| No images? Click here  BROUGHT TO YOU BY  Pumpkin spice is back, baby! Before you rush out to Starbucks, know that it's gonna cost you a bit more this season. The price of a grande PSL jumped about 4% compared to last year thanks to inflation. - Annie ON OUR RADAR This week, seals' "banana pose" is the only thing keeping our sanity intact. Hope it helps you too.  The world's most popular web browser is a glutton for memory. Tessa Davis shares some handy tricks to speed it up.  Most of us download an app or sign up to a website without reading the terms and conditions — but you might be surprised (or horrified) by how much personal data you're actually signing away. APPS WE DIGG | SPONSORED  Escape The Echo ChamberDon’t starve your mind on one viewpoint. Get a balanced diet of information with Ground News, the world’s first site comparing how different news outlets cover the same story. Download the Ground News app now. AROUND THE WEBCrypto.com Accidentally Sent A Woman $10.5 Million Instead Of $100 Manivel Thevamanogari received the sum back in May 2021 but the company didn’t catch on until seven months later. Why Plastic Doesn't Dry In The Dishwasher Plastic is a staple of modern kitchens, but it comes with a frustrating problem — it doesn't dry properly in a dishwasher. Why? Jennette McCurdy's book fueled rumors about Dan Schneider, a kids-TV legend. Crew members, writers, and ex-stars reveal what working for him was like. VIDEO OF THE DAY This Guy Stealing A Home Run Ball From A Teen On His Birthday Is Why We Can't Have Nice ThingsA Kansas City Royals fan had his birthday ruined by the worst baseball fan ever. DIGG PICKS | SPONSORED  Add Turn Signals And Brake Lights To Your BikeThis clever lighting system for bicycles has raised well over $700,000 on Kickstarter. IN THE NEWS📉 Life Expectancy In The US Continues To Drop, Driven By COVID-19. Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row and is now the lowest it's been since the 1920s. (NPR) 🚀 Artemis I Launch For A Journey Around The Moon Rescheduled For Saturday. The two-hour launch window opens at 2:17 p.m. ET on September 3. (CNN) 🍪 Animal Cookies Sold At Target Recalled Because They Might Contain Metal. Only a specific batch of the food product has been affected. (TODAY) 🖼️ An Unusual Object In The DOJ's Photograph Of Trump Documents At Mar-a-Lago. The Department of Justice released a photo of the top secret documents found at Mar-a-Lago, curiously adjacent to a framed TIME magazine cover. (Digg) FROM THE ARCHIVES Gorbachev Bringing Pizza Hut To Russia May Be The Most Ironic 60 Seconds Of TelevisionMikhail Gorbachev, who died at 91, will be remembered for ending the Cold War, being one of the most influential figures of the 20th century and also starring in an infamous Pizza Hut commercial. GET MORE FROM DIGG   Did someone forward this email to you? Subscribe to the Edition and Digg's other newsletters. |
Wednesday 31 August 2022
Which Apps Collect The Most Data?
Tuesday 30 August 2022
Where The Billionaires Are
| No images? Click here  Good morning! We're still riding the high of Serena Williams' decisive win in her first match of the U.S. Open last night. Can the GOAT take home one more trophy and go out on top? - Annie ON OUR RADAR A viral Reddit thread compiles some key nuggets of common knowledge that people belatedly learned much later than the rest of us.  Roughly one out of every four billionaires lives in America, for a total of 735. Together, they have a collective wealth of $4.7 trillion. DIGG PICKS | SPONSORED  The Flannel-Lined Waxed Trucker Jacket Is Restocked For FallHuckberry's best-selling jacket is our go-to garb for when the mornings and nights start to get cool. AROUND THE WEBHow To Get Free COVID-19 Tests Delivered Before The Program Is Suspended On Friday The Biden administration says it's suspending a federal program that offers free at-home COVID-19 tests due to a lack of funding. Visualizing The Most Popular Monarchs That UK Pubs Are Named After Find out which kings and queens have the most pubs named in their honor. What Made You Think Sydney Sweeney And Her Family Were Normal? Joke's on you for thinking a "Euphoria" girlie is regular. Divorce Lawyers Have Seen It All. Here's Their Dating Advice "You want to know if they were a goofy nerd as a kid versus, like, if they hurt animals." VIDEO OF THE DAY Why European Drug Smugglers Prefer To Use A Mercedes S-Class For Illicit ActivitiesA former drug smuggler, who ran routes in Europe across Amsterdam, cities in Germany, Lithuania, Latvia and more, reveals how he was casually making millions of euros with each trip. DIGG PICKS | SPONSORED  Keep Your Record Collection PristineVinylSonic is Kickstarting a sleek record player and cleaner to great success. IN THE NEWS🚱 Jackson, Mississippi, Without Reliable Running Water. The state's largest city declared a water emergency that it said was due to complications from flooding of the Pearl River. (NBC News) ➡️ At Least 10 Killed In Clashes In Baghdad's Green Zone. At least 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured in violent clashes that erupted following an announcement by Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr that he was withdrawing from political life. (CNN) 😷 China's Shenzhen Shuts Electronics Market To Fight COVID Outbreak. Authorities in Shenzhen shut the world's largest electronics market of Huaqiangbei and suspended service at 24 subway stations on Monday in a bid to curb an outbreak of COVID-19. (Reuters) 🎾Serena Williams Gives Fans (At Least) One Last Moment Of Glory With First-Round US Open Win. She beat Danka Kovinic in straight sets before a celebration that was a career in the making. (Yahoo! Sports) FROM THE ARCHIVES We'll Never Forget When The Inventor of Control-Alt-Delete Left Bill Gates Speechless With This ZingerBill Gates didn't seem too happy about this quip from David Bradley. GET MORE FROM DIGG   Did someone forward this email to you? Subscribe to the Edition and Digg's other newsletters. |
