Meet The New Uber, Same As The Old Uber

How Will We Recognize Alien Life?, Meet The Man Who Makes A Lot Of Money Investing In Wine, Stop Drinking Shitty Wine, The Inside Story Of Uber's Radical Rebranding, One Of Africa's Biggest Dams Is Falling Apart, The Only Known Recording Of The First Super Bowl The Daily Digg Wednesday, February 3, 2016 WE'LL KNOW IT WHEN WE SEE IT How Will We Recognize Alien Life? quantamagazine.org Searching for signs of life on faraway planets, astrobiologists must decide what to look for. DIGG DIALOG Meet The Man Who Makes A Lot Of Money Investing In Wine digg.com Venture capitalist Charles Banks isn't someone with a rich history in wine. Regardless, he invested in the right people and managed to take the price of a wine brand from $250 per bottle to $750. Read VinePair co-founder Adam Teeter's story about Charles and join both Adam and Charles today at 1pm EST. Leave your comments now! BOTTLES WE DIGG SPONSORED Stop Drinking Shitty Wine clubw.com Dear valued Digg user: Because we love you (and we love you even more after a glass of wine) we want to introduce you to your next delivery obsession: Club W. Plus get 50% off your first order. Wine not? (See what we did there?) THESE COLORS RUN The Inside Story Of Uber's Radical Rebranding wired.com Today, millions of people around the world will power on their smartphones and scan their screens for the black-and-white Uber icon, only to find it missing. COMING APART AT THE SEAMS One Of Africa's Biggest Dams Is Falling Apart newyorker.com If the Kariba dam were to collapse, it would constitute an epochal event in the history of energy development — the dam industry's Chernobyl. JUST GOTTA FIND A VCR FOR IT The Only Known Recording Of The First Super Bowl nytimes.com Troy Haupt is a 47-year-old nurse anesthetist here in North Carolina's Outer Banks. He has a secret to reveal about Super Bowl I: He owns the only known recording of its broadcast. Get more stories on Digg.com DIGG'S VIDEO OF THE DAY Microsoft's conception of what watching football will be like with its HoloLens augmented reality headset seems awesome — and really, really overwhelming. Credit: Microsoft Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002

Cruz-in To Victory

Cruz Wins; Clinton Narrowly Beats Sanders, What Are The Origins Of Groundhog Day?, The Best Way To Cover Your Ass This Valentine's Day, The Millionaire Who Wants To Make You Live Longer, 15 Years Ago, Hackers Attacked Davos In One Of The First Acts Of 'Hacktivism', These Are The Tech Jobs With The Highest Salaries (And Where They Are) The Daily Digg Tuesday, February 2, 2016 IOWA CAUCUSES Cruz Wins; Clinton Narrowly Beats Sanders cnn.com Ted Cruz surged past Donald Trump to win the Iowa Caucuses, while Marco Rubio took third. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton eked by Bernie Sanders in a tight race. Meanwhile, Martin O'Malley and Mike Huckabee suspended their campaigns. IT ALL STARTED WITH THE PAGANS... What Are The Origins Of Groundhog Day? digg.com Every February 2nd, residents of the US look to a groundhog in Pennsylvania to tell them how long winter will last. Aside from the mysterious origins of the climatological logic, the tradition itself is hard to make sense of. UNDERWEAR WE DIGG SPONSORED The Best Way To Cover Your Ass This Valentine's Day meundies.com This February 14th, show them you care about their derriere. (And their heart and mind and stuff, too.) Grab the special edition Keith Haring design by MeUndies. ANTI-AGING DREAM The Millionaire Who Wants To Make You Live Longer digg.com Craig Venter, multi-millionaire maverick, says he can help you live a better, longer life. How? .HACKTIVISM 15 Years Ago, Hackers Attacked Davos In One Of The First Acts Of 'Hacktivism' motherboard.vice.com Exactly 15 years ago today, one of the first high-profile hacks carried out for protest purposes occurred: Anti-globalization activists wormed their way into the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. PORTLAND, HERE WE COME These Are The Tech Jobs With The Highest Salaries (And Where They Are) fastcompany.com It's no surprise that Silicon Valley's tech workers already passed the six-figure mark. Dice reports that it's the top-earning market in the country (with a cost of living to match). Others aren't so easily pegged as tech hives. Get more stories on Digg.com VIDEO OF THE DAY "The Food Surgeon" performs an Oreo cream transplant on a Reese's Cup. Surgery is scary. Credit: The Food Surgeon Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002

