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Facebook insists it’s not raiding academia through its research partnerships with top universities

Facebook has in recent months amped up a push to bring in professors from top-notch universities to work on long-term… Read More

Permit analysis details massive investment by Facebook-owned Oculus in Seattle-area footprint

Facebook is making a massive investment in a Seattle-area campus for its virtual reality company Oculus, and a new report… Read More

Inside the private event where Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and other rivals share security secrets

REDMOND, Wash. — At first glance, the gathering inside Building 99 at Microsoft this week looked like many others inside… Read More

Google and Facebook sued by Washington state AG for alleged violations of campaign finance law

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed suit against Facebook and Google on Monday, alleging that the tech giants aren’t… Read More

Microsoft’s Brad Smith explains what Zuckerberg did right, what Microsoft missed, and how the company has changed

One of the biggest mistakes of Microsoft’s antitrust era was not coming to terms sooner with the U.S. government, but… Read More

Facebook teams up with Porch, HomeAdvisor and Handy for new Marketplace home services offerings

Facebook is partnering with Seattle startup Porch, as well as HomeAdvisor and Handy to launch a new Services addition to… Read More

Virtual reality unleashed: Early impressions of Oculus Go from a bunch of us at GeekWire

It wasn’t the most social happy hour, at least not for those of us back in the real world. But… Read More

FAIR competition? Facebook creates official AI labs in Seattle and Pittsburgh, vying for top talent

After months of work to beef up its artificial intelligence research teams in Seattle and Pittsburgh, Facebook is acknowledging that… Read More

TLDR: Instagram in-app payments, testing out Prime Wardrobe, Paul Allen’s immersive reality project

[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… Read More

Facebook announces major update to the PyTorch AI framework that paves the way for production use

Facebook wants to make sure the open-source PyTorch machine-learning framework supports the needs of developers who want to use its… Read More

TLDR: Facebook F8 Conference Highlights, 98point6 virtual clinic, OfferUp now ships across the continental U.S.

[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… Read More

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

Facebook is working on a new privacy control that will let users manage and clear their browsing history on the… Read More

Facebook-owned Oculus’ $199 standalone Oculus Go virtual reality headset is here

UPDATE: The Oculus Go virtual reality headset is shipping today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at Facebook’s F8 developer conference.… Read More

Facebook beats expectations with $11.9B in Q1 revenue despite recent scandals

Despite the recent scandals plaguing the social media giant, Facebook beat expectations for its first quarter earnings report with $11.97 billion in… Read More

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

Americans have a growing appetite for government regulation of big tech companies in the wake of Facebook’s recent scandals and… Read More

What the tools Facebook built for Europe’s new privacy regulations mean for users everywhere

Facebook fatigue may be setting in after weeks of headlines, hours of Congressional testimony, and a deluge of updates that… Read More

Facebook, Microsoft and other top tech companies vow to fight government-sponsored cyberattacks

More than 30 leading tech companies launched a new cybersecurity accord Tuesday in the hopes of one day inspiring a… Read More

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

[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… Read More

Geek on the Street: Will people keep using Facebook despite data privacy concerns?

For many people, Facebook is the swiss army knife of their social lives. They use it to message friends, stay… Read More

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

During two days of marathon testimony before Congress, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg managed to avoid answering some critical questions about… Read More

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

Mark Zuckerberg faces a second round of questioning from Congress Wednesday, with lawmakers challenging him on Facebook’s privacy scandals, disinformation… Read More

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

[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… Read More

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

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent hours in the hot seat Tuesday, answering questions from a joint hearing of the U.S.… Read More

Watch: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress

Update: Facebook faces Congress: 5 key takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s hearing All eyes and ears are on Mark Zuckerberg today as… Read More

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

[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… Read More

Facebook is forming a research commission to study how social media impacts elections

Facebook is launching an academic initiative to research the impact of social media on democracy as part of the company’s… Read More

Recode’s Kara Swisher rips Facebook, says tech giant was ‘willfully ignorant’

PORTLAND — Count Kara Swisher among those not surprised that Facebook is going through a political reckoning. The veteran tech… Read More

Facebook rolls out new rules for ads promoting politically-charged issues

Facebook is introducing stricter rules for advertisers promoting hot-button issues. Starting today, advertisers who want to buy politically-charged ads will need… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg says he’s not stepping down from Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg still believes he is the right person to run Facebook. He said so on a press call Wednesday… Read More

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

The number of Facebook users whose data was illegitimately shared with Republican-backed political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica was bigger than… Read More