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Easiest way to fix Facebook? Break it up
Occam’s razor is a principle that says when something happens that can be explained in multiple ways, the simplest explanation is usually the right one.
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Zuckerberg hopes to work with Sandberg for ‘decades’
Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has come under fire for her handling of company disclosures about Russia’s election influence. CEO Mark Zuckerberg came to her defence on Tuesday.
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Tech giants didn’t deserve public trust in the first place
Amazon may have been expecting lots of public attention when it announced where it would establish its new headquarters. But like many technology companies recently, it…
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Facebook woes sap $17.4-billion of Zuckerberg’s wealth
Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune has tumbled by $17.4-billion so far this year as Facebook faces fresh criticism over its treatment of critics and continues to grapple with the fallout from its response to Russian election meddling.
Investment
Zuckerberg looks beyond the news feed for Facebook’s future
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is betting the company’s future on video and disappearing posts called “stories”, not the company’s famous news feed. Investors are buying into the vision for now.
Investment
Fortress Facebook suddenly looks vulnerable
It wasn’t a dream or an exaggeration by cautious Facebook executives. The company’s financial results are weakening, just as executives warned they would a few months ago.
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Now Oculus founder quits Facebook
Facebook is losing another long-tenured founder from an acquired company: Brendan Iribe, who was the CEO of Oculus VR when Facebook bought it in 2014.
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Facebook’s worst-ever security breach hammers user trust
Facebook’s worst-ever security breach is a major blow to the company’s effort to rebuild trust with users of the social network after a privacy scandal in March.
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Hacker to live-stream attack on Zuckerberg’s Facebook page
An indie Taiwanese hacker has proclaimed he’ll broadcast an attempt to wipe out Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page this Sunday – live.
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Facebook unveils Oculus Quest in bid to take VR mainstream
Facebook has unveiled a wireless virtual-reality headset called Oculus Quest, an attempt to help popularise the developing technology with a more mainstream audience.