Facebook's Diem cryptocurrency project being sold — Report
The controversial cryptocurrency project that Mark Zuckerberg once defended in front of Congress is unraveling after regulatory pressure.
The Diem Association, a cryptocurrency initiative once known as Libra backed by Meta Platforms...
Twitter's new CEO beats Zuckerberg to be youngest in S&P 500 companies
Twitter Inc.’s new Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal is now the youngest CEO in the S&P 500, but apparently just barely.
Agrawal, who was appointed Monday to succeed Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, is 37, the same...
Facebook faces trademark challenge over Meta
The company formerly known as Facebook is facing a possible trademark challenge to its big rebranding plans.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the renaming of its parent company to Meta during the company's Connect 2021 conference last week.
Facebook Inc. is now Meta
Facebook Inc. is re-christening itself Meta, decoupling its corporate identity from the eponymous social network mired in toxic content, and highlighting a shift to an emerging computing platform focused on virtual reality.
“The metaverse is the next frontier,” Chief...
Millions join Telegram and Signal during six-hour WhatsApp outage
Signal and Telegram, two private messenger apps, saw downloads and user sign-ups soar during the extended downtime of Facebook Inc.’s network of apps and services.
Millions of new users joined the Edward Snowden-endorsed Signal...
Clubhouse app launches to the public — and Elon Musk has already joined
Clubhouse, the audio discussion app that launched in February 2020, is now free to join without having to go on a waiting list or receiving an invitation, Engadget reported.
The app launched on an exclusive basis sixteen...
Facebook relies too much on AI content regulation
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg pushed his idea this week that Big Tech can self-police content by publishing reports and data on how well the industry removes objectionable posts.
The problem is Facebook has a system in...
Mark Zuckerberg to testify in investor lawsuit
Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has to explain in court why he dropped a plan to create non-voting shares, which would’ve allowed him to retain control of the world’s largest social-media company after selling most of his stake to fund...
You should thank the super-rich, including Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg
Oxfam has released a report titled An Economy for the 99%, slating the super-rich and calling for transformation of the economic system.
The future will be built in Africa: Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said the “future of the world” will be built on the African continent.
Hackers go after Mark Zuckerberg
A group of hackers calling themselves OurMine briefly took over the social media accounts of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook wants high school students
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to turn more American high school students into well-paid techies – and even hire some of them to work at his social-media company
Iran summons Facebook CEO Zuckerberg over privacy case
An Iranian judge has summoned Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to answer allegations that his company’s apps have breached people’s privacy
Internet abuzz as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg turns 30
Social networking boy wonder Mark Zuckerberg was branded all grown-up on Wednesday, his 30th birthday triggering a barrage of online accolades and playful barbs.
Facebook CEO calls Obama to protest surveillance practices
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg personally called President Barack Obama to protest US government surveillance measures
Richest of the tech world
Forbes has listed the 500 richest people in the world, with Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates, topping the list as the wealthiest man on earth.
Facebook CEO riding high after WhatsApp deal
Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg took a victory lap at the world’s largest mobile technology conference in Barcelona