Follow The Money

To Defeat ISIS, Follow The Money, All-Star Nobodies, Mining iPhones Or iCloud For Personal Data Is Terrifyingly Simple, Here's How Apple Will Convince You To Buy A Smartwatch, If You Live In Bangkok, Here's How Your Car Will Get Stolen, Japan Takes Aim At Source Of Megaquakes The Daily Digg Thursday, September 11, 2014 GOING FOR BROKE To Defeat ISIS, Follow The Money politico.com For all that ideology, religious belief and perhaps a lust for violence and power might motivate those who fight for the Islamic State, money is what keeps the group going. DIGG JOKES All-Star Nobodies digg.com This week, Digg Jokes features a short film loaded with comic talent, a fake back-to-school guide and a Simon Rich classic. USER-FRIENDLY CRIME Mining iPhones Or iCloud For Personal Data Is Terrifyingly Simple arstechnica.com High-end tools and simple hacks can still make iPhone data less private than we'd like. YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT Here's How Apple Will Convince You To Buy A Smartwatch nymag.com It will start with a friend. A friend who lives in San Francisco, maybe. Or who works as a venture capitalist. Or who recently had a birthday. MURRAY HEAD WARNED US If You Live In Bangkok, Here's How Your Car Will Get Stolen digg.com This tool seems to be a tubular lock pick, and apparently its use is gaining popularity (and notoriety) among car thieves in Bangkok. Friendly reminder not to leave your valuables in your vehicle. WITH A MEGABOAT Japan Takes Aim At Source Of Megaquakes phys.org The vessel also known as "Godzilla-Maru" towers nearly 30 stories tall. The Japanese government spent more than $500 million to build this monster of a ship with one goal in mind: to decipher the inner workings of a fault capable of unleashing a disaster far worse than the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Read more on Digg.com → FOOT-POWERED FOOTBALL Residents of the Morro da Mineira favela play in the newly installed soccer pitch powered by player's footsteps, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The project, sponsored by British oil giant Shell, has around 200 energy-capturing tiles installed along the width and breadth of the field and covered by a layer of AstroTurf. Working in conjunction with solar panels also installed around the field, the player-powered tiles feed electricity to a system of floodlights overhead. Credit: AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Is Bigger Always Better?

Roger Goodell: 'No One In The NFL' Viewed Ray Rice Tape, Gingham Is Taking Over The World, Apple Will Take A Cut From The Banks Every Time You Use Apple Pay, Cirque Du Soleil Throws Out Opening Pitch At Blue Jays Game, The Only Things You Care About From The Apple Event, A Cover Of '99 Red Balloons' Using Sounds Made With Red Balloons The Daily Digg Wednesday, September 10, 2014 THE FUMBLE CONTINUES Roger Goodell: 'No One In The NFL' Viewed Ray Rice Tape deadspin.com Roger Goodell did a sit-down interview with CBS's Norah O'Donnell. The NFL commissioner maintained that no one in the league, "to my knowledge," had seen the video before Monday, despite some evidence to the contrary. WE ARE ALL THAT GUY Gingham Is Taking Over The World esquire.com So you thought the Instagram account "thatjcrewginghamshirt" would ruin gingham for everyone? You were wrong. Turns out, that big, checkered monster called gingham is growing like Mario on mushrooms. A SLICE OF THE APPLE PIE Apple Will Take A Cut From The Banks Every Time You Use Apple Pay bloomberg.com The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus include a new service called Apple Pay that lets users shop with the tap of a finger on a phone, instead of swiping a card. And rest assured that every time they do, Apple will be getting a piece of the action. WHAT IS HAPPENING? Cirque Du Soleil Throws Out Opening Pitch At Blue Jays Game digg.com Cast and characters from Cirque du Soleil's "Kurios" tossed the ceremonial (and very Steampunk) first pitch before the Blue Jays' game against the Cubs on Tuesday night. JUST THE FACTS The Only Things You Care About From The Apple Event digg.com Apple just announced a pair of new iPhones. There's a lot to digest, but honestly who cares about the details. Here's just what you need to know. POP MUSIC A Cover Of '99 Red Balloons' Using Sounds Made With Red Balloons digg.com A very literal interpretation of everyone's favorite anti-war song. Read more on Digg.com → TOO BIG FOR THE COW TO JUMP OVER The moon rises over the Giralda, the tower of Seville's Cathedral, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Spain. Tuesday night's full moon, also known as a Harvest Moon, will be the third and final "supermoon" of 2014. The phenomenon, which scientists call a "perigee moon," occurs when the moon is near the horizon and appears larger and brighter than other full moons. Credit: AP Image/Miguel Angel Morenatti Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Everyone Must Go

