WE STILL EXIST
2016: The Year In Digg
This year, our annual retrospective is about you. It's about the things you read and watched and shared. This is a celebration of you going to this humble website and clicking on the links.
'TINDERBOX'
The Oakland Fire: What Happened Inside The Ghost Ship
Diagrams and photographs showing the interior of the building illustrate some of the factors that made the fire so deadly.
'THE OA'
Netflix Has A Mysterious New Show Coming Friday And It Looks Fantastic
This trailer — which introduces us to a woman who went missing for seven years, during which her blindness was cured — is the first we've heard (or seen) of "The OA," but oh boy we are already hooked.
EXTENSIONS WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED
Don't Holiday Shop On Amazon Without This
Wikibuy is a chrome extension that automatically finds the lowest price, best coupon or cash back offer for whatever you’re shopping for — on Amazon and a ton of other major sites. It’s a free tool, so there’s literally no reason not to get it.
MOMS EVERYWHERE DEEPLY NERVOUS
Child Legend Rides A Hoverboard While Shoveling His Snowy Driveway
We salute this child and his very smart/dumb idea.
DISCRIMIN-ALGORITHM
How The Internet Keeps Poor People In Poor Neighborhoods
The difficult consequences of Facebook’s invisible decisions.
JUST WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?
What You Need To Know About The Political Firestorm Surrounding Russian Hackers And The Election
On Friday, The Washington Post revealed that the CIA has informed senators in a brief that it has concluded that Russian hacks of the DNC were aimed at swaying the election in Donald Trump's favor. Now, leaders are responding. Here's what you need to know.
PURRECIOUS
This Sleep Talking Kitty Will Make You Hurt With Cuteness
Maybe you don't like cats that much. We get it: they carry weird parasites and like to knock stuff off counters. It doesn't matter. After watching this video, your feline-hating heart will be filled with love.
AND THEN YOU BURN STUFF IN A BOWL
Breakfast In Los Angeles Is Just Burnt Toast And Things In Bowls
The two contemporary modes of breakfast in Los Angeles are exemplified by what Jessica Koslow is doing at Sqirl.
SALIERI DOESN'T MAKE THE LIST
The Top Selling CD Artist Of 2016 Is... Mozart
The music business as we know it is dead. It’s fitting that the final nail in its coffin would be Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — the 18th-century composer, long-dead himself — who this month became 2016’s top artist by CD sales.
'WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOUR OSCAR?'
Watch Jennifer Lawrence And Chris Pratt Sling Dirty Insults At Each Other
The hosts at BBC Radio 1 say this Playground Insults game is just for fun between friends. Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence take things to a bit of a dark place, though.
WE'RE ALL IN FOR A VERY BIG TREAT
An Ode To 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation,' The Best Holiday Movie
The perfect Christmas movie has to be about Christmas; it has to be well-suited to watch with the family; it has to be fun to watch again and again ― enough to become a staple of your holiday; and, perhaps most importantly, it has to capture the values and realities of the holiday. Enter "Christmas Vacation."
A POTENT PORTABLE
How To Turn A USB Stick Into An Ultra-Portable PC
Not only do portable apps let you hop between computers easily, they also keep your main machines clear of clutter and almost as speedy as when you first booted them up.
PUTTING THE METAL TO THE METAL
Giant Machines Forging Big Ol' Slabs Of Glowing Hot Metal Is So Satisfying
This may be a Swedish factory that forges enormous chunks of steel with a giant pneumatic hammer, but to us it's also a beautiful piece of performance art.
A MAN WITH FIRM PRIORITIES
Strapped Student Blows $1.5 Million From Bank Glitch On Cars, Boats And Strippers
A court ruled that his crazy expenditures weren't deceptive.
A WHALE OF A DISCOVERY
Can Barnacles Explain One Of Evolution's Biggest Mysteries?
Whales have one of the strangest, least-understood histories of any animal — and barnacles might be the key to unlocking their secrets.
SCIENTIFICALLY DEFINING A 'HOT POTATO'
If Your Science Class Doesn't Involve Passing Around Flaming Propane Bubbles, What Are You Even Doing?
Apparently, with proper training and preparation, you can hold flaming propane bubbles without burning your hands off. So get yourself a science teacher that can let you hold a dang fireball in your hands.
SORRY, ALBERT
Gravitational Wave Discovery May Actually Hint At General Relativity Breakdown
It was hailed as an elegant confirmation of Einstein’s general theory of relativity — but ironically the discovery of gravitational waves earlier this year could herald the first evidence that the theory breaks down at the edge of black holes.
WELL, SPREAD ACROSS 39 DAYS
Musically Illiterate Man Learns How To Play The Violin In A Little Over 13 Hours
You know how growing up everyone told you that "practice makes perfect," and to "follow your dreams." Well, Mike Boyd is the embodiment of those ideals. Mike Boyd is our hero.
FROM THE DIGG STORE
Get 50% Off This Alexa-Enabled Smartwatch
Durable, rugged, and designed with a refined carbon rim, the mVoice is just about the toughest-looking smartwatch on the market. And it’s Alexa-enabled. And it’s $150.
