Take Control

In December, I converted my one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco into a "smart home," connecting everything I could to the internet. I soon discovered that the only thing worse than getting a bad night's sleep is to subsequently get a report from my bed telling me I got a low score and "missed my sleep goal."

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IDENTITY CRISIS EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED The House That Spied On Me gizmodo.com In December, I converted my one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco into a "smart home," connecting everything I could to the internet. I soon discovered that the only thing worse than getting a bad night's sleep is to subsequently get a report from my bed telling me I got a low score and "missed my sleep goal." READ ALL ABOUT IT Welcome To The Post-Text Future nytimes.com The New York Times devotes a lot of words to how we're no longer going to be reading online. WE'RE IN TOO DEEP Everything You Need To Know About The Face-Swap Technology That's Sweeping The Internet (And Getting Banned Everywhere) digg.com Sites like Reddit and Pornhub have made moves to ban pornographic deepfakes in recent days, but it's never been easier for anyone with an internet connection to make disturbingly real-looking fake porn. A PASSING INTEREST They Considered Themselves White, But DNA Tests Told A More Complex Story washingtonpost.com As more people learn of their genetic makeup, unexpected African roots emerge. VODKA WE DIGG | SPONSORED Absolut Vodka Made An Ad Where Everyone Is Naked And It's Hilarious digg.com Absolut Vodka makers have nothing to hide with their production process. In fact, they shot their newest ad at their factory in Sweden, with their actual employees, who are completely naked. Like we said, nothing to hide. THE WEEK IN PHOTOS MASKING THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY The Week's Coolest Space Images digg.com Every day satellites are zooming through space, snapping incredible pictures of Earth, the solar system and outer space. Here are the highlights from this week. PICTURE THIS The Best Photography Of The Week digg.com Portraits of inmates in a prison passion play, testing out life on Mars on Earth and the cold, less friendly side of Paris. PUT YOURSELF IN CONTROL IT'S A REAL MONSTER MASH You Should Play 'Monster Breeder' — The Best Thing On The Internet Right Now digg.com The music is great. The dialog is both bleak and hilarious. It costs nothing. Collecting and creating monster mashups is, compared to everything else going on in the dumb planet, harmless fun. THIS GUY ARE SICK Translating The Humor And Tone Of 'Yakuza' Games For The West gamasutra.com How does one go about translating puns that only work in Japanese? Very carefully. THE 'DARK SOULS' OF MALL SIMS Play 'American Mall,' The Mall Simulator You Can't Seem To Actually Win bloomberg.com Want to experience the current retail crisis through an MS-DOS-like video game? The folks at Bloomberg thought you might. CHEAT CODA Billy Mitchell, The Gamer Made (In)Famous By 2007's 'King Of Kong,' Might Have Cheated For His Best Scores digg.com The competitive retro gaming scene is grinding through its second public scandal in weeks. This time, the man at the center happens to be the subject of a well-loved documentary credited with re-popularizing the game he allegedly cheated in. VIDEO OF THE DAY ELECTRIFYING The Most Beautiful Thing Happens When You Run 1,400 Volts Of Electricity Through Cherry Hardwood digg.com Friendly warning: please don't do this at home though. FROM THE DIGG STORE One Secure Password For All Your Accounts store.digg.com This $20 password manager auto-fills usernames and passwords for your online accounts. All you have to do is remember one master password. We know it's the weekend, and you should be relaxing. But Valentine's Day is in four days. Just FYI. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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There Are Seams, They're Just Hard To See

Welcome to What We Learned This Week​, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: The CRT's cult status, Seamless's stranglehold on food delivery and the potential benefits of an all-meat diet.

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FALLING OFF THE PLATFORM EDGE WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Seamless Is Bad, And Other Facts digg.com Welcome to What We Learned This Week​, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: The CRT's cult status, Seamless's stranglehold on food delivery and the potential benefits of an all-meat diet. ALEXA, FEED ME The Amazon-ification Of Whole Foods theatlantic.com In the broader context of Amazon's ambitions — to build an operating system for the home, to expand into pharmacies and health care, to become a hit-making television production studio — this is the logical next step in turning Prime into the ultimate "life bundle." URGENT RETWEET NEEDED A Classic Scam Finds New Life Stealing Bitcoin On Twitter wired.com A new twist on the classic Nigerian Prince scheme has jumped from gaming communities to Twitter. And now it's spreading. PRIVACY WE DIGG | SPONSORED Never Give Out Your Credit Card Number Online Again privacy.com Privacy lets you make a virtual card every time you need to enter your credit card online. So you don't have to worry about credit card fraud. It's free and for a limited time, get $5 off your first purchase and $5 off PrivateInternetAccess's VPN with Privacy. Pretty cool, right? ARTISTIC LICENSE EXTENDED PLAY Artist Hilariously Imagines What's Just Out Of The Frame Of Famous Album Covers digg.com A handful of particularly great album covers have reached icon status over the years, but that doesn't mean a clever artist with some killer photoshop skills can't have some fun with them. THE COLOR WHITE 'The New Yorker' Loves To Put Black Women On Its Covers. But Black Women Still Don't Draw Them. slate.com An empty avatar of change is different from change itself. GRETA'S STORY EVER TOLD How 'Lady Bird' Changes The (Overly Small) Landscape Of Best Picture Nominees Directed By Women digg.com Aptly described as "light as a feather and slight as a reed" by one critic, "Lady Bird" is the kind of intimate female-centric film that tends to slip through the cracks come awards season. VIDEO OF THE DAY 'JIM... ARE WE OKAY, BUDDY?' TV Host Breezes Through World's Hottest Chip Challenge, Mercilessly Roasts Her Co-Anchor Who Can't Handle It digg.com "You can just give up now and drink some milk." IN THE NEWS Overnight Government Shutdown Set To End As House Passes Sweeping Budget Bill Stocks Plunge As Market Enters 'Correction' Territory What To Know About The Rob Porter Domestic Abuse Scandal Rocking The White House Trump Considers Targeting Immigrants Who've Previously Been On Welfare A College Student Says Spirit Air Told Her To Flush Her Hamster Down The Toilet FROM THE DIGG STORE One Secure Password For All Your Accounts store.digg.com This $20 password manager auto-fills usernames and passwords for your online accounts. All you have to do is remember one master password. You have been awarded another Friday. Use it wisely. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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