Are These Airplane Seats For Ants?

For years, self-styled gumshoes have unearthed the names of soon-to-launch gadgets by searching trademark offices from Jamaica to Trinidad. Then that got a lot harder.

Digg Editions Morning · Mon, Jul 31

RUNNING INTO SOME PROBLEMS SPOTLIGHT SEARCH Apple Versus The Trademark Sleuths bloomberg.com For years, self-styled gumshoes have unearthed the names of soon-to-launch gadgets by searching trademark offices from Jamaica to Trinidad. Then that got a lot harder. TOO BORING Elon Musk Has Better Things To Do Than Run Tesla wired.com Musk is ill-suited to the next phase of Tesla's expansion: being a real automaker. GOOD QUESTION Should I Stop Cuddling With My Hot 16-Year-Old Stepdaughter, And Other Great Advice Column Questions digg.com This week, stolen breast milk, stolen painkillers and one very bad driver. NEWSLETTERS WE DIGG—SPONSORED He Started Digg And Now He's Launching A Newsletter thejournal.email You love Digg, so odds are you'll love "The Journal" a new newsletter from Digg Founder Kevin Rose. Published only once a month, each issue features Kevin's picks on tech, body hacking, videos, men's style, podcasts, and more. Sign up and join the 55,000+ members already reading. 2 COOL 4 U SUCCESS SHY The Best Band Nobody Can Sign thefader.com Sheer Mag reached cult status before they'd ever put out an album. Can they sidestep the spotlight forever? TRAGIC QUEENDOM Revisiting Sofia Coppola's 'Marie Antoinette' And Its Politics Of Excess theringer.com The 2006 film about the French queen revels in privilege, and that's the point. NEVER SAY NEVER THOUGH The Lost Projects Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, And More Auteurs Never Made indiewire.com From a Howard Hughes biopic from Nolan to a Joan of Arc epic from Kathryn Bigelow, here are a few high-profile projects that our working auteurs never got the chance to make. VIDEO OF THE DAY HELL YEAH Police Car Makes Incredibly Hardcore Entrance To Break Up A Street Fight digg.com A very British fight was occurring outside of a night club when cops were called in. And boy did they arrive. IN THE NEWS Judges Order FAA To Review Airplane Seat Sizes Tomi Lahren Unknowingly Admits That She Benefits From Obamacare And Then Says She Would Like To Get Rid Of It Russia Orders Expulsion Of 755 Diplomats In Response To New Sanctions, And Other Trump News From Today The US And Japan Call For More Action Against North Korea FROM THE DIGG STORE Now Is The Time To Become A White Hat Hacker digg.com Turns out, companies will pay lots of money to not have their data compromised. Monday's a dodge-and-weave day. Save your big swings for later. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Say Good Knight

A Fight Between 300 Jedi And 60,000 Medieval Knights In 'Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator' Goes About How You'd Expect, Visualizing Tokyo's Absurd Size, Wear Contacts? You 100% Need This, This Run Of Pool Shots Is Unreal, The Fascinating Sonic Illusion That Makes Christopher Nolan's Movies So Tense, The Navy's Railgun Does Not Mess Around This Week's Top Videos Sunday, July 30, 2017 NIGHT KNIGHT A Fight Between 300 Jedi And 60,000 Medieval Knights In 'Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator' Goes About How You'd Expect digg.com We really love "Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator," even if it puts a dent in our "Star Wars"/medieval knight crossover dreams. ONLY 32 COUNTRIES HAVE MORE PEOPLE Visualizing Tokyo's Absurd Size digg.com This breakdown of the layout of Tokyo is interesting, but the satellite comparison between the size of Tokyo and New York is pretty stunning. EYE CARE WE DIGG SPONSORED Wear Contacts? You 100% Need This sightbox.com Sightbox is an annual membership for contact lenses wearers. After you sign up, they book and pay for your eye exam, then deliver a 12-month supply of contacts to your door. All major brands are supported, including color and astigmatism lenses. DARK MAGIC This Run Of Pool Shots Is Unreal digg.com The commentator summed up the craziest of Chris Melling's shots pretty concisely: "I might kill myself if somebody made that on me." THE 'EDGE OF YOUR SEAT' TONE The Fascinating Sonic Illusion That Makes Christopher Nolan's Movies So Tense digg.com If you've never heard of a Shepard Tone, buckle in for some super interesting music knowledge. CAN SHOOT A PROJECTILE 100 MILES The Navy's Railgun Does Not Mess Around digg.com Why would a railgun, which uses a massive electrical pulse rather than gunpowder, throw off a big cloud of smoke when it fires? Because the projectile is moving so fast it vaporizes the air around it. Get more stories on Digg.com DON'T DO THIS This cliff-to-water slide jump could have gone wrong in 1000 different ways, but this guy pulled it off. Credit: Benjamin Forthun Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2017 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge Street, 2nd Floor, NY, NY 10002