4,000 Years Of Fart Jokes

The 100 Jokes That Shaped Modern Comedy, What Are The Iowa Caucuses — And How Are They Different Than Primaries?, The Electric Toothbrush Subscription Everyone's Buzzing About, Why Is Everyone Mad At The Fine Bros?, Where All The Snow Goes, And Other News, The Superfluid Universe The Daily Digg Monday, February 1, 2016 KNOCK KNOCK JOKES GOT ROBBED The 100 Jokes That Shaped Modern Comedy vulture.com The oldest joke on record, a Sumerian proverb, was first told all the way back in 1900 B.C. Fast forward to the 21st century and we're still giving this "joke" thing a try. CORN-FED CANDIDATES What Are The Iowa Caucuses — And How Are They Different Than Primaries? digg.com Most people know that the Iowa caucuses are really important, but what makes them so special, and why the heck are they called caucuses? SUBSCRIPTIONS WE DIGG SPONSORED The Electric Toothbrush Subscription Everyone's Buzzing About getquip.com Sleek, cheap and so fresh and so clean, clean. YOUTUBERS REACT Why Is Everyone Mad At The Fine Bros? digg.com Benny and Rafi Fine— the creators of the popular React channels — recently announced their intention to license their format, and no one is happy about the implications. WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND Where All The Snow Goes, And Other News digg.com Surprise! January is over! And no matter the state of your New Year's resolutions (we're not asking), Digg is here to help you with the age old goal of "staying better informed." Here's the latest on the secrets of snow removal, why red dwarf stars might be the key to humanity's future and Jack Black stuffing his face with marshmallows. EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED The Superfluid Universe aeon.co Quantum effects are not just subatomic: they can be expressed across galaxies, and solve the puzzle of dark matter. Get more stories on Digg.com DIGG'S VIDEO OF THE DAY Need to take down a drone? This trained eagle will do it Credit: Politie Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002

Flyin' Solo

Guy Accidentally Books A Private Jet, 'Guitar Hero' Player Found The Funniest Way To Dodge YouTube's Copyright Bot, Shark Eats Another Shark, Likely Ruins Day At The Aquarium For Dozens Of Kids, Food Delivery In Korea Is So Much Nicer Than In The US, And Today's Wrestling Champions Are: These Two Pissed Off Lizards, How Much Damage Can A Cannon Do To A Refrigerator? The Daily Digg Sunday, January 31, 2016 PICK A SEAT, ANY SEAT Guy Accidentally Books A Private Jet digg.com It would appear that not many people wanted to fly from Manila to Boracay, because Alex Simon got the whole plane to himself. BEEP BADA BOP BOP 'Guitar Hero' Player Found The Funniest Way To Dodge YouTube's Copyright Bot digg.com So uhh... where can we buy tickets to see this guy? A LOT TO DIGEST Shark Eats Another Shark, Likely Ruins Day At The Aquarium For Dozens Of Kids digg.com A shark surprised visitors to a South Korean aquarium on Thursday by eating another smaller shark. Shouldn't the aquarium be feeding these things? YOUR MOVE, SEAMLESS Food Delivery In Korea Is So Much Nicer Than In The US digg.com You get to eat out of real dishes, using real silverware. It's not slopped into a bag where your pizza will inevitably lose all its cheese. And it's environmentally friendly to boot! TAKE IT TO THE STREETS And Today's Wrestling Champions Are: These Two Pissed Off Lizards digg.com Someone call up Vince McMahon because these two heels (claws?) have a promising future in reptile showbiz. LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING How Much Damage Can A Cannon Do To A Refrigerator? digg.com Keep on mind, the barrel diameter of this cannon is only 1.75" and it caused this much destruction with only 1 cup of black powder. Get more stories on Digg.com WELCOME TO THE SANDLERVERSE Guess what: every single Adam Sandler movie is related. Credit: Shawn Kohne Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 News.me Inc. 29 Little West 12th Street, NY, NY 10014