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Media partners like CNN, BuzzFeed, and Vox will finally be able to share Discover content outside of Snapchat.

Snapchat has until now been something of an island in the social media landscape: Unlike YouTube or Twitter, it wasn’t possible to directly link to Snapchat content. This meant that media partners with Discover channels, for example, had to find ways to circumvent the platform’s limitations, including using third-party services to share video snippets from Snapchat on Twitter. But as of this week, the popular messaging app is changing all that, with the introduction of direct links to Snapchat content that publishers can post on Facebook or Twitter, Digiday reports.

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An update to Chrome for Android strips images from mobile web pages, reducing loading times and data usage.

Google is rolling out an improvement to the Android version of Chrome that is primarily intended for users in emerging economies, but which will likely been a boon to Android owners worldwide. The newest version of Chrome for Android has an improved data saver mode that removes most images from pages being loaded via a slow connection.

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After more than a decade, the veil has been lifted on a secret letter sent under gag order to an Internet service provider.

A secret FBI letter sent to an Internet entrepreneur has been unveiled after more than a decade—and its contents reveal a surprising truth.

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Maybe the problem isn’t lack of candidates, maybe it’s that the pipeline is broken.

Joshua Mann is something of an anomaly in the technology industry. He’s a black engineer. In a report in the International Business Times, Mann, who is on his way to earning a PhD at Purdue to eventually go on to design rocket engines that could transport humans to Mars, is held up as an example of the appalling lack of diversity in Silicon Valley.

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In a note to their newly born daughter, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan pledged to donate 99% of their Facebook shares to charity.

On Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced the birth of their first child, a daughter named Max. In a lengthy letter posted on Facebook, Zuckerberg and Chan discussed the problems facing the world today, and announced the creation of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a charitable organization that will address “advancing human potential and promoting equality.”

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Struggling to understand a deluge of new theories, scientists have created one of the most high-resolution images of the universe ever made

Researchers are using high-powered computer simulations to help understand one of the most puzzling phenomena in science—how the universe is expanding faster than ever.

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The brainchild of the Primordial Research Project, this car is based on billions of data points plugged into generative-design software.

When you hear about a plan to build the first car ever designed and engineered by an artificially intelligent system, it sounds compelling. Especially when the men explaining their vision are named—I kid you not—Mickey and Mouse.

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Zuckerberg structured his pledge, currently worth $45 billion, so that he maintains voting control of Facebook.

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today the birth of a baby girl with his wife Priscilla Chan—and in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing today, pledged to give away 99% of his stock in the social network toward charitable causes in his lifetime.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s unconventional baby announcement sparked a wave of snarky tweets.

On Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced the birth of their first child, a daughter named Max, and also said they plan to donate 99% of their Facebook shares to charity.

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Ma’am, do you know how fast you were just going?

You might think you’re not moving right now, but you couldn’t be more wrong. This big blue orb known as Earth is always spinning around the sun, and even when you’re sitting perfectly still, you’re still hurtling through space at a faster speed than most of us could fathom.

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