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Zuckerberg: Machines Will Not Win, But Expect Telepathic Comms
Professor Stephen Hawking and Arnold Schwarzenegger drop in for townhall Q&A with Zuckerberg
Facebook Recruits Yahoo’s Alex Stamos As New Security Chief
Stamos replaces Joe Sullivan, who left to join Uber earlier this year
Facebook Study Into SSDs Finds ‘Several Distinct Failure Periods’
But paper in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University claims that read disturbance errors do not increase failure rates
Facebook Reportedly Abandons Internet.org Satellites
Is space the final frontier for Facebook? Reports suggest it has abandoned satellite plans for Internet.org
Apple CEO Tim Cook Slams Tech Rivals Over Privacy
Tim Cook criticised rivals over privacy and warns about government attempts to weaken encryption
Sony Eyes Data Centre Boost With Cold Storage Acquisition
Sony Corporation has acquired OAI, an optical storage startup, to technological demands from the growing cold archive market
Amazon Starts European Corporate Tax Payments
Amazon begins paying corporate tax in a number of European countries, but will Google and Apple follow suit?
Facebook’s Internet.org Criticised In Open Letter
Open letter accuses Mark Zuckerberg of creating a walled garden with the Internet.org initative
Belgian Privacy Watchdog Hits Back After Facebook Criticism
Tit for tat argument continues as Belgian Privacy Watchdog sharply criticises Facebook and its privacy controls
Tax Practices Of Tech Giants Attacked By OECD Official
The man in charge of reforming global tax laws warns tech giants to stop “extremely aggressive” tax planning
Facebook Instant Articles Promises Better Mobile Experience
New Facebook tool for publishers quickly creates interactive news articles on social network
Facebook Launches Major Anti-Malvertising Campaign
Social network teams up with RiskIQ to tackle pesky malware
Facebook Adds Video Calling To Messenger
Looks to take on the likes of Skype with new addition
Facebook Profit Slides As R&D Costs Bite
Social networking giant posts positive results, but profits dip and revenue growth slows
Facebook Hello Wants To Make Phone Calls More Social
Facebook Hello app will let users see extra information on their contacts, but what does it mean for Whatsapp?
Facebook To Bring Internet.org Service To Europe
Richard Branson joins in with impromptu and wide-ranging Q&A with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook Hits Back At Belgian Privacy Report
Embattled Facebook admits it tracks non-users, but dismisses report findings from Belgian privacy watchdog
Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Starts In Austria
A closely-watched data privacy lawsuit against Facebook has been filed in an Austrian court today
Facebook Messenger Now Lets Companies Contact Customers Directly
Messenger for Businesses unveiled at F8 conference in San Francisco
Facebook Lays Out Its Plans For A Connected World
Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence and drones all form part of future view
Top European Court Mulls Over Facebook Data Sharing Case
June will see the decision by the top European court on the data sharing agreement between the US and Europe
Facebook Has Its Big F8 Plans Leaked Early
Social network’s new initiatives revealed ahead of F8 conference
Facebook Wants To Become Your One-Stop Shop For News
Social network looking to host content from news organisations
Square Cash Rolls Out To Businesses
$Cashtags allow anyone to send and receive money online
White House Hires Ex-Facebook Director For Tech Modernisation
Former engineering boss at Facebook hired as the first ever director of IT at the White House
Facebook Opens Up Messenger Payments Service
Payments service will roll out over next few months for Visa and Mastercard users
Facebook Still Being Squeezed By Government Data Requests
Facebook reports global rise in government demands for user data, also updates community standards banning buttocks
Facebook Hacker Wins £8,000 For Finding Album Delete Flaw
Flaw would have allowed any user to delete any Facebook photo album
Facebook Unveils ThreatExchange Platform
New Facebook platform to allow professionals to share threat data to help bolster cyber security