Articles about Mark Zuckerberg

This is 40? Bill Gates crams into recreated Harvard dorm for Mark Zuckerberg’s milestone birthday

Bill Gates left Harvard to start Microsoft. Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard to concentrate on Facebook. But the two… Read More

Meta fights shutdown of Seattle-area Reality Labs cleanroom by state safety regulators

Meta Platforms is asking a judge in Seattle to nullify a Washington State Department of Labor & Industries order that… Read More

Meta laying off 10,000 more workers, four months after Facebook parent cut 11,000

Meta announced another round of significant layoffs on Tuesday, as the parent company of Facebook and Instagram said it would… Read More

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When Mark Zuckerberg met Seattle: Facebook, Meta, and a turning point for Silicon Valley

The year was 2011, Facebook was serving a mere 600 million users, and Mark Zuckerberg was making his pitch to… Read More

Meta layoffs ripple through Seattle region, taking some of the luster from ‘Silicon Valley North’

Mark Zuckerberg got it wrong. The Meta CEO and Facebook founder admitted this explicitly Wednesday morning, announcing the layoff of… Read More

Microsoft goes Meta: Here’s what Nadella and Zuckerberg announced for the new Quest Pro

Microsoft will make Windows, Office, Teams and other programs available for the new Meta Quest Pro and existing Meta Quest… Read More

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The state of the tech economy: Takeaways from Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we play highlights and offer our thoughts on the recent earnings calls of Amazon,… Read More

Rep. Adam Schiff rips Amazon and Facebook for ‘directly profiting’ on COVID-19 misinformation

Rep. Adam Schiff, in separate letters to bosses of tech giants Amazon and Facebook, criticized the efforts of both companies… Read More

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How Facebook works: Comparing its engineering process to Google, Microsoft, and Amazon

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees recently that the company’s long-term goal is to “bring the metaverse to life” —… Read More

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

Could Microsoft’s renaissance give Facebook a blueprint for its own? That’s one of the questions I asked veteran tech journalist… Read More

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

The arrival of 2020 is a chance to look back on the past decade and what it has meant for… Read More

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

Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook’s decision to continue running political ads this week, despite concerns about disinformation, in a passionate speech… Read More

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

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks a Warren presidency would “suck for us.” That’s what the besieged executive told employees at… Read More

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

In case you were wondering what those Winklevoss Twins have been up to after that whole Facebook debacle, here it… Read More

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

Here’s one potential solution to help Facebook recover from its recent controversies: hire Brad Smith. That’s the recommendation from Alex… Read More

Facebook launches redesign, pitches privacy pivot at F8 conference

Facebook is getting a makeover. The new Facebook app and website ditches the signature blue bar in favor of a… Read More

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

Facebook has a new point person for its global communications, and he’s a familiar figure in the Pacific Northwest tech… Read More

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

Roger McNamee is a veteran investor in Silicon Valley, and one of the earliest people to invest in Facebook, even… Read More

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

Facebook has made a lot of headlines for being on the wrong side of democracy and privacy in the past… 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 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

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

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

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

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

PORTLAND – It’s been a rough few weeks for Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Senator Ron Wyden implied Friday… Read More