The Real Difference Between Google And Apple

The Real Difference Between Google And Apple
Apple is driven largely by a centralized development structure, stemming from its fabled design studio, whereas Google has a more distributed, open-source approach to new products.

February 28, 2017 at 12:55PM
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Jon Stewart Steals Colbert's Desk, Tells The Media To Stop Bellyaching Over Their Break-Up With Trump

Jon Stewart Steals Colbert's Desk, Tells The Media To Stop Bellyaching Over Their Break-Up With Trump
Jon Stewart stopped by "Late Night" to drop some much-needed relationship advice for the media — who is looking increasingly desperate.

February 28, 2017 at 04:44PM
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'La La Land' Won Best Picture — Then Lost It To 'Moonlight.' It Was Insane

'La La Land' Won Best Picture — Then Lost It To 'Moonlight.' It Was Insane 
Warren Beatty got confused and everything went off the rails. But now "Moonlight" has its rightful Oscar.

February 27, 2017 at 02:54PM
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John Oliver Steamrolls The GOP For Pretending They Have A Better Healthcare Strategy Than Obamacare

John Oliver Steamrolls The GOP For Pretending They Have A Better Healthcare Strategy Than Obamacare
"Republicans have happily complained about the flaws in the law, taken no responsibility for fixing them and, in fact, have often undermined the whole thing. But that time is now over. It is their turn to present a plan and the clock is ticking."

February 27, 2017 at 02:54PM
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Nate Robinson Dribbled Himself *Through* Another Player's Legs

Nate Robinson Dribbled Himself *Through* Another Player's Legs
Robinson, who plays in the NBA's Development League now, could probably pursue a Harlem Globetrotters career with moves like this.

February 26, 2017 at 12:51PM
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John Mulaney And Nick Kroll Opened Up The Spirit Awards With A Wild, Wicked-Funny Monologue

John Mulaney And Nick Kroll Opened Up The Spirit Awards With A Wild, Wicked-Funny Monologue
Not big on the little, independent cousin of the Oscars? No worries — the guys from "Oh Hello" are here to make this award show monologue funny as hell.

February 26, 2017 at 09:11PM
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Stories for a healthy weekend.

Stories for a healthy weekend.
Digg Editions gets you the most out of the internet with top news and the most interesting stories handpicked by our editors

February 25, 2017 at 12:59PM
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Uber Is Doomed

Uber Is Doomed
Recent troubles aside, it's becoming more evident that Uber will collapse on its own.

February 24, 2017 at 07:10PM
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Somehow This Amazing Electromagnetic Car Suspension System Never Got Popular

Somehow This Amazing Electromagnetic Car Suspension System Never Got Popular
Bose developed an electromagnetic suspension system, and watching it in action, it looks like magic. But for some reason, it didn't achieve commercial success.

February 24, 2017 at 07:10PM
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Why is the speed of light the speed of light?

Why is the speed of light the speed of light?
Light travels at around 300,000 km per second. Why not faster? Why not slower? A new theory inches us closer to an answer.

February 24, 2017 at 04:14PM
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Pope suggests 'better to be atheist than hypocritical Catholic'

Pope suggests 'better to be atheist than hypocritical Catholic'
He said that some of these people should also say "'my life is not Christian, I don't pay my employees proper salaries, I exploit people, I do dirty business, I launder money, (I lead) a double life'."

February 23, 2017 at 02:33PM
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Pack Of Siberian Tigers Hunt Down A Drone, Knock It Out Of The Sky

Pack Of Siberian Tigers Hunt Down A Drone, Knock It Out Of The Sky
For too long we've annoyed zoo tigers by flying camera drones above them. Today is the day they fight back.

February 23, 2017 at 04:51PM
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Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture

Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture
Employees describe a Hobbesian environment at the company, in which workers are sometimes pitted against one another and where a blind eye is turned to infractions from top performers.

