Barbara Ortutay

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  • Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., demonstrates the Meta Quest ProTech

    Meta positions new $1,500 VR headset as a laptop alternative — but expert says operating in the metaverse for businesses is still ‘quite a stretch’

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Amnesty report on Meta finds Facebook algorithm ‘proactively amplified and promoted’ anti-Rohingya hate speech in Myanmar

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Students participate in a demonstration in defense of democracy and justice and against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Sao PauloTech

    Facebook failed to catch blatant misinformation in ads ahead of Brazil’s 2022 election — for the fourth time

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. After the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion that’s been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where the procedure is now illegal so they can terminate pregnancies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Politics

    Companies from Amazon to JPMorgan pledged to cover abortion travel costs. But it’s not clear how and if they’ll be able to do so

    By Barbara Ortutay, Dee-Ann Durbin, and others
  • FILE – Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Twitter shareholders have filed a lawsuit accusing Musk of engaged in “unlawful conduct” aimed at sowing doubt about his bid to buy the social media company. The lawsuit filed late Wednesday, May 25, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California claims the billionaire Tesla CEO has sought to drive down Twitter’s stock price because he wants to walk away from the deal or negotiate a substantially lower purchase price. (Patrick Pleul/Pool Photo via AP, File)Tech

    Twitter shareholders accuse Musk of market manipulation in lawsuit

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 26: People walk by the Twitter office on April 26, 2022 in New York City. Billionaire Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Space X, reached an agreement to purchase social media platform Twitter for $44 billion. (Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEW press)Tech

    As Musk buyout looms, Twitter searches for its soul

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.Tech

    Facebook parent’s stock soars 18% despite growth slowdown

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 05: Hundreds of people gather in Manhattan’s Times Square in support of Ukraine and to demand an end to the Russian invasion of the country on March 05, 2022 in New York City. As the war moves into its third week, hundreds of civilians have been killed as Russians continue their bombardment of key cities and towns. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)International

    War censorship exposes Putin’s leaky internet controls

    By Frank Bajak, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • UKRAINE &#8211; 2021/10/28: In this photo illustration, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen on a video displayed on a smartphone screen as he announces the new name for Facebook: Meta.<br /> Facebook changes name to Meta in its major rebrand, reportedly by media.Tech

    Shares of Facebook parent Meta plunge 22% on lower profits

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. A lawyer representing Holmes was blocked from taking his best shot at undermining a former Theranos lab director who&#8217;s been a damning witness at her criminal trial.Tech

    Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes takes the stand in her criminal fraud trial

    By Michael Liedtke, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • PARIS, FRANCE &#8211; OCTOBER 29: In this photo illustration, the Facebook logo is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in front of a Meta logo on October 29, 2021 in Paris, France. On October 28, during the Facebook Connect virtual conference, Mark Zuckerberg announced the name change of Facebook, believing that the term Facebook was too closely linked to that of the platform of the same name, launched in 2004. It is now official, the Facebook company changes its name and becomes Meta. (Photo illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images)Tech

    Facebook is ending its controversial face recognition system, delete faceprints of more than 1 billion users

    By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • SUN VALLEY, IDAHO &#8211; JULY 09: CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg walks with COO of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg after a session at the Allen &amp; Company Sun Valley Conference on July 08, 2021 in Sun Valley, Idaho. After a year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s most wealthy and powerful businesspeople from the media, finance, and technology worlds will converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive week-long conference. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Tech

    Facebook internal documents show a company struggling to protect users as profits grow

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • RunX CEO Ankur Dahiya, center, takes part in a video meeting with employees JD Palomino, top left, and Nitin Aggarwal, right, at a rented office in San Francisco, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Technology companies like RunX that led the charge into remote work early as the pandemic unfurled, are confronting a new challenge as it winds down: how, when and even whether they should bring their long-isolated employees back to offices that have been designed for teamwork. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)Tech

    For Silicon Valley, returning to the office is easier said than done

    By Michael Liedtke, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • AUSTIN, TX &#8211; SEPT 1: Pro-choice protesters perform outside the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 in Austin, TX. Texas passed SB8 which effectively bans nearly all abortions and it went into effect Sept. 1. A request to the Supreme Court to block the bill went unanswered and the Court still has yet to take any action on it.Tech

    Activists protesting Texas abortion law focus their ire on this website

    By Barbara Ortutay, Jamie Stengle, and others
  • 10 September 2019, US, Cupertino: A man holds Apple&#8217;s new smartphone models, the iPhone 11 Pro (l) and the iPhone 11 Pro Max at the Steve Jobs Theater on the corporate campus. Apple presented a total of three new iPhone models, a new Apple Watch and a new iPad at the event. Apple is heavily relying on better cameras for its new iPhone generation to boost recent declines in sales of its flagship product. Photo: Christoph Dernbach/dpaTech

    Apple will scan U.S. phones for child abuse images

    By Barbara Ortutay, Frank Bajak, and others