The number of Facebook users whose data was illegitimately shared with Republican-backed political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica was bigger than previously thought. In a new announcement Wednesday, Facebook said that… Read More
When Mark Zuckerberg sat down to record an episode of Freakonomics Radio’s “Secret Life of CEOs” last summer, he couldn’t have predicted every scandal that resulted in the political quagmire… Read More
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made his first public statement Wednesday following reports thatRepublican campaign operatives obtained data from 50 million users to inform the campaigns of President Donald Trump and… Read More
Lingering bad feelings toward Facebook’s response to Russian-linked accounts spreading “fake news” during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign could be having an effect on the social media giant’s most lucrative… Read More
Facebook’s image suffered some serious blows in 2017. So rather than wear a tie everyday or learn a complex foreign language (as he has in years past), Mark Zuckerberg’s personal… Read More
Bob Ferguson — the Washington state attorney general who gained notoriety in the tech community by enlisting business to take on President Donald Trump — is optimistic about his latest… Read More
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was forced to apologize in the comments of his own post on Tuesday after a demo showing off the company’s new virtual reality app Spaces drew… Read More
LEAVENWORTH, Wash. — Todd Schulte believes, to his core, that the immigration system can be fixed “with one turn of the key” — but even if the solution is simple, it’s… Read More
Faced with the decision over whether to adhere to its standard of protecting user content or to help safeguard the integrity of U.S. elections, Facebook says it has chosen the… Read More
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are proud parents of a new baby girl, and just like the many millions of people who connect on Facebook, the couple shared the news… Read More
Techies, grab some popcorn: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and SpaceX/Tesla CEO Elon Musk are throwing shade at each other over what Musk considers the scariest issue facing humanity: the rapid… Read More
As of this morning, Facebook says there are a staggering 2 billion people worldwide using the social network every month. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the milestone in a few… Read More
Code.org is giving low-income students a chance to learn how to code through a free course called “Computer Science Discoveries.” The yearlong course, unveiled this week at Code.org’s TeacherCon conference… Read More
Facebook is betting big on augmented reality. Kicking off the annual F8 developer conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans for an open augmented reality platform to allow third-party developers… Read More
Facebook will use artificial intelligence to organize a global community on social media, Mark Zuckerberg said in a nearly 6,000-word letter published Thursday. The CEO touched on dozens of global… Read More
You’re going to start seeing more video in your Facebook feed. In Wednesday’s quarterly earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that Facebook is making a push into video, but said… Read More
[FOLLOW-UP: Court partially blocks Trump immigration ban amid protests and tech industry backlash] President Trump’s actions on immigration during his first week in office are sending shock waves through the technology… Read More
Growing up on Facebook, or as the daughter of the guy who created Facebook, is likely to lead to a unique and public life for Mark Zuckerberg’s little girl, Max. Max’s daddy… Read More
“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” You don’t have to look much farther than the legacies of Bill Gates, Larry Page, Steve Wozniak, and Mark Zuckerberg to… Read More
When Mark Zuckerberg revealed his personal challenge for the new year back in January, he said he wanted to build an AI to run his home and help with his work. He… Read More
Code.org, a Seattle-based non-profit that promotes computer science education around the world, secured a $15 million donation from Facebook, to be collected over the next five years. The funds will go toward… Read More
In a bid to be more transparent, Facebook is sharing how it organizes News Feeds and updating how it ranks its content. In a blog post this morning, Facebook Vice President… Read More
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may be planning to give away almost all of his stock in the company, but that doesn’t mean he’s going anywhere. “I plan on being involved… Read More
Too much time on Facebook may leave you wondering which way is up or down, and now the social media giant is adding 360-degree photos to further immerse you in the… Read More
Fresh from hearing what Glenn Beck, Chewbacca Mom and astronauts think about Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is going to broaden the audience a bit when he conducts a Q&A via… Read More
There are plenty of billionaires racing to get us to space in one way or another, but Mark Zuckerberg sort of beat them to the punch Wednesday when he participated… Read More
In a collision of circumstances, news about how Facebook selects items for its Trending Topics menu and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s reaction to that news were both showing up as trending topics on… Read More
Code.org, the non-profit that promotes computer science education around the world, has secured $23 million in donations from Microsoft, Infosys, Google, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, and several others. Seattle-based Code.org will… Read More
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg continued his charm offensive in China this week, meeting with the country’s propaganda tsar and going on a controversial jog in the smog as part a long-term… Read More