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When apps used by billions of people worldwide blinked out, lives were disrupted, businesses were cut off from customers -- and some Facebook employees were locked out of their offices. [...]

Byline: Mike Isaac, Sheera Frenkel and Ryan Mac SAN FRANCISCO - Over the past few weeks, top Facebook executives assembled virtually for a series of emergency meetings. In one gathering [...]

In an internal memo, Facebook defended itself and said that social media was not a primary cause of polarization. SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook, which has been under fire from a [...]

In an internal memo meant to pre-empt a “60 Minutes” interview, Facebook defended itself and said that social media was not a primary cause of polarization. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/10/05/technology/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen SAN FRANCISCO — [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Over the past few weeks, top Facebook executives assembled virtually for a series of emergency meetings. In one gathering last weekend, half a dozen managers -- including [...]

Mike Schroepfer, who leads the company's artificial intelligence and other technical efforts, said he planned to transition into a role as a senior fellow. SAN FRANCISCO -- In a rare [...]

The company has teamed up with Ray-Ban to create glasses that can take photos, record video, answer phone calls and play podcasts. SAN FRANCISCO -- Last Saturday, after a three-mile [...]

Byline: Adam Satariano and Mike Isaac In 2019, Julie Sweet, the newly appointed chief executive of the global consulting firm Accenture, held a meeting with top managers. She had a [...]

In 2019, Julie Sweet, the newly appointed chief executive of the global consulting firm Accenture, held a meeting with top managers. She had a question: Should Accenture get out of [...]

The social network has contacted academics to create a group to advise it on thorny election-related decisions, said people with knowledge of the matter. Facebook has approached academics and policy [...]

Byline: Mike Isaac The pandemic has renewed interest in virtual reality. Facebook is trying to capitalize with a new virtual meeting room service. SAN FRANCISCO - For years, the idea [...]

The pandemic has renewed interest in virtual reality. Facebook is trying to capitalize with a new virtual meeting room service. SAN FRANCISCO -- For years, the idea that virtual reality [...]

Just six months ago it was valued at $6 billion. It raised $410 million in its latest round. Reddit, the virtual town square of the consumer internet, has raised a [...]

Byline: Kellen Browning and Mike Isaac More than 1,500 employees for the video game giant, which is facing an explosive state lawsuit, have called for executives to take sexual harassment [...]

More than 1,500 employees for the video game giant, which is facing an explosive state lawsuit, have called for executives to take sexual harassment seriously. More than 1,500 workers for [...]

FACEBOOK Profit Surges 101% on Ad Sales Facebook said on Wednesday that revenue rose 56 percent to $29 billion in the three months ending in June compared with the same [...]

TECH Apple Delays Return to Office Amid Surge of Delta Variant Apple pushed back its return-to-office plans by at least a month in response to the recent surge in coronavirus [...]

Byline: Mike Isaac and Taylor Lorenz The social network is aiming to be a destination for creators and their viral memes. But TikTok and YouTube got there first. SAN FRANCISCO [...]

The social network is aiming to be a destination for creators and their viral memes. But TikTok and YouTube got there first. SAN FRANCISCO -- Over the past 18 months, [...]

Fidji Simo, the new chief, worked on Facebook's advertising business and helped develop parts of the company's mobile advertising. Fidji Simo, the leader of Facebook's namesake app, said on Thursday [...]

Nextdoor, the neighborhood-focused social network based in San Francisco, announced its plans to go public on Tuesday, raising $686 million for the 10-year-old start-up and valuing the company at roughly [...]

ECONOMY Bumpy Global RecoveryIs Likely, Group Warns The global economy is entering a new stage of the recovery from the pandemic, in which policymakers must prepare for ''different but no [...]

Byline: Sheera Frenkel and Mike Isaac The social network wrongly bowed to government demands to take down content in the countries, employees said, in more signs of internal dissent. SAN [...]

The decision denies the former president a megaphone at least through the midterm elections. The suspension was put in place after the Capitol riot in January. SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook [...]

