The Robots Are Anxious

If robots are to become as commonplace as sci-fi wants us to believe, we're going to need confront some deep-seated issues with our relationship to automation.

Digg Editions Morning · Thu, Dec 29

WELCOME TO THE MACHINE MACHINE LEARNINGS The Robots Are Anxious About Taking Your Job digg.com If robots are to become as commonplace as sci-fi wants us to believe, we're going to need confront some deep-seated issues with our relationship to automation. TONED, SCANNED, FIT AND READY How Body Scanning Became The Latest Health Club Must-Have bloomberg.com There are plenty of trends vying for buzz in the boutique fitness world, but one of the flashiest could also be the most useful. 3D body scans can show where you're losing weight and gaining muscle with detail that photos lose. CLOSE, BUT NO MCFLY How The Hoverboard Went From Fiction To Fact bbc.com No, you still can't pick up a hot pink Mattel hoverboard from the nearest toy store. That might be a little disappointing, but the home that real-life hoverboard technology will find in making for speedier commutes should be a nice consolation prize. BUDGETING WE DIGG | SPONSORED How To Not Screw Up Your Finances (Again) In 2017 youneedabudget.com YNAB's award-winning app and proven budgeting method give you realistic ways to budget better, pay off debt faster and save more money. New users save an average of $200 their first month and more than $3,300 by month nine! ALTERED STATE OF THE ART ELECTRIC ACID 'COOL AIDE' TEST LSD Makes Adult Brains Childlike inverse.com Scientific research on LSD's effects has been stymied for decades due to the drug's reputation. This year, David Nutt and his research team were the first to use modern imaging techniques to see how the brain responds to LSD. THE ORIGINAL HAPPY PILL People Have Been Using MDMA To Treat PTSD For Decades broadly.vice.com Though it may seem surprising, the so-called "party drug" was used in therapy years before it was banned in the US. THE FIRST? HALITOSIS Scientists Can Now Detect 17 Diseases By Smell theoutline.com Cancer, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, and more all have distinct "breathprints." VIDEO OF THE DAY IT'S SUPERHUMAN Tesla Autopilot Reacts Insanely Quick To A Crash digg.com Based on the video, the second the red hatchback makes contact with the black SUV, the Tesla's speed immediately starts to decrease. So, yeah, strike one up for Tesla Autopilot. IN THE NEWS Debbie Reynolds Dies At 84, A Day After Daughter Carrie Fisher Syrian Government Agrees To A Truce With Rebels US Senators: Russia Should Be Sanctioned For Election Hacks Brother Of Murdered JonBenét Ramsey Sues CBS For $750m The robots are here to help. They promise. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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The Obesity Virus

