Facebook to acquire startup Kustomer as it faces antitrust glare
Facebook, the social network, was said to be paying close to $1 billion for Kustomer, the maker of customer relationship management software.
Disappearing Tweets? Twitter now has a feature for that
Twitter says it will introduce a feature called Fleets, letting users post ephemeral photos or text that will automatically disappear after 24 hours. Fleets will...
Fact-checked on Facebook and Twitter, conservatives switch their apps
Corey Adam, a political comedian from Minneapolis, joined a mass social media switcheroo in the days after Nov. 3. That was when Adam, 39, a...
Social media companies survived Election Day. More tests loom.
Actions by Twitter, Facebook and YouTube reinforced how even a smooth performance on Election Day did not mean that the social media companies could relax,...
What to expect from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube on Election Day
YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are key conduits for communication and information. Here’s how they plan to handle the challenges facing them before, on and after...
Big Tech continues its surge ahead of the rest of the economy
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet reported the latest in a string of enormous quarterly profits on Thursday.
U.S. appeals injunction against TikTok ban
SAN FRANCISCO — The federal government on Thursday appealed a judge’s ruling that prevented the Trump administration from imposing a ban on TikTok, the viral...
TikTok deal faces complications as U.S. and China ratchet up tit-for-tat
SAN FRANCISCO — On most days, companies like ByteDance, Microsoft, Walmart and Oracle are considered kings within their fields. But over the weekend, it became...
Google, Facebook, Microsoft and others form tech coalition to secure U.S. election
A new tech coalition is part of an effort to prevent the kind of online meddling and foreign interference that sullied the 2016 presidential election.