It's no secret that Facebook is looking to expand further into the hardware space as it's already done with its Portal smart display and its series of Oculus VR headsets.

Virtual reality may be starting to grab people's attention.

U.S. senators grilled Apple and Facebook executives over their encryption practices on Tuesday and threatened to regulate the technology unless the companies make encrypted user data accessible to law enforcement.

A non-profit campaign group set up by Berners-Lee has secured the backing of Facebook and Google for his "contract for the web."

Their responses come amid increasing pressure on the tech companies.

More than any other industry, technology companies prioritize ethical issues important to most Americans, according to a study released Tuesday from Forbes and the non-profit research group Just Capital.

The US firm said it "wished it had done more to investigate Cambridge Analytica" earlier.

Facebook News will show users a personalized selection of news stories.

Facial recognition: far from perfect, increasingly everywhere.

Now that it's cut a deal with News Corp to supply headlines.

However, Facebook said that it's working on bringing the feature back.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Facebook is at risk of becoming a "dream come true" for child pornographers if it follows through with a plan to encrypt all of its users' messages.

U.S. payments processor PayPal said on Friday it was leaving Libra Association, the entity managing the Facebook-led effort to build global digital currency Libra, making it the first member to exit the group.

The ruling could let EU nations override other countries' own laws, critics say.

AG Barr wants Mark Zuckerberg to give law enforcement backdoor access to messages.

Visa, Mastercard and other key financial partners may reconsider their involvement in Facebook's cryptocurrency, Libra, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Facebook's upcoming augmented-reality smart glasses will be differentiated from rivals by focusing on connecting people.

Facebook on Monday announced the acquisition of CTRL-labs, a New York startup that specializes in allowing humans to control computers using their brains.

Apps improperly obtained user data, installed malware, and committed other offenses.

Facebook is hoping a partnership with Luxottica will result in the glasses reaching consumers by 2023, 2024 or as late as 2025.

Facebook announced big plans to revolutionize payments in Europe with the launch of a virtual currency. But EU finance ministers see libra as a risk to monetary stability.

Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency suffered another setback on Wednesday when Switzerland said the proposed payments system could face strict rules that typically apply to banks, on top of tough anti-money laundering laws.

State attorneys general are opening the latest inquiries into the companies' practices as government scrutiny grows

The unsecured server exposes phone numbers that can be matched with Facebook accounts.

National security concerns could mean trouble for the nearly 8,000 mile long Pacific Light Cable Network, according to The Wall Street Journal.

ZenGo's wallet will support Libra, a cryptocurrency Facebook plans to launch in 2020.

Facebook lost a federal appeal on Thursday in a lawsuit over facial-recognition data. That could lead to the company paying massive fines over its privacy practices.

Ultimately Building 8 became Portal, a video-chat product that has failed to gain market traction.

The fine represents the largest ever imposed by the FTC against a tech company

In a shot across the bow of online titans like Facebook, Google and Amazon, the Justice Department announced Tuesday it has opened a wide-ranging antitrust investigation of big technology companies and whether their online platforms have hurt competition, suppressed innovation or otherwise harmed consumers.

US regulators have approved a record US$5 billion fine on Facebook to settle an investigation into data privacy violations, reports in US media say.

Waters' request came hours after Facebook unveiled Libra.

Facebook is a key part of the Libra Association, the nonprofit organization behind the Libra cryptocurrency.

Facebook is expected to release a white paper on GlobalCoin, its forthcoming cryptocurrency, on Tuesday.

Facebook has been working on its own cryptocurrency for quite a while now, and it looks like the company is seeking to unveil its product as soon as its month.

Facebook is no longer allowing pre-installation of its apps on Huawei phones.

Chris Hughes says Zuckerberg sacrificed "security and civility for clicks."

The Washington Post reported in January that the FTC is considering a "record-setting fine" for Facebook.

A team based out of Redmond, Washington, has been spearheading the effort to build the new AI assistant.

Google will have to pay publishers for news snippets and Facebook filter out protected content under new copyright rules aimed at ensuring fair compensation for the European Union's $1 trillion creative industries.