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2 days ago

Social media hammered by mounting questions over advertising

Social media has had a rough 2022 with lingering questions about advertising spending and a $44 billion takeover of Twitter that may or may not be happening, depending on which Elon Musk tweet you read.

2 days ago

Why Apple Will Beat Meta in the Mixed-Reality Battle

It has the design chops, the chips and the know-how to ship high-end headsets at scale.

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3 days ago

DC sues Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica privacy breach

The District of Columbia has sued Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg.

3 days ago

Boards for Meta, Twitter face backlash from NY pension fund

A major New York pension fund that has invested in both Facebook’s corporate parent and Twitter believes it’s time to shake up the companies’ boards of directors because of their inability to keep violent content off their influential social media services.

3 days ago

DC AG sues Meta CEO Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal

The lawsuit comes after a judge rejected Racine's attempt to add Zuckerberg as a defendant on his original consumer protection complaint against Facebook.

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D.C. attorney general sues Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica scandal

The suit filed Monday morning accuses the CEO of Facebook parent company Meta of being directly involved in decision making that led to the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal.

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WhatsApp adds messaging tools to attract businesses

WhatsApp parent Meta is moving forward with its push to attract businesses to its popular chat app.

Teen who tracks Elon Musk's jet says he's discovered Mark Zuckerberg's new aircraft

Meta began chartering a new jet in March, about a month after Jack Sweeney started tracking Mark Zuckerberg's travel.

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Facebook's IPO 10 years later — new name, same CEO and a familiar problem

Since Facebook's debut 10 years ago, revenue has expanded by 26-fold, but the company's business is once again reliant on a risky bet on the future of tech.

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Missouri lawmakers approve a photo ID requirement for voters

Two years after the Missouri Supreme Court struck down a similar measure, the state's Republican-led lawmakers passed a bill that would require residents to have photo identification to cast a ballot.

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A Silicon Valley house that Mark Zuckerberg rented in the early days of Facebook is on the market for $5.3 million. Take a look inside.

The six-bedroom house was constantly filled with Facebook employees, said Zuckerberg's landlord at the time.

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Meta's first store aims to lure consumers to the metaverse

The store is designed to expose consumers to Meta's products, which you really have to experience to understand, explains Martin Gilliard, Head of Meta Store.

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Facebook plans to reduce hiring as revenue growth slows and inflation concerns increase

Facebook's parent company is pulling back on hiring midlevel or senior-level workers as advertisers reduce spending.

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Elon Musk asked to testify on Twitter by UK Parliament

A British parliamentary committee scrutinizing draft online safety legislation has invited Elon Musk to discuss his plans to buy Twitter and the changes he’s proposing for the social media platform.

Nonprofits likely under fire as Senate explores ‘dark money’

A Senate hearing on Wednesday is likely to produce fireworks as Republicans and Democrats square off over the role that foundations and nonprofits are playing in elections.

In Idaho, ‘there was fraud’ becomes ‘I won’t encourage voting at all’

What elections look like downstream of the effort to rationalize Trump's false claims.

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How a billionaires boys’ club came to dominate the public square

The information that courses through both legacy publications and social media networks is increasingly shaped by billionaires and other wealthy dynasties.

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Elon Musk told Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'stop hitting on me' after she posted a scathing tweet about a tech 'billionaire with an ego problem'

"I was talking about Zuckerberg but ok," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez replied to Elon Musk in a now-deleted tweet.

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Zuckerberg Pulls Back the Reins in His Metaverse Race

Investors are lapping up Meta’s move to pare back virtual reality spending as Facebook sees a slight rebound in user growth. Don’t bet it will last, though.

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Musk and Other Tech Billionaires Are Out of Control

The Tesla founder will join Zuckerberg, Brin and Page in exercising unparalleled sway over the world’s biggest communications platforms. That is a troubling prospect.

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Facebook shrugs off fears it's losing users

More people used Facebook in the first quarter than analysts expected, easing concerns about competition from TikTok.

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Facebook's stock surge on strong earnings shows our faith in Mark Zuckerberg was not misplaced

While quarterly revenue at Facebook parent Meta Platforms missed, key engagement metrics came in better than expected and so did earnings.

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Facebook holds on to users, stock soars

Facebook reported first-quarter earnings that pleased investors despite slowing revenue growth.

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Meta stock soars despite mixed earnings result

Facebook beat profit expectations and grew its user base, reversing a disappointing quarter last year.

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Facebook forecast points to potential revenue drop for first time

If Facebook's revenue in Q2 comes in at the lower end of its forecast, it would be the company's first revenue drop.

