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A man plead guilty to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering after stealing $99 million from Facebook and $23 million from Google.
By Lucian Armasu Published
Facebook confirmed that the passwords of hundreds of millions of users were stored in plain text, but denied that its employees improperly accessed them.

By Nathaniel Mott Published
Despite saying phone numbers used for 2FA wouldn't be used for anything else, Facebook actually uses those numbers to help people find their friends' accounts.

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Facebook's chief AI researcher told Bloomberg the company is working on a semiconductor design made specifically to handle the mass amounts of data used by AI.
By Lucian Armasu Published
German's Federal Cartel Office said Facebook is a monopoly with over 95 percent of the social media market in Germany.

By Nathaniel Mott Published
Facebook Gaming has partnered up with Streamlabs to make it easier for people to stream on the platform.

By Nathaniel Mott Published
Oculus released a platform update that introduces live-streaming to Facebook and new "Public Homes" to let strangers gather in each other's virtual abodes.

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An NYT investigation revealed that Facebook partnered with more than 150 companies from 2010-2017 to offer them special data access without informing users.

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ZeniMax Media and Facebook have finally settled a $250 million lawsuit alleging that Oculus was based on virtual reality tech stolen from id Software.

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The UK Information Commissioner's Office has officially fined Facebook for the Cambridge Analytica controversy, while the social media platform also deals with a class-action lawsuit.
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