February 23, 2017 at 02:08AM
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Here's Footage Of Harrison Ford Flying Dangerously Close To An Airliner

Here's Footage Of Harrison Ford Flying Dangerously Close To An Airliner
On Monday, while flying his Aviat Husky, Harrison Ford mistakenly landed on the taxiway of a Southern California airport, nearly missing a Boeing 737 carrying over 100 passengers.

February 22, 2017 at 02:26PM
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How Peter Thiel’s Palantir Helped the NSA Spy on the Whole World

How Peter Thiel’s Palantir Helped the NSA Spy on the Whole World
Palantir is flexible and powerful enough to accommodate the requirements of any organization that needs to process large amounts of both personal and abstract data — including governments around the world.

February 22, 2017 at 02:28PM
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A Holographic Model Solves a Great Cosmological Mystery

A Holographic Model Solves a Great Cosmological Mystery
On the human scale a holographic universe would be indistinguishable from the reality we expect, but on a cosmic scale there could be subtle differences we might be able to detect.

February 21, 2017 at 12:30PM
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Jordan Peele Does His Post-Election Drunk And Jaded Obama Impression On 'Meyers'

Jordan Peele Does His Post-Election Drunk And Jaded Obama Impression On 'Meyers'
Barack Obama is on vacation. In between his sessions kitesurfing with Richard Branson and eating shaved ice with Sasha, he's probably had a few cocktails and tuned in to see what his successor is up to.

February 21, 2017 at 02:32PM
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Former engineer says Uber is a nightmare of sexism

Former engineer says Uber is a nightmare of sexism
A former Uber engineer has published an explosive account of sexism and power struggles in the workplace, with allegations beginning from her very first official day with the company.

February 20, 2017 at 02:34AM
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John Oliver Takes On Trump's 'Weird Soft Spot' For Ruthless Leader Vladimir Putin

John Oliver Takes On Trump's 'Weird Soft Spot' For Ruthless Leader Vladimir Putin
Maybe Vladimir Putin just incidentally has millions of unearned dollars and his enemies serendipitously keep dying of radiation poisoning. Maybe.

February 20, 2017 at 02:24PM
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A Conversation With Brian Eno About Ambient Music

A Conversation With Brian Eno About Ambient Music
The unceasingly curious composer on chance, minimalism, and the politics of form.

February 19, 2017 at 05:53PM
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Softball Pitchers Are *Extremely* Good At Dodgeball

Softball Pitchers Are *Extremely* Good At Dodgeball
The hysterical laughter of the guy behind the camera tells the whole story here.

February 19, 2017 at 05:29PM
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Michael Flynn, General Chaos

Michael Flynn, General Chaos
What the removal of Flynn as the national-security adviser reveals about Donald Trump’s White House.

February 18, 2017 at 03:36PM
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Steve Irwin's Son Goes On 'The Tonight Show' And Is As Wonderfully Excited About Animals As His Dad Was

Steve Irwin's Son Goes On 'The Tonight Show' And Is As Wonderfully Excited About Animals As His Dad Was
13-year-old Robert Irwin shows Jimmy a dwarf crocodile, an armadillo, a red-tail boa and two sloths.

February 17, 2017 at 02:54PM
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During A 1994 Blackout, LA Residents Called 911 When They Saw The Milky Way For The First Time

During A 1994 Blackout, LA Residents Called 911 When They Saw The Milky Way For The First Time
They looked up at the sky. It was flush with cosmic bodies that had been invisible up to that point — twinkling stars, clustered galaxies, distant planets, even a satellite or two. Then some people became nervous. What was that large silvery cloud that trailed over the city?

February 17, 2017 at 12:51PM
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The enormous scale of the erosion problem at the Oroville Dam site

The enormous scale of the erosion problem at the Oroville Dam site
As the fairly desperate attempt continues to shore up the spillways at the Oroville Dam site, and to lower the water level ahead of the next rainstorm, better images are emerging of the scale of the problems on both spillways.

