A new Senate bill would ban a 'deceptive' practice used by Facebook to get user data

In a closed-door meeting at a Manhattan mansion, executives outlined changes to controversial software that was implicated in two crashes.

Amazon workers in Minnesota and Germany are striking as Prime Day kicks off, in a stand against working conditions and wage practices.

Epstein is accused of sexually exploiting dozens of underage girls from 2002 through 2005 at his New York and Florida residences.

When you think of Prime Day, you might be thinking about deals on Instant Pots and Amazon Echo devices not half-off dresses and designer heels.

David Marcus, the head of Facebook's digital currency project, said the company expects Libra will drive more advertising revenue for the company.

Some White House officials expect the Cabinet secretary, who has known the president for years, to depart as soon as this summer.

"The important thing is that you shouldn't try to hit homeruns this week, because you're much more likely to end up striking out," Jim Cramer says.

Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib said Trump challenged them personally because he was not able to defeat them on the policy level.

Mark Warner, D-Va., on Tuesday rolled out the first in a series of bills aimed at regulating Facebook and other social media companies, even as the path to an all-encompassing federal online privacy law remains murky.

The paper details an example from Facebook in which a user is encouraged to upload phone contacts to the platform .

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