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Facebook parent Meta set to report Q1 earnings after the bell

Facebook reported its first decline in daily active users last quarter, leading to a plunge in the stock price.

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Biden’s tech agenda gets a reality check as Elon Musk buys Twitter

Washington’s hands are largely tied as the world’s richest person acquires an influential social network, an impact of the regulatory void around social media companies.

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Zuckerberg’s First Store Is a Smart But Expensive Metaverse Bet

Facebook is planning retail outlets to help get more people wowed by the Oculus headset.

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These are the books that Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg and Daymond John turned to for crucial business lessons

Billionaires Buffett and Zuckerberg are just a few of the successful business leaders who have gleaned important lessons and career advice from books they've read throughout the years. Here are a few examples of the books on business that have influenced some of the business world's biggest success stories.

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Obama says tech companies have made democracy more vulnerable

President Obama

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Russia sanctions Mark Zuckerberg, Vice President Kamala Harris, and 27 other Americans, indefinitely barring them from entering the country

The travel ban includes US Vice President Kamala Harris, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky, and ABC reporter George Stephanopoulos.

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Here’s what’s coming for the Quest 2

"Among Us" is coming to VR.

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Elon Musk takes a swipe at Mark Zuckerberg's ironclad control of Meta, says it's set up so even 'Mark Zuckerberg the 14th' will be in charge of Facebook and Instagram

When asked whether his role as richest man on Earth could pose a conflict of interest to his Twitter buy, Musk said he wouldn't be like Zuckerberg.

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Meta testing tools to let people sell virtual goods in Horizon Worlds

Mark Zuckerberg wants "creators and entrepreneurs" to be able to make money in the metaverse.

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Nonprofit pledges $80 million for local election administration

Tiana Epps-Johnson, who leads the Center for Tech and Civic Life, said the new U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence would send $80 million in the next five years to election departments across the United States in need of basic funding for equipment replacement and other resources.

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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will test selling virtual goods in the metaverse

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to make it easier for people to spend and make money on virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds.

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Zuckerberg money won't be in next round of aid for elections

The nonprofit that distributed most of the $350 million in donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to election offices in 2020 says it won’t disburse similar donations this year.

Why billionaires Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Peter Thiel want to live longer — and Elon Musk doesn't

Tech billionaires are investing in start-ups focused on anti-aging, life-prolonging and other forms of longevity research. Here's why Elon Musk isn't among them.

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Harassment Still Exists In The Metaverse, Even For Kids

Users have reported concerns of sexual and verbal harassment in virtual reality settings, causing concern especially for kids using the platforms.

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Mississippi joins states limiting outside election funding

Mississippi is the latest Republican-led state to ban election offices from accepting donations from private groups for voting operations.

DC attorney general says fighting big tech is like David versus Goliath

DC AG Karl Racine reflects on being the David to Big Tech's Goliath during his last year in office, in an interview with CNBC.

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Meta's A.I. exodus: Top talent quits as the lab tries to keep pace with rivals

Facebook parent Meta has lost some top artificial intelligence scientists in recent weeks as the company continues with its pivot toward the metaverse.

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Exploring the metaverse: New "CBS Mornings" series looks at the possibilities and limitations of virtual worlds

To get a sense of what the metaverse is, "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil visited an existing piece of it — or at least his avatar did.

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Georgia senators scrap proposal for more election rules

Georgia senators are scrapping further big changes in state election law.

Mark Zuckerberg: Most future jobs will be more 'creative' than 'traditional labor or service'

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg predicts that future technology will clear the way for more imaginative jobs, especially in tech and computer science.

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BuzzFeed says people are spending less time on Facebook

Meta's core Facebook app has been pressured to keep up with competitors, including its own Instagram and the fast-growing TikTok.

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'Kill more': Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya

A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority in advertisements submitted to run on its platform.

Did Amazon violate federal laws? Lawmakers ask for DOJ probe

Lawmakers have made good on their threat to seek a criminal investigation of Amazon, asking the Justice Department to investigate whether Amazon and its senior executives obstructed Congress or violated other laws in testimony on its competition practices.

Warren Buffett is worth $117 billion—once again making him one of the 5 richest people in the world

Unlike the other members of the top-five who have all lost money this year, Warren Buffett has actually seen his fortune grow by $7.8 billion.

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Facebook says 2021 'polar vortex' sapped 1% off net income thanks to higher energy costs

A bout of extreme cold last winter saddled Meta Platforms with additional energy costs, the company told federal regulators in a filing made public last week.

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An interviewer made Mark Zuckerberg circle traffic lights on a piece of paper to prove he isn't a robot

Podcaster Lex Fridman jokingly made Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg complete a real-world CAPTCHA, the puzzles that help computers tell humans from robots.