The Mysterious Virus That Could Cause Obesity

Digg Editions Morning · Wed, Dec 28

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WELL THERE'S YOUR ISSUE VIRAL LOAD The Mysterious Virus That Could Cause Obesity wired.com As he struggled with his weight, Randy kept thinking back to the moment everything changed. He had been the skinniest kid among his friends. And then he got cut by that chicken. A WAVE OF VIOLENCE A Bigger Problem Than ISIS? newyorker.com The Mosul Dam is failing. A breach would cause a colossal wave that could kill as many as a million and a half people. SPY WORK, NOT JUST SPY GAMES The World's Best Security Engineers Are Making Dating Apps inverse.com There are more than 1 million unfilled security jobs worldwide, a number that could grow to 1.5 million by the end of the decade. Why don't developers want to engage in a modern "spy vs. spy"? SMILES WE DIGG | SPONSORED SMILES WE DIGG A New Year's Resolution You Can Actually Keep smiledirectclub.com The first things people notice about you isn't your abs, it's your smile. So how about making this year's resolution to get the smile you've always wanted. RIP CARRIE Carrie Fisher's Best Interviews digg.com Vaulted to fame by her role as Princess Leia in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, Fisher remained in the public eye as an actor and a writer — and as an extremely good interviewee. We've collected some of Fisher's best interviews, both on TV and in print. GET TO KNOW YOURSELF 'DUST STORMS WE GOT' On Venus, Have We Got A Rabbi! tabletmag.com A long-lost space age satire about what it means to be a Jew from one of science fiction's greatest humorists. BUT YOU CAN NEVER LOG OFF Facebook Knows A Whole Lot About Your Offline Life digg.com Facebook has long let users see all sorts of things the site knows about them, like whether they enjoy soccer, have recently moved, or like Melania Trump. But it also knows far more sensitive info, including users' income, the types of restaurants they frequent and even how many credit cards are in their wallets. TWO SIDES OF THE SAME BLACK MIRROR Using TV Shows To Visualize The US Cultural Divide nytimes.com Americans have been clustering themselves into cultural bubbles just as they have clustered in political bubbles. Their TV preferences confirm that. VIDEO OF THE DAY TOGETHER, THEY WILL ACHIEVE GREATNESS 100 Metronomes Self-Synching Is Surprisingly Unnerving digg.com Thanks to a phenomenon called injection locking, you too can create a miniature authoritarian military parade with a bunch of metronomes. IN THE NEWS Russians No Longer Dispute Olympic Doping Operation The World's Cheetahs Are In Big Trouble 'Faulty Wing Flaps' To Blame In Russia Plane Crash 'We Must Never Repeat The Horrors Of War': Japanese PM Makes Pledge At Pearl Harbor Rick Perry, As Energy Secretary, May Be Pressed To Resume Nuclear Tests Be like the metronome, and get in sync. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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The Brawl Of America

Revisiting the overlooked 2006 masterpiece with director Alfonso Cuarón.

Digg Editions Morning · Tue, Dec 27

GOING IT ALONE OUR QUICKLY-APPROACHING FUTURE 'Children Of Men' Might Be The Most Relevant Film Of 2016 vulture.com Revisiting the overlooked 2006 masterpiece with director Alfonso Cuarón. THE WAY IT'S MEAN'T TO BE CALCULATED In The Race To Build The Best AI, There's Already One Clear Winner qz.com As Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Baidu take turns leapfrogging each other in artificial intelligence innovation, one company stands to profit from any outcome: Nvidia. NEVER EVEN BEEN IN A COCKPIT WATCH: Passenger Lands A Plane With Zero Experience Whatsoever digg.com This poor guy didn't really understand what he had signed up for, white-knuckling it all the way down in sheer terror before breaking into happy tears upon landing. APPS WE DIGG The Best Way You're Not Using Your iPad duetdisplay.com Duet Display lets you easily sync up your iPad as a second display. And twice the screen space means twice the productivity. Just duet. (You know you want to.) DID I DO THAT? JUST A SMALL TOWN BOY How Mayor Stephen Reed Destroyed Harrisburg thebaffler.com The shared rise and fall of Reed and Harrisburg was decades in the making, a story of ambition and corruption that stands out even in Pennsylvania. A DEEP CUT How A 2011 Hack You've Never Heard Of Changed The Internet's Infrastructure slate.com It all started with an internet user in Iran who couldn't get into his Gmail account. WHERE R THEY NOW? DAMN DANIEL, IT'S BEEN A WHILE What Went Viral In 2016  — And Where Is It Now? theringer.com As dazed as we might be by the ravenous online news cycle, it's nothing compared to whatever happens to the actual people, things, and institutions that made the marquee for each year's most viral narratives. UNITED STATES OF CHRISTIANITY Mapping America's Religious Regions ocregister.com America is largely Christian, but there's a lot of variation there. These maps break down where different religions and denominations are dominant. VIDEO OF THE DAY THE OL' TETRAHEDRAL RACKS Somehow, This Is A Working Gear digg.com It's not, you know, a gear you'd use for any practical purpose. But it's a really nifty concept and execution. IN THE NEWS Black Box From Crashed Russian Plane Found In Black Sea Vera Rubin, Astronomer Who Helped Find Evidence Of Dark Matter, Dies At 88 Israel Plans To Build More Settlements In Defiance Of UN Resolution Boxing Day Brawls Break Out At Malls Across United States Worry not, the end of 2016 and another long weekend are almost upon us. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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