February 16, 2017 at 12:32AM
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Man Solves Ring Puzzle He's Struggled With For 10 Years (With Some Help From Experts)

Man Solves Ring Puzzle He's Struggled With For 10 Years (With Some Help From Experts)
All you have to do is move the metal ring from the green ball to the red ball, but that's no easy feat. And so, after 10 years of fruitless labor, this man went looking for help.

February 16, 2017 at 05:30PM
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Junction design in the Netherlands

Junction design in the Netherlands
The height of American road design these days seems to be, "Let's turn this intersection into a roundabout." The Dutch are operating on another level.

February 15, 2017 at 09:14PM
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The Strange Case Of The Russian Diplomat Who Got His Head Smashed In On Election Day

The Strange Case Of The Russian Diplomat Who Got His Head Smashed In On Election Day
How did Sergei Krivov die? And why did the NYPD close the case?

February 15, 2017 at 01:37PM
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Thor Is Still Annoying The Heck Out Of His Roommate Darryl

Thor Is Still Annoying The Heck Out Of His Roommate Darryl
Thor's been taking a much-needed break after that whole Ultron debacle, but it looks like he's really starting to wear on poor Darryl's nerves.

February 14, 2017 at 03:23PM
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Why Keanu Reeves is a perfect action star

Why Keanu Reeves is a perfect action star
Not all films understand how to utilize the actor’s inherent blankness. Those that do benefit greatly.

February 14, 2017 at 03:00PM
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Greece Evacuates Second Largest City to Remove Giant WWII Bomb

Greece Evacuates Second Largest City to Remove Giant WWII Bomb
It sat undetected for years, right next to a gas station.

February 13, 2017 at 01:00AM
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John Oliver Returns To Take On Trump's Odd Relationship With The Truth

John Oliver Returns To Take On Trump's Odd Relationship With The Truth
The new season of "Last Week Tonight" started last night, about three months too late.

February 13, 2017 at 02:03PM
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Kate McKinnon Joins Melissa McCarthy's Sean Spicer As Jeff Sessions On 'SNL'

Kate McKinnon Joins Melissa McCarthy's Sean Spicer As Jeff Sessions On 'SNL'
After hearing that Donald Trump was reportedly disturbed by the choice to cast a woman as Sean Spicer on "SNL," this week they doubled down and gave Kate McKinnon yet another political role. Clinton, Conway, now Sessions — Kate's started a collection.

February 12, 2017 at 02:50PM
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White House Blocks Listing of Bumble Bee As Endangered Species

White House Blocks Listing of Bumble Bee As Endangered Species
The rusty-patched bumble bee was scheduled to be added to the endangered species list on Friday but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that process will need to be reviewed due to an executive order from the president.

February 12, 2017 at 04:53PM
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The robots are coming.

The robots are coming.
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February 11, 2017 at 01:22PM
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If You Need A Laugh, Here's A Woman In A T-Rex Suit Trying And Failing To Shovel In A Blizzard

If You Need A Laugh, Here's A Woman In A T-Rex Suit Trying And Failing To Shovel In A Blizzard
The world is a dark, serious place these days, which means we all need to take a breather and watch an inflatable T-Rex struggle to put on boots and then get tossed around by blizzard winds.

February 10, 2017 at 06:01PM
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What I Learned About Life by Becoming a Landlord

What I Learned About Life by Becoming a Landlord
A memoir of (a) renovating, (b) repairing, (c) cleaning up, (d) dickering over, (e) painting, (f) repainting, (g) and taking the best care possible of a rental property—and the people inside it.

February 10, 2017 at 04:33PM
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This philosopher predicted Trump's rise in 1998 — and he has another warning for the left

This philosopher predicted Trump's rise in 1998 — and he has another warning for the left
Why Richard Rorty’s critique of the left is as relevant as ever.

February 9, 2017 at 11:39PM
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These dance moves are scientifically proven to be sexy

These dance moves are scientifically proven to be sexy
Whereas the best male dance moves were centralized in the upper body, the best female dance moves centered around the hips, thighs and arms.

