July 12, 2019 Facebook’s ‘superhuman’ AI becomes first to defeat pros in six-player poker An artificial intelligence bot developed by Facebook defeated professionals in six-player Hold'em, marking the first time AI has beaten human experts in a complex game with more than two players or teams.
July 12, 2019 Facebook denies being a social network after it got sued (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) This week, Facebook responded to a lawsuit relating to the Cambridge Analytica scandal by claiming it isn't a social network and not somewhere you can make friends.
July 10, 2019 Facebook to release experimental apps, but under a new name Companies often like to quietly release experimental products without fanfare or prior notice.
July 9, 2019 Majority of conservatives don’t trust Facebook to treat everyone equally, study says A whopping 76.7 of conservatives don’t trust that Facebook treats all of its user equally, regardless of political beliefs, according to a new poll.
July 9, 2019 Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg 'incredulous' to be called a 'former innovator' Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is apparently sensitive to comparisons betweeen himself and other tech moguls.
July 8, 2019 Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says most people should leave Facebook Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has some advice for most Facebook users: delete your account.
July 5, 2019 AOC blasts border officials after new report on offensive Facebook posts: ‘Looks like CBP lied’ In a Twitter message Thursday, Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez branded the leadership of U.S. Customs and Border Protection as liars after a news site reported that CBP officials knew much longer than they claimed about a Facebook group on which some past and current CBP employees had posted offensive material.
July 2, 2019 Germany fines Facebook $2.3 million for violating hate speech law Germany hit Facebook with a fine for a lack of transparency in how it handles and reports hate speech complaints.
July 1, 2019 Facebook buildings evacuated after mail tests positive for sarin, officials say Four buildings that receive and mail for social media giant Facebook were evacuated Monday after a bag of mail tested positive for the nerve gas sarin.
July 1, 2019 Civil rights activists slam Facebook's 'insufficient' attempts to tackle hate on its platform Facebook's latest update on its ongoing companywide civil rights audit has been criticized by activists who say that the social network needs to do much more to tackle hate on its platform.