The CIA’s Most Highly-Trained Spies Weren’t Even Human

This Device Might 'Change The Internet' But Could Also Ruin It, The CIA's Most Highly-Trained Spies Weren't Even Human, The 9 Least Competent Jedi, Meet The Real Heisenberg, Your Future Ultra-Fast Internet Connection Just Launched Into Space The Daily Digg Monday, September 30, 2013 ARE ADS A NECESSARY EVIL? This Device Might 'Change The Internet' But Could Also Ruin It dailydot.com To solve what is apparently a huge problem — people getting paid for producing content that others enjoy for free — Chad Russell and Charles Butkus have invented a device called "AdTrap." It's a white box that hooks up between your modem and wireless router and blocks data from ad networks before it can even reach your computer. NOTHING TO SEE HERE, JUST A BUNNY WITH A CAMERA The CIA's Most Highly-Trained Spies Weren't Even Human smithsonianmag.com As a former trainer reveals, the U.S. government deployed nonhuman operatives — ravens, pigeons, even cats — to spy on cold war adversaries. SHOULD'VE BEEN HELD BACK IN THE ACADEMY The 9 Least Competent Jedi io9.com For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. But they weren't necessarily very bright. WERNER, NOT WALTER Meet The Real Heisenberg mentalfloss.com Out of all of the famous scientists out there, why did Walt choose this German physicist? More importantly, why did series creator Vince Gilligan choose this specific name? He hasn't said, but there are definitely a couple of parallels between the two men. DIGITAL DHL Your Future Ultra-Fast Internet Connection Just Launched Into Space qz.com Elon Musk's commercial space company, SpaceX, has just launched a Falcon 9 rocket into orbit carrying a Canadian Space Agency satellite, CASSIOPE. Part of the satellite's payload is Cascade, a prototype for a super-fast space-borne file-transfer system—a kind of digital courier service. Read more on Digg.com → OCEAN SPRAY Landing craft air cushions from Assault Craft Unit Four conduct operations while attached to the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge. Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Credit: Official U.S. Navy Imagery Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Where Everything Is A Game, And Games Are Illegal

Welcome To Vegas: Where Everything Is A Game, And Games Are Illegal, So What If Barilla Doesn't Like LGBT Gay People?, The Real Clash Is Within Civilizations, There's Sh*t On The Moon, Air Pollution Around The World Mapped The Daily Digg Friday, September 27, 2013 GAMBLER'S PARADOX Welcome To Vegas: Where Everything Is A Game, And Games Are Illegal buzzfeed.com Gambling's "gaming" paradox: Its games can't actually be games at all. How slot makers are trying to turn games of chance into "Candy Crush." CORPORATIONS ARE NOT PEOPLE So What If Barilla Doesn't Like LGBT Gay People? slate.com Have you seen this silly image of same- and opposite-shape pasta couples in your social feeds yet? While it may look like a juvenile parody of LGBT acceptance messaging, it's actually a half-serious response to the outrage-news-of-the-day that Guido Barilla, chairman of so-so pasta manufacturer Barilla, doesn't have much of a taste for gay people. INSIDER POLITICS The Real Clash Is Within Civilizations spiked-online.com Twenty years on, Samuel Huntington's seminal essay remains misunderstood. TURDS IN SPACE There's Sh*t On The Moon mentalfloss.com Twelve astronauts have been on the surface of the Moon. On it, they've left behind some American flags, some equipment, golf balls, a small statuette to commemorate fallen astronauts, and some other, er, artifacts. THE SOUTH IS REALLY CLEAN Air Pollution Around The World Mapped earthobservatory.nasa.gov Exactly how much exposure to air pollution do people around the world get? And how much health damage is it causing? Read more on Digg.com → IT'S RAINING RED BULL ADDICTS Base jumper Vincent Philippe Benjamin Reffet from France leaps from the 300-metres Open Deck of the Malaysia's landmark Kuala Lumpur Tower during the International Tower Jump in Kuala Lumpur on September 27, 2013. Some 103 professional base jumpers from 20 countries are taking part in the annual event. Credit: MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

What To Do If You Win The Lottery

Should You Take The Lump Sum If You Win The Lottery?, The Ghost Drug Company Making Dangerous Pain Pills, So You're A Man Who Wants To Look Better But Doesn't Know Where To Start, Provo Explains The Difference Between Google Fiber And Broadband To Its Citizens, How The Pakistan Earthquake Created A Mud Island The Daily Digg Thursday, September 26, 2013 LOTTERY PROBLEMS Should You Take The Lump Sum If You Win The Lottery? businessinsider.com If you win the lottery you are typically given a choice between taking cash up front or taking an annuity, which consists of more money spaced out over several years. So what should you do if you win? SEARCHING FOR RIGER NATURALS The Ghost Drug Company Making Dangerous Pain Pills usatoday.com An investigation finds that consumers buying Reumofan dietary supplements are trusting their lives to a company that uses fake addresses, lies about ingredients and may not even exist. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED So You're A Man Who Wants To Look Better But Doesn't Know Where To Start birchbox.com Grooming for guys is tough. Unless you grew up in a barbershop, all those creams, gels, and pomades come with a learning curve. Enter Birchbox Man – looking good has never been so easy. PROVO DON'T CARE Provo Explains The Difference Between Google Fiber And Broadband To Its Citizens laughingsquid.com Earlier this year, Google announced that Fiber would be coming to Provo. So, to demonstrate to its citizens just how fast their internet would be, Provo filled a swimming pool. CREATION FROM DESTRUCTION How The Pakistan Earthquake Created A Mud Island news.nationalgeographic.com On Tuesday, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck a remote part of western Pakistan, killing more than 260 people and displacing hundreds of thousands. It also triggered formation of a new island off the coast, which has quickly become a global curiosity. Read more on Digg.com → U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! The San Francisco fireboat Phoenix sprays water after Oracle Team USA won the final race of the America's Cup Regatta against Emirates New Zealand on San Francisco Bay on September 25, 2013. The Americans defeated the challenger Kiwis 9-8 after being down 8-1. Credit: TERRY SCHMITT/UPI/Newscom Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