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Meta says its metaverse ambitions won't be possible without better cellular networks

Meta said that its grand ambition of building the "metaverse" won't be possible if there aren't drastic improvements in today's telecoms networks.

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Russia partially restricts Facebook access, accusing it of censoring some state-run media

Russia's media regulator claimed Facebook had limited official accounts of four Russian media outlets, in a statement translated from Russian to English.

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Britain's former deputy prime minister is now one of the most powerful people at Meta

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has tasked Nick Clegg with leading Meta on "all policy matters" around the world.

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Election experts sound alarms as costs escalate and funding dwindles

A pot of money for helping run elections is running dry, worrying local election officials. Many states are also banning the type of private funding provided by Zuckerberg, which is also worrying local election officials. Much of this funding was used in 2020 to deal with the pandemic. Democrats want more funding included in any election bill -- including the bipartisan ECA push -- but Republicans are balking.

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Navigating job and family, Twitter’s new CEO will take ‘a few weeks’ of paternity leave

The move sets a family-friendly tone at a tricky moment for the social media firm.

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The Five Secrets of How To Be a Bad Boss

A few tips on how to immiserate your employees, destabilize your organization and generally make the world a worse place.

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The Four Secrets of How To Be a Bad Boss

A few tips on how to immiserate your employees, destabilize your organization and generally make the world a worse place.

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Syrian migrants struggle with tensions in Cypriot town

Syrian migrants talk about poor living standards in Cyprus, while local authorities say they want to relocate some of them from a housing complex in the west of the Mediterranean island.

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Facebook market cap falls below $600 billion — which could actually help it dodge new antitrust scrutiny

The milestone points to one of the challenges of crafting laws that target the tech industry.

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Gates, French Gates top list of biggest U.S. charity donors

A handful of Americans donated at least $1 billion to charity last year, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual ranking of the 50 Americans who gave the most to charity in 2021.

EXPLAINER: How China got blue skies in time for Olympics

The clear skies greeting Olympic athletes in Beijing this month is a stark change from just a decade ago when the city’s notorious air pollution often made it difficult to make out nearby buildings.

Peter Thiel leaving board of Facebook parent Meta

A Silicon Valley billionaire and advisor to former President Donald Trump is leaving the board of directors of Facebook parent company Meta.

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Facebook is the big loser of the fourth quarter's advertising wars

Facebook, now Meta, has emerged as the fourth quarter's biggest loser in the hotly contested advertising wars.

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Meta, formerly Facebook, faces historic drop as stock tanks

Meta is putting a lot of virtual eggs — and billions of dollars — into the metaverse basket, and Wall Street is spooked.

Shares of Facebook parent Meta plunge 23% on lower profits

Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, saw its stock plunge in after-hours trading after reporting a rare decline in its fourth quarter profit due to a sharp increase in expenses.

The end: Facebook-backed digital currency Diem sold to bank

A once-ambitious but now faltering Facebook-backed digital currency project known as Diem is dead, its assets sold to bank holding company Silvergate Capital.

Can’t find a movie to watch with your significant other? We found a simple solution

With Valentine’s Day approaching, are you planning a date at home with your loved one? Perhaps a movie night is in order.

Chan, Zuckerberg fighting Native American vaccine hesitancy

Dakota and Navajo actor Dallas Goldtooth joins other influencers — people who have earned the community’s trust — in a two-phase public outreach effort by nonprofit organizations IllumiNative, the Urban Indian Health Institute, and 13 Native groups in states including Alaska, Minnesota, and California.

Lawsuit: Google, Facebook CEOs colluded in online ad sales

Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook to manipulate online advertising sales.

Markets 2021: Stocks soar, IPOs explode, crypto goes wild

Wall Street delivered another strong year in 2021, as a spike in consumer demand fueled by the reopening of the global economy pumped up corporate profits.

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen has book deal

The former Facebook manager who startled the world this fall by leaking tens of thousands of internal documents and accusing her former employer of caring more about money than about public safety has a book deal.

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Instagram head faces senators amid anger over possible harms

The head of Instagram, appearing before a Senate panel, met with deep skepticism over new measures the platform is adopting to protect young users nd the company’s commitment to transparency.

Zuckerberg, Chan to invest up to $3.4B for science advances

A spokesperson for the company that runs the philanthropy of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, said the company is investing up to $3.4 billion to advance human health over 10 to 15 years.

Trump-tied group pushing for voting changes in Wisconsin

A group supporting former President Donald Trump's agenda is working to bypass Wisconsin's Democratic governor to change the swing state's election laws.

