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Review: ‘Zucked’ examines Facebook’s unchecked power and ‘catastrophic’ results for us all

by Molly Brown on February 10, 2019February 11, 2019 at 10:29 am 2 Comments

Facebook has made a lot of headlines for being on the wrong side of democracy and privacy in the past couple years, and if you’ve been remotely tuned into this,… Read More

Facebook posts strong profits as users grow 9%

by James Thorne on January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 at 2:14 pm 2 Comments

Facebook delivered stronger-than-expected profits in the most recent quarter, boosting the stock more than 8 percent in after-hours trading. Revenues topped analysts’ forecasts at $16.9 billion and earnings per share came… Read More

Facebook is building a new Clear History feature to give users more control over browsing data

by Nat Levy on May 1, 2018May 1, 2018 at 10:21 amComment

Facebook is working on a new privacy control that will let users manage and clear their browsing history on the social network, in a bid to give users more say… Read More

Most Americans think tech giants should be regulated like banks but doubt the government can get it done, survey finds

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 23, 2018April 23, 2018 at 10:13 amComment

Americans have a growing appetite for government regulation of big tech companies in the wake of Facebook’s recent scandals and other data privacy breaches, according to a new survey by… Read More

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TLDR: Day 2 of Zuckerberg’s testimony, protest at Amazon HQ, Snap Spectacles

by Starla Sampaco on April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 at 11:27 pmComment

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every episode, check back weekday afternoons for more, and sign up… Read More

Congresswoman lists 6 things Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he doesn’t know, but really should

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 at 12:54 pm 2 Comments

During two days of marathon testimony before Congress, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg managed to avoid answering some critical questions about how user information is managed and the extent to which… Read More

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Facebook at Congress, Day 2: Watch Zuckerberg field questions on regulation, privacy, and elections

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 at 9:35 amComment

Mark Zuckerberg faces a second round of questioning from Congress Wednesday, with lawmakers challenging him on Facebook’s privacy scandals, disinformation issues, and the role the platform plays in elections. Wednesday’s… Read More

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TLDR: Zuckerberg testifies before Congress, 🚗Seattle wants to regulate Uber and Lyft, Microsoft’s new smart mat

by Starla Sampaco on April 10, 2018April 10, 2018 at 5:11 pmComment

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every episode, check back weekday afternoons for more, and sign up… Read More

Facebook faces Congress: 5 key takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s hearing

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 10, 2018April 11, 2018 at 10:21 am 11 Comments

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent hours in the hot seat Tuesday, answering questions from a joint hearing of the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary and Commerce Committees. But unlike the brutal grilling… Read More

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Watch: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress

by Taylor Soper on April 10, 2018April 10, 2018 at 4:29 pm1 Comment

Update: Facebook faces Congress: 5 key takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s hearing All eyes and ears are on Mark Zuckerberg today as the Facebook boss testifies before Congress in Washington D.C. His… Read More

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TLDR: Congress releases Zuckerberg’s testimony, 👂ear-cleaning headphones, 🚀Elon Musk shows off SpaceX tool

by Starla Sampaco on April 9, 2018April 9, 2018 at 4:21 pmComment

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every episode, check back weekday afternoons for more, and sign up… Read More

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden slams Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg: “you should own your data”

by Tom Krazit on April 6, 2018April 8, 2018 at 1:25 pmComment

PORTLAND – It’s been a rough few weeks for Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Senator Ron Wyden implied Friday that things are about to get even tougher in the… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg says he’s not stepping down from Facebook

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 at 2:34 pm1 Comment

Mark Zuckerberg still believes he is the right person to run Facebook. He said so on a press call Wednesday when a reporter asked if he should continue to steer… Read More

Facebook now says data from up to 87M users was shared with Cambridge Analytica, far more than previously reported

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 at 12:15 pm 2 Comments

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

Zuckerberg in 2017: People share on Facebook because they trust ‘privacy is going to be protected’

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 2, 2018April 3, 2018 at 10:51 amComment

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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TLDR: Apple’s new iPad, big Pokémon Go update, and Zuckerberg will face Congress

by Todd Bishop on March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 at 4:52 pmComment

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube to catch every episode, check back every weekday afternoon for more, and… Read More

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg breaks silence on data breach scandal

by Nat Levy on March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 at 1:30 pm 5 Comments

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

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Number of daily Facebook users drops for first time in N. America as Zuckerberg calls 2017 a hard year

by Kurt Schlosser on January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 at 3:34 pm1 Comment

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

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Mark Zuckerberg makes fixing Facebook’s most controversial problems his ‘personal challenge’ for 2018

by Monica Nickelsburg on January 4, 2018January 4, 2018 at 9:24 am 5 Comments

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

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Why Washington AG Bob Ferguson doesn’t expect DACA protections to be rolled back

by Monica Nickelsburg on October 15, 2017October 15, 2017 at 9:11 amComment

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

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Mark Zuckerberg apologizes after ‘magical’ Facebook VR tour of hurricane-torn Puerto Rico

by Kurt Schlosser on October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 at 3:54 pmComment

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

Mark Zuckerberg’s immigration reform chief: ‘There isn’t a technological hack to the system; Congress has to act’

by Monica Nickelsburg on September 26, 2017September 27, 2017 at 11:56 amComment

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

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Facebook to hand over 3,000 Russia-linked ads to Congress in ongoing election investigation

by Kurt Schlosser on September 21, 2017September 21, 2017 at 1:26 pmComment

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

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Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan welcome new baby girl with Facebook post

by Kurt Schlosser on August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 at 12:23 pmComment

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

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Clash of the Titans: Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk trade zingers over AI fears

by Alan Boyle on July 25, 2017July 25, 2017 at 10:46 am 3 Comments

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

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Facebook reaches 2 billion users, as Zuckerberg expands social network’s mission

by Monica Nickelsburg on June 27, 2017June 27, 2017 at 10:39 am1 Comment

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

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Code.org gears up to get 30,000 students psyched up about computer science

by Chelsey Ballarte on June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 at 8:50 amComment

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

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Augmented reality will be Facebook’s next big push, starting with smartphone cameras

by Nat Levy on April 18, 2017April 18, 2017 at 4:49 pm 3 Comments

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

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In 6,000-word letter, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg addresses fake news, terrorism, communities, and more

by Jillian Stampher on February 16, 2017February 16, 2017 at 2:42 pm 4 Comments

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

Zuckerberg calls video a ‘megatrend’ as Facebook expands focus and looks at ‘episodic’ content

by Jillian Stampher on February 1, 2017February 1, 2017 at 4:23 pm 2 Comments

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

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