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Snopes founder explains why Facebook fact-checking partnership dissolved

Snopes wasn’t trying to make a statement when it announced the end of its partnership with Facebook last week. David… Read More

Facebook posts strong profits as users grow 9%

Facebook delivered stronger-than-expected profits in the most recent quarter, boosting the stock more than 8 percent in after-hours trading. Revenues topped… Read More

Facebook reveals size of its Seattle-area footprint, confirms mysterious Oculus ‘Building X’

Facebook has grown as fast as any company in the Seattle area in recent years, but it has done so… Read More

Facebook scoops up yet another Seattle-area office building, continuing blistering growth

UPDATE: Facebook confirmed that it has leased 338,000 square feet in the Block 16 building. Original story below Facebook is starting… Read More

It’s time for Facebook to take a page from Uber’s playbook

Commentary: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his annual personal challenge Tuesday, this time pledging to hold a series of public… Read More

Minimize Facebook? One geek’s attempt to create a healthier relationship with the social network

Like many of us, Andre Vrignaud has a love/hate relationship with Facebook. “I find myself addicted to the product, itching… Read More

Facebook will pause political ad sales for Washington state elections

Facebook plans to pause the sale of political ads for state and local races in Washington by the end of… Read More

Facebook data-sharing partnerships with Amazon, Microsoft and other tech giants at the center of latest privacy scandal

Facebook is in the news again, but not for the reasons it wants to be. The New York Times published… Read More

Facebook, Google settle Washington state lawsuits over political ad disclosures for combined $455K

Facebook and Google have settled dual lawsuits with the Washington attorney general over alleged violations of the state’s political advertisement disclosure… Read More

ZeniMax and Facebook settle Oculus VR suit

It’s been nearly five years, but ZeniMax’s lawsuit with Facebook over the development of the Oculus Rift headset is finally… Read More

Washington state affirms rule requiring Facebook and Google to make political ad disclosures

Washington state officials doubled down on rules requiring companies like Facebook to disclose information about the political ads they sell,… Read More

Facebook set for major expansion of Seattle engineering center with huge new office leases

Facebook is dramatically expanding its engineering center in Seattle, leasing a huge chunk of office space in the South Lake… Read More

Facebook tops 3,000 Seattle-area employees as major hiring spree continues

Facebook’s dizzying growth all over the Seattle area continues unabated, and now the social media giant’s regional presence is up… Read More

Facebook hiring at record pace, adds more than 10k people to headcount in one year

Facebook is making regular headlines for expanding its footprint with big new office leases in the Seattle region, and new… Read More

Building X? Facebook reportedly plans major expansion of Oculus campus in Seattle suburbs

Facebook appears to be eyeing even more expansion in Redmond, Wash., where it has amassed a sprawling campus near Microsoft’s… Read More

Facebook inks two more leases in Bellevue, as tech companies hedge their bets across Seattle region

Facebook already has a large presence in Seattle’s urban core, but the company is increasingly expanding its operation to other… Read More

Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe is leaving Facebook, the latest in a series of founder departures

Brendan Iribe, co-founder and former CEO of Oculus, is leaving Facebook’s virtual reality arm, marking another key founder departure from… Read More

Facebook reveals new details of account breaches, revises login token theft down to 30M people

Facebook is releasing new details of an attack that gave hackers access to tens of millions of individuals’ Facebook accounts.… Read More

Amazon, Microsoft and Google stocks hammered in historically rough trading day

Tech stocks had their worst day in years, as a mass sell-off caused major drops for some of the world’s… Read More

TLDR: Microsoft unveils Project xCloud game streaming service

Today’s featured stories Microsoft will launch Project xCloud game streaming service in 2019, powered by custom servers built from Xbox… Read More

Facebook debuts new video chatting device Portal amid privacy and security concerns

Facebook on Monday unveiled Portal, a new at-home hardware device focused on video chat. Portal and the larger Portal+ use… Read More

Hackers access up to 50M Facebook accounts exploiting ‘vulnerability’ in platform’s code

Hackers were able to access nearly 50 million Facebook accounts by exploiting a security vulnerability, the company said Friday. In… Read More

Facebook unveils standalone $399 Oculus Quest virtual reality headset, shipping next spring

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the company’s next big virtual reality release, the $399 Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest is the… Read More

Most Americans believe tech companies should be regulated like news publishers, survey finds

A whopping 79 percent of Americans believe that tech companies should be regulated in the same way that news organizations… Read More

TLDR: Self-flying planes, Cat celeb Lil Bub lends poop to biotech startup, Facebook tool that tracks your time in the app

Today’s featured stories Boeing to open research center in Boston area, focusing on autonomous aircraft Cat celebrity Lil Bub lends… Read More

TLDR: Facebook discovers political influence campaign, Seattle clinic for families affected by gentrification, Apple beats revenue expectations

Today’s featured stories Facebook discovers coordinated political influence campaign ahead of midterm elections Seattle Children’s opens new community clinic to… Read More

Facebook discovers coordinated political influence campaign ahead of midterm elections

Facebook has uncovered 32 pages and accounts working together to spread messaging tied to hot-button issues, the same tactics used… Read More

TLDR: Facebook misses revenue expectations, new Gmail coming to businesses, AI-powered robotic hand wins Microsoft competition

Today’s featured stories Facebook shares sink 8% as Q2 revenue and user growth misses analyst estimates Google rolls out Gmail… Read More

Facebook shares sink 8% as Q2 revenue and user growth miss analyst estimates

Update: Facebook lost around $120 billion in market value on Thursday following its disappointing earnings. Facebook missed quarterly revenue expectations… Read More

Facebook to end ad targeting that excludes ethnicities and religions in deal with Washington State AG

Facebook has agreed to stop allowing third-party advertisers to exclude ethnic and religious groups when targeting ads for housing, credit,… Read More