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Joint Europe-Japan Space Mission Captures First Flyby Photos of Mercury
A space mission jointly launched by the European and Japanese space agencies has captured its first, up-close look at the planet Mercury.
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Facebook Is Going To Bring Most Of Messenger’s Features To Instagram
In yet another attempt to unify its various properties into some writhing Akira-esque mass, Facebook announced today that Messenger and Instagram are, for all intents and purposes, merging. Chat features from Messenger will become available to Instagram users, and folks on either service will be able to reach out to one another without needing to…
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Facebook’s New Private Messaging Feature Promises Privacy From Everyone (Except Facebook)
Considering Facebook’s, um, questionable track record on all things privacy, you’d think the company would learn to stop leaning into the phrase when rolling out new products that promise to be safe and secure when the company actually means they’re safe and secure from everyone except, y’know, Facebook.
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Emoji We Lost
Who doesn’t love a good Google blob? From 2013-2017, these doughy emoji served a special role in the digital universe. They represented humans in the form of blobs and gum drop faces, with actual personalities. Often transformed by the type of gloves, hats, and wigs they wore, they spread joy over Android operating systems. But…