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'They Thought It Was Black Magic': An Oral History Of TiVo, YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant, and more.

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TECH RULES EVERYTHING REWIND THAT 'They Thought It Was Black Magic': An Oral History Of TiVo onezero.medium.com How the original DVR paved the way for Netflix and the cord-cutter movement. NOT SURPRISING, STILL INFURIATING YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant bloomberg.com Proposals to change recommendations and curb conspiracies sacrificed for engagement, staff say. INTERNAL CONTRADICTIONS The Baraboo Nazi Prom Photo Shocked The World. The City's Response Shocked Its Residents buzzfeednews.com The intentions behind the Nazi salute photograph seen around the world were hardly as sinister as they first appeared. But in Trump and Twitter's America, as one small Midwestern town discovered, image is everything. GROOMING WE DIGG | SPONSORED Razor Bumps Are No Match For Gillette's New SkinGuard Razor gillette.com Specifically designed to prevent redness, irritation and razor bumps, Gillette's new SkinGuard razor helps minimize tug and pull and also lubricates before and after each blade. QUANTIFIABLY SO ██████████████████████████ A Remote Corner Of Nevada Is Among The World's Darkest usatoday.com The Massacre Rim area in Nevada's Washoe County will be just the fourth space in the United States to join the pantheon of Dark Sky Sanctuaries. AMERICA FIRST (?) How Many More Guns There Are In America Than The Rest Of The World, Visualized digg.com The US makes up only 4.5% of the global population, but it owns more than 40% of the world's guns. CRACKING THE CODE How To Fight An Outrageous Medical Bill, Explained vox.com Five patients tell us how they pushed back — and won. LEGACY SYSTEMS New Data Show How Hard It Was To Get Into An Elite US College This Year qz.com Elite US universities have been accepting smaller and smaller percentages of applicants in recent years, and this year the admission rate at many top schools declined even further. VIDEO OF THE DAY BECAUSE AUSTRALIA Kangaroo Enters An Australian Bar, Nobody Bats An Eye digg.com All we need is a priest and a rabbi and this is the beginning of a really great joke. IN THE NEWS Something On Mars Is Producing Gas Usually Made By Living Things On Earth Trump Threatens To Close Border, Experts Warn Of Billions In Economic Loss NRA Rallies To Preserve The Gun Rights Of Convicted Stalkers, Abusive Boyfriends NASA Says Satellite That India Shot Down May Threaten The ISS DIGG PICKS These Earbuds Are So Waterproof You Can Swim Laps With Them xfyro.com Xfyro has made the first-ever fully waterproof wireless earbuds. They're comfortable, secure, and magnetically connect to the battery case so you can enjoy a total listening time of 20-30 hours before having to recharge your case. April Fools' has come and past. You are the greatest friend at last =) View the Edition at Digg.com »

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A Running List Of Good, Bad And Terrible April Fools' Jokes, Time Is a Flat Ferris Wheel: The Enduring Legacy of 'RollerCoaster Tycoon' and more.

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Digg Editions Morning · Mon, Apr 01

THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS ONWARD AND UPWARD? All Of March 2019 In One Big Post digg.com March came in like a lion and out like a lamb... or something like that. Anyway, here are the nine most important things that tell the story of the third month of the year. WAKE US UP WHEN APRIL 1ST ENDS April Fools': A Running List Of Good, Bad And Terrible Corporate Gags digg.com Depending on your view, today is one of the best or worst days on the internet, where half the things you see are fake and most of the jokes are pretty dumb. It's April Fools' Day! IT'S BEEN ONE HELL OF A RIDE Time Is A Flat Ferris Wheel: The Enduring Legacy Of 'RollerCoaster Tycoon' theringer.com In 1999, a PC game turned millions of kids into virtual theme park designers. Twenty years later, it holds up as a symbol of creativity and the power of online community to change lives for the HOUSE OF HORRORS Inside Scientology's Secret Propaganda Museum thedailybeast.com In Hollywood lies "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death," a bizarre — free — museum where teachers take kids to learn about the evils of mental health care. DIGG PICKS These Earbuds Are So Waterproof You Can Swim Laps With Them xfyro.com Xfyro has made the first-ever fully waterproof wireless earbuds. They're comfortable, secure, and magnetically connect to the battery case so you can enjoy a total listening time of 20-30 hours before having to recharge your case. GOOD QUESTION I Found Out My Boyfriend Cheated On Me The Same Week He Was Diagnosed With Cancer, And Other Advice Column Questions digg.com A roundup of the most interesting, thought-provoking and surprising questions that our favorite columnists addressed in recent days.​​ A LONG WAY TO GO DO'S OR DON'T? Is Marriage Obsolete? thecut.com In an upgradable, consumer-driven, instant-gratification world where the experiences of shopping for high-end cell phones, high-end mates, and high-end sperm cells are hauntingly similar to each other, isn't it reasonable to question the value of a legal contract, written in ink, on paper, that involves disastrously punitive terms of dissolution? YOU'RE SO FINE, YOU BLOW MY MIND How Disney Grew Its $3 Billion Mickey Mouse Business — By Selling To Adults fastcompany.com Apple, Gucci, Kate Spade, Uniqlo, L'Oréal and Maybelline are just a few of the companies that sell Mickey-branded products for grown-ups. Here's how Disney made adults fall in love with a cartoon character. 'A RUGGED, INHOSPITABLE LAND OF GLACIERS' A World Isolated From Life By 1,400 Kilometers bbc.com This sub-Antarctic British overseas territory in the South Atlantic is around 1,400 kilometers from its nearest inhabited neighbor, the Falkland Islands, and is only accessible by sea. VIDEO OF THE DAY BREXIT STAGE BOTTOM Reporter Strolls Into Live Shot, Solves It Like A True Pro digg.com In these stressful times, it's helpful to laugh a little bit, and this reporter walking into a live Sky News shot is a good opportunity to do that. IN THE NEWS Biden Faces New Scrutiny From Dems Over Behavior With Women Brexit In Meltdown — Theresa May Under Pressure To Forge Softer Divorce Deal Two Marine Helicopter Pilots Killed In Training Crash Nipsey Hussle Shot Dead Outside His Los Angeles Store Plant-Based Protein Comes To Burger King: Meet The Impossible Whopper DIGG PICKS This Packable Hiking Shell Is Waterproof But Mercifully Quiet On The Trail digg.com Arc'teryx makes this lightweight jacket out of a new GORE-TEX laminate that won't be the loudest thing on your hike Double check today's date before freaking out. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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