RETCON MIDICHLORIANS
What 'Star Wars' Learned From Its Prequel Problem
How does "Rogue One" avoid the mistakes of "The Phantom Menace?"
2 LEGIT 2 QUIT
Inside Nike’s Quest For The Impossible: A Two-Hour Marathon
Today, after two years of preparation and research, Nike is announcing a project called Breaking2 that has a single goal: to break the two-hour mark in a special marathon planned for the spring of 2017.
PURE JOY STILL EXISTS
The Nicest Man Gets Very Emotional When His Wife Gifts Him Rose Bowl Tickets
We're not sure who he is, but what we do know is that he's a huge Penn State fan and he's always wanted to go to the Rose Bowl.
BEFORE HE GOT LEPROSY
This Is What Scotland's Most Legendary King Looked Like, Probably
Experts have taken a crack at reconstructing the face of Robert the Bruce, who reigned from 1309 to 1329 and led the First War of Scottish Independence against England (you might remember him as a major character in "Braveheart").
HUMANS NOT INCLUDED
Self-Healing Nano-Spacecraft Could Reach Alpha Centauri In 20 years
With our current technology, it would take a conventional spacecraft over 18,000 years to reach the nearest star, Alpha Centauri, but calculations indicate a nano-spacecraft made from a silicon chip and traveling at one fifth the speed of light could make the journey in just 20 years.
KINDA GROSS, ACTUALLY
A Soccer Ball To The Face At 28,000 FPS
Watch a skinquake radiate across a person's face and realize that we're very fleshy creatures.
BEHIND EVERY BOX...
In The UK, Amazon Warehouse Workers Have Resorted To Sleeping In Tents
Long hours and low pay have forced some British fulfillment center employees to camp next to warehouse.
NOW NO LONGER STUPID EXPENSIVE
An In-Depth Guide To OLED Displays
It's being called the future of TV tech, promising deeper blacks, less motion blur, and sexier colors.
WE CAN'T WAIT
Watch The 'Rogue One' Cast Adorably Bicker Amongst Themselves
Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen and Alan Tudyk — we're not sure a more likable gang of people could have possibly been assembled.
IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THEIR NAME
Crazy Ants Are The New Fire Ants (And Possibly Worse)
Have you ever heard anyone talk wistfully about fire ants? Once you've met crazy ants, that wistfulness will make more sense.
'EVERCLEAR OF MEXICO' NO MORE
Can Mezcal Survive Being Popular?
Local producers are struggling to keep the industry from being taken over by corporate behemoths.
DIGG DIALOG
Can't Figure Out What To Get Someone For Christmas? Ask The Gift Experts
There's always one: the person in your life that you just cannot figure out what to get for Christmas. New York Magazine's gift experts Alexis Swerdloff and Jason Chen stopped by to offer their advice.
JILLTED THIRD RUNNER-UP
Judge Gives Blistering Response Denying Jill Stein’s Pennsylvania Recount Request
In his order, Judge Diamond shredded Stein’s reasons for why a recount is necessary, saying that her request was “later than last minute,” and that her suspicion that the election in Pennsylvania was hacked “borders on the irrational.”
'IT'S REALLY JUST LIFE ITSELF'
An Interview With America's First Penis Transplant Recipient
The pioneering surgery, performed at Massachusetts General Hospital in May, lasted for 15 hours and has since been heralded as a major medical breakthrough. Talking with him at his home in Halifax, one thing becomes remarkably clear: Manning is not shy about anything.
WHO KILLED ALEXANDER PEREPILICHNY?
An Enemy Of The Kremlin Dies In London
When Alexander Perepilichny’s friend Yuri Panchul learned of his death on a blog maintained by a Russian opposition figure, he thought it was strange that police didn’t immediately suspect foul play.
'HIS LEFT HAND HAS BEEN UNSTOPPABLE'
Rock Beats Scissors, Just Like How The 2008 Rock Paper Scissors Championship Beats Every Other Sport
Of all the legendary contests of athleticism, none can begin to approach the blistering intensity and glorious victory of the 2008 Rocks Paper Scissors Championship between "WickedFingers" Sears and "Bulldog" Crossley.
THIS WASN'T INEVITABLE
The Most Crucial Moments That Made Donald Trump's Campaign
Nothing about the most dramatic campaign in memory was a foregone conclusion. The inside story of the pivotal choices that got us to President Trump.
WHEN THE TICKETMASTER... ISN'T
How To End Ticket Scalping
Clearly, the primary market for tickets is failing systemically.
PALE BLUE CITY
Beautiful Photos Of The Moment When Hong Kong Turns Blue
The world never looks cooler than when it does during the blue hours of dawn and dusk.
DID HE COME WITH GOOD REX?
What You Need To Know About Trump's Presumptive Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson
On Saturday evening, people close to the Trump transition team revealed to multiple outlets that ExxonMobil CEO and Chairman Rex Tillerson is expected to be Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of State. Here's what you need to know.
