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The hidden history of Microsoft and Facebook, and what it says about the social network’s future

by Todd Bishop on March 3, 2020March 5, 2020 at 8:11 am 4 Comments

Could Microsoft’s renaissance give Facebook a blueprint for its own? That’s one of the questions I asked veteran tech journalist Steven Levy, editor-at-large for Wired magazine, during our conversation about… Read More

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The decade when tech turned dark: Learning from the mistakes of the past 10 years

by Christopher Budd on January 1, 2020January 1, 2020 at 9:30 am 3 Comments

The arrival of 2020 is a chance to look back on the past decade and what it has meant for the world of technology. Recent security problems with security cameras… Read More

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Should Facebook ban political ads? Here’s what happened when one state tried to force the issue

by Monica Nickelsburg on October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 at 10:17 amComment

Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook’s decision to continue running political ads this week, despite concerns about disinformation, in a passionate speech about free expression at Georgetown University. But a legal crackdown… Read More

Leaked transcript: Facebook’s Zuckerberg thinks a Warren presidency would ‘suck for us’

by Monica Nickelsburg on October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 at 11:44 amComment

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks a Warren presidency would “suck for us.” That’s what the besieged executive told employees at a July meeting, according to recordings obtained by The Verge… Read More

Life after Facebook: New book ‘Bitcoin Billionaires’ redeems the Winklevoss twins

by Molly Brown on May 25, 2019May 25, 2019 at 6:46 amComment

In case you were wondering what those Winklevoss Twins have been up to after that whole Facebook debacle, here it is. Bitcoin Billionaires starts right where the Facebook lawsuit between… Read More

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Brad Smith as Facebook’s next CEO? Former FB exec says Microsoft president should replace Zuck

by Taylor Soper on May 21, 2019May 22, 2019 at 10:55 am1 Comment

Here’s one potential solution to help Facebook recover from its recent controversies: hire Brad Smith. That’s the recommendation from Alex Stamos, Facebook’s former chief information security officer who thinks that… Read More

Facebook launches redesign, pitches privacy pivot at F8 conference

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 at 11:31 amComment

Facebook is getting a makeover. The new Facebook app and website ditches the signature blue bar in favor of a cleaner design that features Groups and Stories more prominently. “This… Read More

Facebook taps former Vulcan and Gates Ventures exec John Pinette to run global communications

by James Thorne on April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 at 7:09 pmComment

Facebook has a new point person for its global communications, and he’s a familiar figure in the Pacific Northwest tech community. The social media giant just announced Seattle tech industry… Read More

Beyond ‘Zucked,’ what concerns author Roger McNamee most about our future in tech

by Molly Brown on February 28, 2019February 28, 2019 at 2:53 pmComment

Roger McNamee is a veteran investor in Silicon Valley, and one of the earliest people to invest in Facebook, even offering advice to Mark Zuckerberg when he was a young… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

The hidden history of Microsoft and Facebook, and what it says about the social network’s future

Should Facebook ban political ads? Here’s what happened when one state tried to force the issue

Leaked transcript: Facebook’s Zuckerberg thinks a Warren presidency would ‘suck for us’

Life after Facebook: New book ‘Bitcoin Billionaires’ redeems the Winklevoss twins

Brad Smith as Facebook’s next CEO? Former FB exec says Microsoft president should replace Zuck

Facebook launches redesign, pitches privacy pivot at F8 conference

Facebook taps former Vulcan and Gates Ventures exec John Pinette to run global communications

Beyond ‘Zucked,’ what concerns author Roger McNamee most about our future in tech

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

Facebook posts strong profits as users grow 9%

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

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

Watch: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress

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

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

Mark Zuckerberg says he’s not stepping down from Facebook

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

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

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg breaks silence on data breach scandal

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

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

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

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