a way to get back pain relief in less than 5 minutes a day.

NOT JUST ELON'S BROTHER

Kimbal Musk Is Reinventing Food One Shipping Container At A Time

5 diggs Popular Mechanics Food

Interesting dresser, marketing pro, rich dude, brother to the most famous man in tech: Musk is changing food production, one shipping container at a time. And it's starting to work.

HOLY CRAP

There's Bad Driving, And Then There Are Absolute Trainwrecks Like This

32 diggs Fail Gnarly Cars Video

Fortunately, the driver only suffered minor injuries from the incident. We cannot say the same thing about the three cars and wall she plowed into.

THEY'RE ALWAYS WATCHING

My Father Says He's A 'Targeted Individual.' Maybe We All Are

3 diggs Wired Human Nature Politics Technology Long Reads

The author's father is one of thousands who believe the government is subjecting them to mind control. As a daughter and a journalist, she felt a duty to investigate his claims. Were the "targeted individuals" America's prophets all along?

IT WAITED FOR THEM TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY

Fishermen Completely Underestimate The Octopus They Just Caught

36 diggs Animals Video

Octopuses are intelligent and agile, and this one will live to fight another day.

DIGG PICKS

Come For The Networking, Stay For The Free Cold Brew (And Networking)

7 diggs wework.com Digg Pick

WeWork has a lot of perks: private offices, soundproof call rooms, helpful staff, free food, cold brew on tap. But what really sets it apart is the caliber of companies and entrepreneurs you share the space with. They have flexible, no commitment options — plus an up to 10% off discount running right now.

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APOCALYPSE NOW

Fighter Plane Makes Low Pass Over Warehouse, Scares The Bejeezus Out Of Unsuspecting Workers

27 diggs Aviation Video Watch on Digg Video »

WHAT COULD GO WRONG!

Big Dumb Idiots Douse Leaf Pile In Gasoline, Nearly Pay The Price

36 diggs Fail Video Watch on Digg Video »

EGGCELLENT

This Hibachi Chef Has An Incredible Egg Trick With His Spatula

34 diggs Food Video Watch on Digg Video »

BEND, BUT PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T BREAK

Bus Driver Ignores Bridge's Weight Limit And, Oh God, This Is Terrifying

50 diggs Design Video Watch on Digg Video »

*PROFANITY INCREASES*

Military Transport Plane Flies Way, Way Too Close To High-Rise

43 diggs Aviation Video Watch on Digg Video »

BLOWN AWAY

This Waterfall That No Longer Falls Is Freaking Us Out

17 diggs Curious Nature Video Watch on Digg Video »

WHAT THE HECK

Driver Honks At Car That Cut Him Off, Things Escalate Extremely Quickly

18 diggs Video Watch on Digg Video »

IT'S RAINING ROCKS

Guys Stick Around To Watch A Landslide, Very Nearly Regret That Decision

12 diggs Nature Video Watch on Digg Video »

'JORGE, IS THAT YOU?

This Man Finding His Lost Dog On The Street After 3 Years Is The Best Thing You'll Watch Today

107 diggs Cute Dogs Video Watch on Digg Video »

ZARDULU WANTS NONE OF THIS

In New York, Even The Cats Are Terrified Of The Gigantic Rats

10 diggs New York City Animals Video Watch on Digg Video »

LEAVING HER IN THE DUST

Boyfriend's Baby-Powder-In-Her-Blow-Dryer Prank Is Both Harmless And Hilarious

13 diggs Funny Video Watch on Digg Video »

'LOOK AT THIS IDIOT'

Construction Truck Driver Has No Idea He's Slamming Other Drivers With A 12 Foot Pipe

27 diggs Fail Cars Video Watch on Digg Video »

OH GOD, WE HOPE HER HOUSE STILL EXISTS

Girl's Science Experiment Goes Oh So Very Quickly Off The Rails

10 diggs Fail Video Watch on Digg Video »

SWIFT AND SHORE

Bros Go 'Bar Hopping' In A Jet Boat And, Of Course, This Was Going To Happen...

11 diggs Fail Video Watch on Digg Video »

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