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After leaking government documents about global surveillance, Edward Snowden flees to Russia where he is granted asylum.
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over 50% of American adults bank online, according to Pew Research Center
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Facebook buys Whatsapp for $19 billion.
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During the 2014 Oscar Awards, Ellen DeGeneres takes a selfie with 11 other actors, garnering 3 million retweets, bringing down the Twitter servers temporarily.
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The number of Instagram users surpasses Twitter users, 400 million users compared to 316 million.
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Microsoft releases Windows 10 operating system.
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On the day of the 2016 presidential election, Twitter was the largest source of breaking news that day.
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In March 2017 Fortnite Battle Royale was released by Epic Games. By the end of the year it had more than 125 million players.
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Orange and Google have teamed up to build a transatlantic fiber cable from the United States to France, to be constructed starting in 2020.
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In 2018 Netflix had 137 million customers worldwide. It is the largest online video subscription service.
