Network World

JULY 16, 2019

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission hit Facebook with a $5 billion fine for mishandling user data. On this episode of TECH(feed), Juliet discusses the implications of this fine -- and how Facebook may (or may not) change its practices. The fine comes after the FTC’s investigation following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Facebook has had a harrowing 2018. First the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal and then the issue of selling personal user information to Chinese smartphone companies for profit. And now, the recent data breach which could have affected millions of its users.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 25, 2021

This so-called metaverse has captured the tech zeitgeist and is attracting billions in investments. Last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg even announced plans to turn his trillion-dollar social network into […].

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Forrester IT

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

On February 18, 2021 Facebook announced it would restrict sharing or viewing local and international news content in Australia in response to the Morrison Government’s move to regulate the relationship between the tech giant and news media outlets.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

should regulate internet platforms like Facebook and Google over their use of online targeting algorithms and force them to share data with researchers, an advisor to the government has said.

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Vox

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying in Congress in 2019 | Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images. The report scrutinizes the ways that the four biggest tech companies have amassed enormous market power.

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Gizmodo

JULY 29, 2020

Big Tech companies will make history on Wednesday when some of the most powerful CEOs in the country testify to Congress. Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, and Sundar Pichai of Alphabet/Google will get the spotlight starting at 12 p.m. Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific on Wednesday, July 29.… Read more.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 19, 2021

Read Meghan Bobrowsky explain why Facebook and Roblox see The Metaverse as the key to the Internet’s next phase on Wall Street Journal : A new tech-industry battle is taking shape over the “metaverse” as companies such as Facebook Inc. and Roblox Corp.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The launch follows a summer of hype for the metaverse, an immersive online experience across tech platforms that Mark Zuckerberg told the Verge in July is Facebook’s (FB) “overarching goal.” ” […].

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GeekWire

JULY 28, 2020

A lot has changed in two decades, and Wednesday’s Big Tech hearing will reflect that. That concerns the House subcommittee on antitrust, as well as regulators at the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, which have divvied up inquiries into the competitive behavior of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Read Jacob Silverman’s criticism of Facebook’s version of The Metaverse and why he calls its the soulless version of future on The New Republic : If you’ve skimmed the tech press in recent months, it’s been difficult to escape articles about the breathlessly overhyped promise of “the metaverse,” a vast digital space that combines virtual (..)

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 6, 2022

As it did with Instagram, Meta is teaming up with a third-party company, Yoti, for the age identification system. It uses machine learning trained on "hundreds of thousands" of pictures to estimate a person's age. You can try it out anonymously right here if you want to feel young/old.

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Tech Republic Data Center

JULY 12, 2017

Look at what Google, Twitter, and Facebook are doing today, and you'll see where tech is going in the future. Right now, it's all about microservices.

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The Verge

JULY 29, 2020

Ahead of the antitrust hearing that’s due to take place later today , the opening statements from the CEOs of Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook have been published on the House Judiciary Committee’s website. Pichai also notes that Google faces competition in the digital ad market, though without specifically mentioning Facebook.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 6, 2021

Andrew Bosworth, Facebook’s vice president of virtual reality and augmented reality, suggested to Bloomberg that the glasses, which are being built in collaboration with Luxottica Group subsidiary Ray-Ban, won’t overlay digital objects over the real world.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 11, 2024

No tech company cut as many jobs as Amazon last year. The firm laid off 27,000 workers, almost three times the number of people Facebook and Microsoft let go, and more than double the number of jobs Google cut. Read Entire Article

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Venture Beast

JUNE 19, 2021

Data regulators can scrutinize Big Tech for privacy abuses even if the enterprises are not based in that country, said EU's Court of Justice. Read More.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testifies during the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis” in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2024. It was modeled after Friendster, a now-defunct social networking site that, well, was a lot like Facebook.

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GeekWire

MARCH 11, 2021

Former Facebook Director of Engineering Calvin Grunewald has left the social media giant after nine years and joined Playco , a Tokyo mobile gaming company, as chief technology officer. . Based in Seattle, Grunewald previously supported Facebook’s gaming team and helped bring the platform’s Instant Games to reality in 2017.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 6, 2020

Facebook’s Arbor Blocks office in Seattle. Facebook, which operates a large engineering outpost in Seattle, said today that it will allow employees to work from home until July 2021 as COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the U.S. It’s the latest tech company to alter its work from home policy.