The Most Important Waterways, Keith Olbermann Petitions To Have NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (And Others) Resign, Trust Us — It's Time To Buy More Underwear, How Ballet Shoes Get Made, Our Cyborg Future: Law and Policy Implications For The New Bionic Man, Son, Men Don't Get Raped The Daily Digg Tuesday, September 9, 2014 Root Canal The Most Important Waterways foreignpolicy.com A canal might sound like just a glorified ditch, but they've been at the heart of history's biggest transformations. 'EVERYONE MUST GO' Keith Olbermann Petitions To Have NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (And Others) Resign digg.com Keith Olbermann does not mince words. He states that in the wake of the second Ray Rice video coming out, those involved – whether intentionally or by neglect – were part of a cover-up and should all resign. CLOTHES WE DIGG SPONSORED Trust Us — It's Time To Buy More Underwear mackweldon.com You know what they say, don't wear old underwear after Labor Day. GOOD POST-BALLET COCKTAIL CONVERSATION How Ballet Shoes Get Made digg.com The beauty of ballet begins before the performance. MORE THAN HUMAN Our Cyborg Future: Law and Policy Implications For The New Bionic Man brookings.edu In June, the Supreme Court handed down its decision that police officers may not, without a warrant, search the data on a cell phone seized during an arrest. This may be the first time the Supreme Court has explicitly contemplated the cyborg in case law — admittedly as a kind of metaphor. But the idea that the law will have to accommodate the integration of technology into the human being has actually been kicking around for a while. SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MILITARY Son, Men Don't Get Raped gq.com Sexual assault is alarmingly common in the U.S. military, and more than half of the victims are men. According to the Pentagon, thirty-eight military men are sexually assaulted every single day. These are the stories you never hear — because the culprits almost always go free, the survivors rarely speak, and no one in the military or Congress has done enough to stop it. Read more on Digg.com → ROCK ON A man looks at his colleague climbing at the "Bleau" indoor climbing gym, in Ghent, western Belgium, on Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. With more than 3,500 square meters (37,673 square feet) of climbing surface, the new gym is one of the five largest climbing structures in the world. Credit: AP Photo/Yves Logghe Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Beyond Definition

The Rise Of The SWAT Team, Antonio Brown Drop-Kicked Cleveland Browns Punter, Joan Rivers Mourned At Manhattan Funeral, Why We Have Blind Spots — And How To See The Blood Vessels Inside Your Own Eye, The Trans-Everything CEO, Finally, Wall Street Gets Put On Trial The Daily Digg Monday, September 8, 2014 SWAT'S THE MATTER WITH AMERICA? The Rise Of The SWAT Team nytimes.com SWAT teams were created in the 1960s to combat hostage-takings, sniper shootings, and violent unrest. But today they're often used in more controversial police work. NOT WHAT 'STEP ON IT' MEANS Antonio Brown Drop-Kicked Cleveland Browns Punter digg.com We didn't think football could get any more violent, but apparently we were wrong. ONE LAST RED CARPET Joan Rivers Mourned At Manhattan Funeral hollywoodreporter.com While it's unclear if Joan Rivers' funeral had a wind machine or Harry Winston toe tag, per the instructions left in her 2012 book, the real-life event, held Sunday morning at Manhattan's Temple Emanu-El, was a star-studded affair with all of the security and paparazzi and fan attention of a premiere or red-carpet event. EYE SPY Why We Have Blind Spots — And How To See The Blood Vessels Inside Your Own Eye digg.com For once it's okay to stare at your computer screen. BEYOND DEFINITION The Trans-Everything CEO nymag.com Futurist, pharma tycoon, satellite entrepreneur, philosopher. Martine Rothblatt, the highest-paid female executive in America, was born male. But that is far from the thing that defines her. Just ask her wife. Then ask the robot version of her wife. HOLDING THE 0.1% RESPONSIBLE Finally, Wall Street Gets Put On Trial salon.com Too Big To Fail bailouts let them get away with it. The amazing result of California fraud trial could change that Read more on Digg.com → GOOD TRAINING FOR MODERN WARFARE Soldiers on horseback perform an attack through a burning obstacle during the Cavalry Day show in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Alik Keplicz 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: A Bouncy Castle Flies, Golf Bros Get A GoPro and Dogs Become Spiders

The Man Behind The World's Smallest V-12 Engine, Dressing Your Dog Up Like A Massive Spider Is One Way To Scare The Sh*t Out Of People, The People On This Beach Don't Realize They're In A Game Of 'Katamari Damacy', Golf Trick Shot Bros Get A GoPro, Mesmerizing Timelapse Shows An Amish Community Building A Barn In Three Minutes, Deer Running Across The Golden Gate Bridge During Rush Hour The Daily Digg Sunday, September 7, 2014 BIG THINGS IN SMALL PACKAGES The Man Behind The World's Smallest V-12 Engine digg.com José Manuel Hermo Barreiro is a pensioner from Galicia. He's a retired naval mechanic and he has built some of the smallest engines in the world. This is his story. NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE Dressing Your Dog Up Like A Massive Spider Is One Way To Scare The Sh*t Out Of People digg.com They're man's best friend, but dogs can also be excellent partners in crime. THE PRINCE OF SPACE WANTS REVENGE The People On This Beach Don't Realize They're In A Game Of 'Katamari Damacy' digg.com Well, this is the best thing we're bound to see all week. We'll be over here, basking in it. FORE! Golf Trick Shot Bros Get A GoPro digg.com Golf is boring. You just whack a little ball towards a hole for hours at a time. Golf trick shots, on the other hand, are not boring. RAISE THE ROOF Mesmerizing Timelapse Shows An Amish Community Building A Barn In Three Minutes digg.com An amazing feat, this group of Amish citizens built an entire barn in about 10 hours only using good, old-fashioned elbow grease. Our only question is how did the filmmaker get away with shooting this? RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE DEER Deer Running Across The Golden Gate Bridge During Rush Hour digg.com Traffic we wouldn't mind sitting in. Read more on Digg.com → HOT CONTENT Geoff Mackley may not be entirely sane, but we won't be the ones to stop him from doing daredevil filmmaking like this. Credit: Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014