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TOKYO — The challenge posed by Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency likely prodded major central banks to set up a new group to study the potential for issuing their own digital currencies, a former Bank of Japan executive said on Wednesday.

Facebook Community Boost is a global initiative that aims to educate enterprises and organizations on their platform’s tools and learning resources, teaching how to best utilize them for optimal reach and growth.

WASHINGTON — Facebook, Inc., facing growing skepticism about its digital currency project Libra, on Sunday said the initiative could use cryptocurrencies based on national currencies such as the dollar, instead of the synthetic one it initially proposed.

To assure consumers who are interested in Huawei phones, partner retailers and dealers will offer a “Special Warranty Program” for upcoming purchases of any...

FASHION retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB wants to get a better sense of what makes its customers tick. To help it, the Swedish company just hired a man best known for revealing a data privacy scandal that rocked Facebook Inc. and raised serious questions around how some corners of technology are shaping human existence.

FACEBOOK INC. is working on making a cryptocurrency that will let users transfer money on its WhatsApp messaging app, focusing first on the remittances market in India, according to people familiar with the matter.

Facebook’s #SheMeansBusiness equips women for entrepreneurship.

FACEBOOK has agreed to “coordinate” with the Presidential Task Force on Media Security to address online attacks on media practitioners in the country, according to Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco.

THE FACEBOOK Newsroom said it has taken down “95 pages and 39 accounts” on the social media site, including accounts identified with Rodrigo R. Duterte’s supporters, for violating the site’s spam and authenticity policies.

THE National Privacy Commission (NPC) wants Facebook, Inc. to provide identity theft and phishing insurance for over 750,000 Philippines-based users affected by a data breach last September.

Kaspersky advises not to panic following Facebook breach.

FACEBOOK, INC. is suing BlackBerry Ltd. for patent infringement, escalating the legal battle between the two companies over protected technology.

Facebook users are adjusting their digital behavior following the turmoil on the platform during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to a new survey. More...

LONDON — Facebook is rolling out its Watch video service globally one year after it launched in the United States with original entertainment news and sports content to compete with platforms like Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube.

PARIS — Facebook said Wednesday it is rolling out globally its Watch video service, which has already been available in the United States for more than a year.

Surendrasingh Sucharia always has a few thousand rupees in his pocket, but can’t recall the last time he used cash. The 29-year-old product manager...

As the economic landscape gets more rocky, Southeast Asia’s central bankers are turning to Facebook and YouTube for help in getting their messages across. The...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Facebook Inc., said on Wednesday that it would debut an interactive reality show starring basketball star Shaquille O’Neal on a quest to open a restaurant, as the company looks to attract viewers to its Facebook Watch video service.

Facebook Inc. has racked up plenty of milestones in its pioneering journey. Now the social-media giant is poised to add one it would doubtless...

FACEBOOK INC. is hiring five well-regarded computer scientists in the US and Europe, adding new facilities to bolster its artificial intelligence research division, and focus on robotics and related-technologies.

APPLE and Facebook have figured out how to keep us glued to their devices and platforms. But they haven’t figured out how to curb the misinformation that plagued them during the 2016 election and have struggled to regain public trust. And now, in the run-up to the 2018 midterms, they certainly don’t agree on a solution.

Facebook Inc.’s days of dabbling in aerospace engineering are over. The company said in a blog post Tuesday it will no longer design or build...

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook on Wednesday announced its first original news shows for the social network, joining other online platforms producing video to compete with television.

Facebook Inc. said it had data-sharing partnerships with four Chinese consumer-device makers, including Huawei Technologies Co., escalating concerns that the social network has consistently...

The EU's flagship new data protection laws came into effect on Friday but hit an early hitch as several major US news websites were...

MATCH GROUP, Inc. shrugged off the threat of competition in online dating from Facebook, Inc., raising its revenue and profit forecasts and saying it...

San José, United States -- Facebook on Tuesday gave its popular Messenger app the ability to translate missives in real time, deploying artificial intelligence...

San José, United States — Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday the world's largest social network will soon include a new dating feature --...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the public against so-called online paluwagan schemes that collect money from investors with the promise of...

By Patrizia Paola C. Marcelo, Reporter FACEBOOK said it is open to more organizations to partner with for fact-checking news links in the Philippines. Director of...

By Krista Angela M. Montealegre, National Correspondent THE National Privacy Commission (NPC) has opened a formal inquiry into Facebook, Inc. following the social media giant’s...

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg fielded 10 hours of questions over two days from nearly 100 U.S. lawmakers and emerged...

FACEBOOK, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, in prepared testimony for the US House of Representatives, said all of Facebook’s problems are his mistake. The...

Facebook Inc. is putting tighter controls on data flowing through its giant social network in response to the worst privacy crisis in its history....

Facebook Inc. is planning to introduce a feature letting users of its Messenger app retract messages after a report that Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s Chief...

By Patrizia Paola C. Marcelo, Reporter THE National Privacy Commission (NPC) said it has begun preliminary work for the investigation of possible improper use of...

The National Privacy Commission said it has begun preliminary work for the investigation of possible improper use of Filipino Facebook users' data by firm...

Facebook Inc. said data on most of its 2 billion users could have been accessed improperly, giving fresh evidence of the ways the social-media...

Facebook Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg, breaking a media silence on the latest consumer imbroglio to engulf the social media company, vowed to inform each of...

Facebook Inc.’s terrible week may be just the beginning of a backlash against tech companies that could wreak havoc across global markets. Nomura Inc. currency...

NEW YORK — Facebook on Friday announced a licensing deal with Warner Music, the last of the major label groups to sign with the...

By Bjorn Biel M. Beltran, Special Features Writer The invention of the Internet is now long past, and the world with regards to connectivity is now...

IN ITS quest to become an alternative to YouTube, Facebook, Inc. has struck a deal with the popular video site’s loudest critic in the...

CANNES, FRANCE – Cliffhanger endings where television audiences are left holding their breath for the next episode may never be the same again. A new...

LAGUNA BEACH, US -- Intel chief Brian Krzanich said Tuesday his company is working on a super-fast chip designed specifically for artificial intelligence (AI). The...