The Trade That Beat The Speed Of Light

Pakistan's Earthquake Was So Powerful It Created A New Island, The Best Way To Find A Cheap Airplane Ticket, Somebody Stole 7 Milliseconds From The Federal Reserve, The Myth Of Steve Jobs' Constant Breakthroughs, Scientists Unravel Secrets Of Monster Black Hole At Center Of Milky Way The Daily Digg Wednesday, September 25, 2013 TOTALLY HAS DINOSAURS Pakistan's Earthquake Was So Powerful It Created A New Island theatlanticwire.com A major earthquake struck southwestern Pakistan earlier today killing over 100 people; injuring thousands more; collapsing building and houses; and, incredibly, causing a small island to form in the sea off Pakistan's coastline. ACCORDING TO GUYS WHO SET FARES The Best Way To Find A Cheap Airplane Ticket businessweek.com Travelers often bemoan the gambling in airline ticket-shopping: Do I buy now or wait to see if the fare decreases? FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT Somebody Stole 7 Milliseconds From The Federal Reserve motherjones.com Last Wednesday, the Fed announced that it would not be tapering its bond buying program. This news was released at precisely 2 pm in Washington "as measured by the national atomic clock." It takes 7 milliseconds for this information to get to Chicago. However, several huge orders that were based on the Fed's decision were placed on Chicago exchanges 2-3 milliseconds after 2 pm. How did this happen? INCREMENTALISM The Myth Of Steve Jobs' Constant Breakthroughs techland.time.com Most of Apple's improvements have always been incremental -- and there's nothing wrong with that. IT'S GOING TO EXPLODE... AGAIN Scientists Unravel Secrets Of Monster Black Hole At Center Of Milky Way news.nationalgeographic.com For years astronomers have been puzzled as to why our Milky Way galaxy's "volcano"—a supermassive black hole (SMBH) at its core—is dormant today. Read more on Digg.com → HOW TO SAVE AN EMPTY SEAT A man training in martial arts rests on a bench along a business street in Beijing on September 24, 2013. The seven-day holiday built around China's National Day on October 1 sees millions of members of China's newly wealthy and mobile middle-class travel locally and abroad. Credit: AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAOWANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

What Monopoly Properties Look Like In Real Life

What The Monopoly Properties Look Like In Real Life, What Did The Continents Look Like Millions Of Years Ago?, How To Finally Do That Thing You've Always Wanted To Do, Is College Worth It?, How To Survive An Avalanche The Daily Digg Tuesday, September 24, 2013 WE'RE STILL BITTER ABOUT THE CAT PIECE What The Monopoly Properties Look Like In Real Life scoutingny.com This past weekend, I was driving through south Jersey, and decided to make a quick detour through Atlantic City to see what the Monopoly board looks like in real life. Everyone have their tokens picked out? HISTORY OF THE EARTH MAPPED What Did The Continents Look Like Millions Of Years Ago? theatlantic.com An artist-geologist renders the history of the Earth with maps. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED How To Finally Do That Thing You've Always Wanted To Do generalassemb.ly Look, we're not going to promise to help make you rich or anything like that. But if you want to know the best ways to make your idea a reality and get your business off the ground, look no further. STUDY UP... OR DOWN Is College Worth It? priceonomics.com How is it that among all the doom and gloom of the student debt crisis and skyrocketing tuitions, college has never been a better investment? TIMELY. OH WAIT, NOT REALLY. STILL GOOD. How To Survive An Avalanche mentalfloss.com Getting caught in an avalanche is every backcountry skier's nightmare, but with a little luck and the proper technique, you can live to tell one heck of a snowy story. Read more on Digg.com → STREET BATTLE Palestinian stone throwers confront Israeli soldiers in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on September 23, 2013, as tensions run high following the death of an Israeli soldier who was shot by a suspected Palestinian gunman. Credit: MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

When A $100 Is Worth A Thousand

How Some New $100 Bills Will Be Worth $1,000, The Galaxy's Core Is About To Explode, What If You Stopped Sleeping?, The Life And Death Of Buran, Why We Like Sad Music The Daily Digg Monday, September 23, 2013 TURN BENJAMINS INTO CLEVELANDS How Some New $100 Bills Will Be Worth $1,000 usatoday.com We are a couple of weeks away from getting our newly designed $100 bills, and when they arrive on October 8, some will actually be worth $1,000... or more. NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM A 'BLOB OF GAS' The Galaxy's Core Is About To Explode popularmechanics.com The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy will soon consume a blob of gas and begin to radiate energy at a tremendous rate. MORE TIME TO PLAY 'GTA V' What If You Stopped Sleeping? videos.digg.com Is your lack of sleep slowly killing you? THE SHUTTLE BUILT ON FALSE ASSUMPTIONS The Life And Death Of Buran arstechnica.com After concluding the US Shuttle was a weapons platform, the USSR wanted its own. SAD SONGS SAY SO MUCH Why We Like Sad Music nytimes.com Sadness is an emotion we usually try to avoid. So why do we choose to listen to sad music? Read more on Digg.com → COMING UP FROM AIR An image grab taken from AFP TV shows a Kenyan woman coming out of an air vent where she was hiding during an attack by masked gunmen at a shopping mall in Nairobi on September 21, 2013. Credit: NICHOLE SOBECKI/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2013 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014