February 9, 2017 at 02:25PM
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Brilliant Roller Guardrail Makes Crashes Far Less Severe

Brilliant Roller Guardrail Makes Crashes Far Less Severe
If possible, don't crash into a guardrail at high speed. But if you do, try to crash into one of these nifty roller guardrails, which transfers energy from the crash into rotational energy.

February 9, 2017 at 05:33PM
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The Coretta Scott King letter Elizabeth Warren was trying to read

The Coretta Scott King letter Elizabeth Warren was trying to read
In 1986, Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr., wrote a letter to Sen. Strom Thurmond criticizing Jeff Sessions, who was then a nominee to be a federal judge.

February 8, 2017 at 02:30PM
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Watch Mitch McConnell Shut Down Elizabeth Warren For Reading Coretta Scott King's Letter Criticizing Jeff Sessions

Watch Mitch McConnell Shut Down Elizabeth Warren For Reading Coretta Scott King's Letter Criticizing Jeff Sessions
According to Senate rule 19, a senator cannot "impugn the motivations" of another senator. When Sen. Warren started quoting a decades-old letter from Coretta Scott King, the Senate Majority Leader moved to shut her down immediately.

February 8, 2017 at 11:31PM
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Syria's Secret Mass Executions

Syria's Secret Mass Executions
An investigation from Amnesty International details Assad's attempt to create a phony paper trail to cover up mass executions in Syria.

February 7, 2017 at 02:46AM
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Here's Barack Obama Going Head-To-Head Against Richard Branson In A Kitesurfing Contest

Here's Barack Obama Going Head-To-Head Against Richard Branson In A Kitesurfing Contest
We're just happy number 44 is enjoying retirement.

February 7, 2017 at 03:52PM
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Trump May Tweak Regulations And Raise Senior Healthcare Costs, And Other Trump News From Monday

Trump May Tweak Regulations And Raise Senior Healthcare Costs, And Other Trump News From Monday
We're collecting all of Monday's Trump news in one place. Trump's travel ban moves through the courts, Gorsuch's supposed volunteer work comes under scrutiny, and Putin gives Iran support.

February 6, 2017 at 10:38PM
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84 Lumber Builds A Door In The Border Wall In Ad Deemed 'Too Controversial' For Broadcast

84 Lumber Builds A Door In The Border Wall In Ad Deemed 'Too Controversial' For Broadcast
Donald Trump pledged a "big beautiful door" in his border wall, but he probably didn't mean like this one, from an ad that 84 Lumber says contained "content deemed too controversial for the original ad and banned from broadcast."

February 6, 2017 at 02:17AM
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9th Circuit Court declines to quickly reinstate travel ban

9th Circuit Court declines to quickly reinstate travel ban
The appeals court denied a request filed by the Trump administration to immediately restore the restriction on U.S. entry, instead asking both sides to file more arguments by Monday afternoon.

February 5, 2017 at 02:53PM
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'SNL' Found Their Perfect Sean Spicer In Melissa McCarthy

'SNL' Found Their Perfect Sean Spicer In Melissa McCarthy
Melissa McCarthy is one of the all-time great American comedians, full stop. Spicer's bizarre press conferences are one of the all-time great embarrassments. Perfect combo.

February 5, 2017 at 09:02PM
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On fact, fun and falsehoods.

On fact, fun and falsehoods.
Digg Editions gets you the most out of the internet with top news and the most interesting stories handpicked by our editors

February 4, 2017 at 01:59PM
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Tom Brady, Marshawn Lynch, Gronk And Friends Play 'For Honor' With Conan

Tom Brady, Marshawn Lynch, Gronk And Friends Play 'For Honor' With Conan
Conan goes big for the third annual Super Bowl edition of "Clueless Gamer" with Erin Andrews, icy breath and all, in the wings to offer commentary.

February 3, 2017 at 04:00PM
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