Haugen urges lawmakers to avert impasse on social media laws

Ex-Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen implored lawmakers to avert the usual congressional stalemates as they weigh proposals to curb abuses on social media platforms by limiting the companies’ free-speech protections against legal liability.

New Twitter CEO steps from behind the scenes to high profile

Newly named Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal (PUH-rag AH-gur-wahl) has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley’s highest-profile and politically volatile jobs.

Ohio retirement fund sues Facebook over investment loss

Ohio's largest public employee pension fund has sued Facebook, alleging that it broke federal securities law by purposely misleading the public about its product's negative effect on children.

Sinema's shift: 'Prada socialist' to corporate donor magnet

Twenty years ago, when Kyrsten Sinema was a Green Party activist running for the Phoenix City Council, she likened the practice of raising campaign cash to “bribery.”.

The AP Interview: Facebook whistleblower fears the metaverse

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is warning that the virtual reality world at the heart of the social media giant’s growth strategy will be addictive and rob people of personal information while giving the company another monopoly online.

Plenty of pitfalls await Zuckerberg's 'metaverse' plan

Mark Zuckerberg promises that the virtual-reality “metaverse” he’s planning to build will “let you do almost anything.”.

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An "eraser button"? Focused ideas could help bridle Big Tech

Break up Big Tech.

EXPLAINER: What is the metaverse and how will it work?

The term “metaverse” is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination _ so much so that one of the best-known internet platforms is rebranding to embrace the futuristic idea.

Facebook Inc.: A look at other corporate rebranding efforts

Facebook Inc. says it is changing its name to Meta Platforms Inc., joining a long list of companies that have tried to rebrand themselves over the years.

In the middle of a crisis, Facebook Inc. renames itself Meta

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his company is rebranding itself as Meta, an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future.

An author's reminder: Philanthropy isn't defined by money

Philanthropy, Lucy Bernholz says, is like Chex Mix.

Senator asks Facebook CEO to testify on Instagram and kids

The senator leading a probe of Facebook’s Instagram and its impact on young people is asking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify in the Senate.

Who will get Powell Jobs' $3.5B gift for climate work?

Philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs is gearing up to invest $3.5 billion into climate initiatives through her foundation in the next 10 years.

House committee seeks more info from Amazon, issues warning

U.S. House lawmakers are threatening to seek a criminal investigation of Amazon, saying the tech giant has one “final chance” to correct previous testimony by executives on its competition practices.

Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build 'metaverse'

Facebook says it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform.

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EXPLAINER: Could Facebook sue whistleblower Frances Haugen?

Facebook has recently taken a harsher tone toward whistleblower Frances Haugen, suggesting that the social network could be considering legal retaliation after Haugen went public with internal research that she copied before leaving her job earlier this year.

Instagram and teens: How to keep your kids safe

When whistleblower Frances Haugen this week revealed internal Facebook studies of the harms its Instagram service can cause, particularly for teenagers, she reinforced concerns about the popular photo-sharing app.

Facebook whistleblower testifies: Five highlights

A former Facebook data scientist testified before Congress that the social network’s products harm children and fuel polarization in the U.S. while executives reject changes that could hurt company profits.

Ex-Facebook manager criticizes company, urges more oversight

While accusing the giant social network of pursuing profits over safety, a former Facebook data scientist told Congress she believes stricter government oversight could alleviate the dangers the company poses, from harming children to inciting political violence to fueling misinformation.

Facebook puts Instagram for kids on hold after pushback

Instagram is putting a hold on the development of Instagram kids, geared towards children under 13, so it can address concerns about the vulnerability of younger users.

Facebook tech chief Mike Schroepfer to step down

Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer is stepping down from the social media company, taking on a part time role while longtime executive Andrew Bosworth will replace him next year.

Zuckerberg's cash fuels GOP suspicion and new election rules

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donated $400 million to help fund election offices as they scrambled to deal with the coronavirus pandemic last year.

FTC official raps Facebook for booting political ads probe

A senior Federal Trade Commission official is criticizing Facebook’s move to shut down the personal accounts of two academic researchers and terminate their probe into misinformation spread through political ads on the social network.

Lawyers who filed election lawsuit must pay rivals' fees

Two Denver lawyers who filed a class action lawsuit about the presidential election are being sanctioned.

Facebook profits top $10B as its CEO exalts the 'metaverse'

Concerns about a revenue growth slowdown pushed Facebook’s shares lower in after-hours trading Wednesday, not long after the company reported that its second-quarter profits doubled thanks to a massive increase in advertising revenue.

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