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TechSpot

MAY 5, 2023

However, this shouldn't surprise anyone watching the tech industry, as pretty much all tech giants are working on their own chips. Facebook, Amazon, Google, Baidu, and others are. Earlier this week, we learned that Microsoft might be interested in following the Apple recipe of developing custom silicon for its ambitions.

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Gizmodo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Two major technology trade groups repping some of the biggest names in tech—including Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter—are suing the state of Texas over the state’s new law barring their platforms from cracking down on far-right content. Read more.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Jessica Sems was on Facebook at 2 am when hackers struck in a series of attacks. She was able to get back on Netflix after chatting with support for an hour, but as of late September, her Facebook account had still not been recovered since the initial hack six months earlier. First, she was locked out. The answer is simple: money.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Tech companies such Google, Amazon , Meta (Facebook) and others laid off tens of thousands of workers last year as an adjustment to over-hiring during the COVID-19 pandemic. The surge in firings was led by the tech and financial services sectors. (In But the firings have not abated in 2024.

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Information Week

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Facebook's parent company Meta is laying off 13% of its workforce, a week after another social media giant, Twitter, laid off half of its employees. What do these moves say about tech trends going forward and the tech labor market in 2023?

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Information Week

JANUARY 5, 2023

White House investments in tech and green energy; FTC takes on Facebook; digital forensics in Ukraine; TikTok spies; politicians in jail; tech investments in Africa; and more.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The rebrand would likely position the blue Facebook app as one of many products under a parent company overseeing groups like Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, and more.

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Anoop

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

and Facebook Page to get latest updates. We’re an online and in-person tech-enthusiast group hosting live speaking events on a range of tech topics related to Windows Virtual Desktop. Subscribe YouTube Channel [link]. Happy to announce #INWVDUG Indian Windows Virtual Desktop User Group.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Facebook is now purchasing the property from REI, which decided to sell amid the shift to remote work caused by the pandemic. Facebook is yet again expanding in the Seattle region, its largest engineering hub outside of Silicon Valley. The expansion comes despite Facebook’s embrace of remote work amid the pandemic.

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 26, 2024

We finally have the Facebook settlement payout date 2024; despite not being exact, it is still something! This development heralds a pivotal moment for millions of Facebook users who have been closely following the case, anticipating a tangible acknowledgment of their privacy concerns. Good news for Facebook users!

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GeekWire

MARCH 6, 2024

Tech commentator, podcast host, veteran journalist, and entrepreneur Kara Swisher discusses her new book, “Burn Book: A Tech Love Story,” March 5, 2024, at Town Hall in Seattle with Alex Stamos, former Facebook and Yahoo chief security officer. … “Then it got perfect because of two things.

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The Verge

JUNE 7, 2021

Apple paid an unknown multimillion-dollar sum to a woman after iPhone repair technicians uploaded nude photos from her phone to Facebook. While the phone was being repaired at Pegatron’s California facility, two technicians uploaded sexually explicit photos and a video from her phone to her Facebook account.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 24, 2022

The metaverse seems to be the next in-thing in the tech world. Everybody is talking about it, and seemingly every Big Tech company wants in on the ground floor. Mark Zuckerberg is so enthusiastic about the metaverse he changed Facebook's name to "Meta."

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Vox

APRIL 18, 2023

Zuckerberg previously said that cuts in April would impact tech departments, while another planned round of cuts in May will impact the business side of the company. At the end of last year, Meta, which is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, had around 86,000 employees.

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GeekWire

APRIL 21, 2024

Most popular stories on GeekWire Initiative to axe carbon emissions law could ‘slam the brakes’ on Washington’s climate tech sector Washington is leaning into the fight against climate change. … Read More Destination Spokane: How remote work and new arrivals are changing one tech community SPOKANE, Wash. —

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Gizmodo

JULY 28, 2021

At the start of the pandemic, Big Tech led the way in embracing remote work. While Google and Facebook announced today they will require all staffers to be… Read more. Now, it’s also serving as a bellwether of how companies are planning to safely return to the office. But it doesn’t look like everyone is on the same page.

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Venture Beast

MARCH 14, 2021

Apple and Facebook have marked out their data privacy battlelines, and the impact will be felt across the tech and business worlds. Read More.

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