Go DDoS Yourself

In June 2016, Netflix security engineer Scott Behrens ran a massive infrastructure test on the streaming system in front of dozens of coworkers. In the process, he brought the site down. But instead of panic or embarrassment, it was a moment of celebration.

Digg Editions Morning · Sat, Jul 29

HERE COMES TROUBLE BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE OF CARDS How Netflix DDoS'd Itself To Help Protect The Entire Internet wired.com In June 2016, Netflix security engineer Scott Behrens ran a massive infrastructure test on the streaming system in front of dozens of coworkers. In the process, he brought the site down. But instead of panic or embarrassment, it was a moment of celebration. EVERYTHING'S GONE TO SHIP The Hijacking Of A $100 Million Supertanker bloomberg.com A mysterious assault. An unsolved murder. And a ship that hasn't given up all its secrets. EXPOSED Russia's Kids Aren't Alright meduza.io In a growing trend on social networks and instant messengers in Russia, teens are creating their own erotica and pornography, and selling it online to make a quick buck. EYE CARE WE DIGG | SPONSORED Wear Contacts? You 100% Need This sightbox.com Sightbox is an annual membership for contact lenses wearers. After you sign up, they book and pay for your eye exam, then deliver a 12-month supply of contacts to your door. All major brands are supported, including color and astigmatism lenses. WEEK IN REVIEW THE PLACE WHERE STARS ARE BORN The Week's Coolest Space Photos digg.com THE BEST LONG READS OF THE WEEK When A Philosophy Professor Condones Violence, And Other Great Long Reads digg.com 'GAME OF THRONES, NORTH KOREA AND MORE The Best Photography Of The Week digg.com MAP QUEST DAM IT TO HELL Down The Mighty Columbia River, Where A Power Struggle Looms nytimes.com The Trump administration has proposed selling off portions of a vast system that produces nearly half of the nation's hydropower electricity. DIRTY BOMBS The Invisible War On American Soil topic.com Vast stretches of the American landscape are contaminated by the business of war and armed aggression; it's littered with unexploded ordnance, toxic chemicals, depleted uranium, radioactive particles, and more. WHAT'S GOING ON IN NEW YORK? This Map Of The Most Distinctive Corporate Jargon In Every State Will Make You Cringe 50 Times digg.com Have you ever rolled your eyes at a job listing that used the phrase "go the extra mile"? We hope your eyes are warmed up, because you're about to see a lot of bad job listing clichés. VIDEO OF THE DAY WE DON'T BELIEVE IT This Video Of Rocks Is Computer Rendered And It's Blowing Our Minds digg.com The creator of the video mapped a ton of textures using photogrammetry and then fed the data to Unreal Engine, which rendered these shots in real time. Somehow. DIGG GIVEAWAYS Trick Out Your Space With This Sweet Summer Prize Pack smarthome.com Your place is fine. But wouldn't it be better if it had a bunch of nice, new stuff (a comfy mattress, smart lights, etc.) in it? And wouldn't it just be the best if you got that stuff for free? Now you see what we're getting at. You know what else rocks? The weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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