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- This fantasy map shows the "Clinton Archipelago," or what America would look like if it was composed solely of islands where people voted for Hillary Clinton.
- Facebook made headlines today when they announced that their Messenger app was now capable of performing group video calls with up to 50 participants. Chats with up to six participants will show up with each stream in a grid, Brady Bunch-style; chats with more than six participants will only display the dominant speaker's feed.
- A brief history of how the "war on Christmas" became a thing.
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