This Freakonomics Radio episode revisits the economics of sleep and explores the tactics of competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi. via Freakonomics.

This data describes properties for a web page displaying a Twitter timeline. via Twitter

McSweeney's Internet Tendency shared a list of their 16 most-read articles from 2016, covering humorous topics like grading papers and political discourse. via The source of this content is McSweeney's Internet Tendency.

This Ad Age article claims the top 10 Reddit posts of 2016 perfectly reflected the year's digital discourse and summarizes each post.

WIRED released a list of their top science books from 2016. via WIRED

Seth Godin ponders why we rarely discuss our first experiences with programming or sales, despite often reminiscing about early manual labor jobs. via Seth's Blog

Facebook uses data from users' offline life, gathered through data broker contracts, to refine its advertising profile of you. via MIT Technology Review.

This article outlines the behind-the-scenes operations of beer distributors and how they're adapting to the increasing variety of craft beers. via Brewbound.

Digiday highlights six notable advertisements from 2016 that you didn't see, praising their creativity and simplicity. via Digiday

In 2017, virtual assistant wars heated up as Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant, and Cortana competed to become the leading AI, similar to the mobile platform wars. via Fast Company

The Guardian reports that a joint FBI-DHS report links two Russian intelligence hacking groups to the hacks of Democratic Party organizations.