The social network wrongly bowed to government demands to take down content in the countries, employees said, in more signs of internal dissent. SAN FRANCISCO -- When India's government ordered [...]

The social network, under pressure since barring former President Donald J. Trump, will no longer automatically give world leaders special treatment. SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook plans to announce on Friday [...]

The rules, which would require WhatsApp to make people's messages traceable, would violate people's privacy, the messaging service said. SAN FRANCISCO -- WhatsApp sued the Indian government on Wednesday to [...]

A company-appointed panel ruled that the ban was justified at the time but added that the company should reassess its action and make a final decision in six months. SAN [...]

Byline: Mike Isaac and Jack Nicas The chief executives of Facebook and Apple have opposing visions for the future of the internet. Their differences are set to escalate this week. [...]

The chief executives of Facebook and Apple have opposing visions for the future of the internet. Their differences are set to escalate this week. SAN FRANCISCO -- At a confab [...]

The discussions between the digital pin board company and the app that inspired the ''VSCO girls'' trend are ongoing. SAN FRANCISCO -- Pinterest has held talks to buy VSCO, a [...]

AVIATION Southwest Airlines Orders100 More 737 Max Planes Southwest Airlines is doubling down on Boeing's troubled 737 Max jet, adding 100 new orders for the plane just months after regulators [...]

Byline: Mike Isaac SAN FRANCISCO - Since 2013, Matt Bors has made a living as a left-leaning cartoonist on the internet. His site, The Nib, runs cartoons from him and [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Since 2013, Matt Bors has made a living as a left-leaning cartoonist on the internet. His site, The Nib, runs cartoons from him and other contributors that [...]

TRADE U.S. and Europe Agree To Put Tariffs on Pause The United States and European Union agreed to temporarily suspend tariffs levied on billions of dollars of each others' aircraft, [...]

The social network had prohibited political ads on its site indefinitely after the November election. Such ads have been criticized for spreading misinformation. SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook said on Wednesday [...]

The move puts the social network squarely on the side of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement after years of criticism over how the military has used the site. Facebook said on Wednesday [...]

The agreement means users and publishers in Australia can once again share links to news articles, after Facebook had blocked the practice last week. SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook said on [...]

With Australia moving to make the tech companies pay for news, Facebook took a hard line, while Google has struck deals to pay publishers. SAN FRANCISCO -- For months, Facebook [...]

MEDIA Bloomberg News to Cut Editors in Restructuring Bloomberg News, the giant financial news company founded by the billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg, will lay off dozens of employees as it [...]

FACEBOOK-POLITICS: https://scoop.nyt.net/ui/article/100000007596572/web/editing SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook Dials Down The Politics for Users Facebook announced on Wednesday that it had started changing its algorithm to reduce the political content in users' news [...]

The social network, which has a history of cloning its competitors, has started working on an audio chat product. SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook is building an audio chat product that [...]

The start-up, which was at the center of a recent stock market frenzy, was valued at $6 billion in the new funding round. SAN FRANCISCO -- Fresh off a winning [...]

They are young, they are fearless and they are forcing everyone to pay attention. Zane Bannink, a high school senior in Wisconsin, said that he has used the Robinhood stock [...]

The social network has discussed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, as tensions grow between the companies over how each treats consumer data. SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook has considered filing an [...]

The layoffs include most of the executive team at Postmates, the food delivery app that Uber bought last year. SAN FRANCISCO -- Uber on Thursday laid off roughly 185 people [...]

Byline: Kate Conger and Mike Isaac SAN FRANCISCO - Jack Dorsey, Twitter's chief executive, was working remotely on a private island in French Polynesia frequented by celebrities escaping the paparazzi [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Jack Dorsey, Twitter's chief executive, was working remotely on a private island in French Polynesia frequented by celebrities escaping the paparazzi when a phone call interrupted him [...]

The company faced a backlash from users who worried the changes made the messaging service less secure. SAN FRANCISCO -- WhatsApp said on Friday that it would delay a planned [...]