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  • Signage at the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., on Monday, May 10, 2021. Facebook Inc. reopens its Menlo Park offices at 10% capacity starting today. Photographer: Nina Riggio/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Zuckerberg looks to the ‘metaverse’ as Facebook doubles its profits in the second quarter

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • A man rides on his bicycle near the Havana Capitol, July 12, 2021. – Cuba on Monday blamed a US “policy of economic suffocation” for unprecedented anti-government protests, as president Joe Biden backed calls to end “decades of repression” on the communist island. Thousands of Cubans took part in demonstrations Sunday, chanting: “Down with the dictatorship,” as President Miguel Diaz-Canel urged supporters to confront demonstrators. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)Tech

    Cuba’s internet cutoff: A go-to tactic to suppress dissent

    By Barbara Ortutay, Frank Bajak, and others
  • John McAfee, founder of McAfee Associates Inc. and chief cybersecurity visionary at MGT Capital Investments Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Shape the Future: Blockchain Global Summit in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. McAfee, who now runs a bitcoin mining company, says China’s banning of initial coin offerings won’t halt the momentum of cryptocurrencies globally. Photographer: Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Software pioneer John McAfee, 75, found dead in jail cell after Spain approves extradition to U.S.

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 18: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in Manhattan on May 18, 2021 in New York City.Tech

    Facebook bans Trump for 2 years, then will reassess

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Signage at the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., on Monday, May 10, 2021. Facebook Inc. reopens its Menlo Park offices at 10% capacity starting today. Photographer: Nina Riggio/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Facebook whistleblower: Government leaders routinely use platform to distort facts, manipulate voters

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • UKRAINE – 2021/04/09: In this photo illustration the Diem, formerly known as Libra, logo is seen is seen on a smartphone screen with a Facebook logo in the background. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Tech

    Facebook-backed cryptocurrency plans U.S. launch for later this year

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S., on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. Donald Trump will speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Campaign conference in Florida, his first public appearance since leaving the White House, to an audience of mostly loyal followers.Tech

    Twitter sues Texas AG over his investigation into Trump ban

    By Jake Bleiberg, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Tech

    Twitter freezes Trump’s account as social media platforms silence his remarks amid coup attempt

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Facebook warned that online advertisers will earn less because of Apple’s iOS 14.Tech

    Facebook: Apple privacy changes will muck up online ads

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Facebook removed a Trump a post about Covid-19 and children.Tech

    Facebook deletes a Trump post for first time ever

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Election 2020 Social MediaTech

    Facebook and Twitter are targets in Trump and Biden election ads

    By Amanda Seitz, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Facebook faces a new employee discrimination complaint.Tech

    Black worker files discrimination complaint against Facebook

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • A member of the far-right militia, Boogaloo Bois, walks next to protestors in Charlotte, NC.Tech

    Facebook bans violent ‘boogaloo’ groups

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Last year, more than 8,000 staffers signed an open letter to CEO and founder Jeff Bezos demanding that Amazon cut its carbon emissions, end its use of fossil fuels and stop its work with oil companies that use Amazon’s technology to locate fossil fuel deposits.Environment

    Hundreds of Amazon workers challenge company on climate practices despite risk to jobs

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Ivanka Trump, right, the daughter and senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, answers a question as she is interviewed by Gary Shapiro, left, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, at the Consumer Technology Association Keynote during the CES tech show Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)MPW

    ‘Lazy Attempt to Emulate Diversity:’ Women in Tech Criticize Ivanka Trump’s CES 2020 Appearance

    By Tali Arbel, Barbara Ortutay, and others