Facebook started posting notices in users’ news feeds to let them know if they’re among the estimated 87 million people whose data was improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. But you don’t have to wait for the notice.

Blood-testing firm Theranos laid off most of its remaining workforce in a last-ditch effort to save cash and avert or at least delay bankruptcy for a few more months.

All your friends and pseudo-friends on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat tell advertisers an awful lot—and distract from the actual potential of social networks.

Uber has agreed to buy an on-demand electric-bike outfit that could help the ride-hailing company expand its service to customers traveling short distances.

Apple has rolled out a new tool to inform iPhone users about the health and longevity of their phones. The move comes months after the company came under fire for slowing older models without disclosing the practice to users.

Over the past week, Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has been cast into the limelight thanks to a string of attacks by President Trump. Mr. Bezos’s response? The silent treatment.

When Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg appears before Congress this week, he will lay out a number of steps the company has already taken to protect user data.

In testimony to Congress, the Facebook chief is set to say the social-media giant didn’t do enough to prevent its tools from being used for harm.

After Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, cries for consumer protection have grown louder, and Facebook isn’t the only tech giant expected to be affected.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces lawmakers this week in what are likely to be contentious hearings about privacy that will be a broader test of how effectively he can guide his social-media giant.

After Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, cries for consumer protection have grown louder, and Facebook isn’t the only tech giant expected to be affected.

Facebook will make advertisers wanting to run ads on hot-button political issues go through an authorization process first, a move to prevent the spread of misinformation across its platform. Such advertisers will be required to confirm their identities and locations.

Amazon.com is considering whether to use Alexa to launch a person-to-person payments feature, a move that would push the retailing giant into new competition with Venmo and big banks’ payments efforts.

President’s attacks on e-commerce company stem from its CEO’s ownership of the Washington Post, which the American leader says writes unfair stories about him, say people close to the White House.

Samsung Electronics said first-quarter operating profit will be its highest ever, topping analyst estimates and continuing the company’s string of record results.

Nasim Najafi Aghdam, who is accused of shooting three people inside YouTube’s headquarters before killing herself on Tuesday, was angry at the company for allegedly censoring her video content and making it more difficult for her to make money.

Facebook says information on 87 million people may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica. The figure previously was reported to be roughly 50 million.

Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said he made a “huge mistake” in not focusing more on potential abuse, as he and the social-media giant he founded continue to battle concerns about privacy and trust.

European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager has become the de facto global regulator for Silicon Valley. Her approach to Google and Apple is having a ripple effect around the globe, influencing regulatory action not only in Europe, but in the U.S., Brazil and Russia.

‘Do Not Disturb’ should be every smartphone user’s best friend and saving grace. Instead, it’s a relic of a long-gone era, and it doesn’t work the way we do.

Facebook Inc.’s users in the U.S. will be able to get more background on a news item and its publisher as part of the updates the social-media giant has made to help people better judge the credibility of content.

A woman armed with a handgun opened fire at YouTube headquarters, wounding three people before killing herself, police said.

Bonds from major technology companies have held up better than their stocks in recent weeks, a sign that investors are more concerned about the once-soaring valuations of tech giants than the companies’ long-term financial health.

Spotify Technology roared onto the public market, cutting a new path to public ownership that could alter the way companies think about the listing process and pose a new threat to a core business on Wall Street.

Apple CEO Tim Cook called for privacy regulation, saying consumers should have more visibility into not only what personal information they share online but how companies stitch together that information to better understand their users.

The clobbering tech shares have taken in recent days has magnified not only how influential these companies have become in people’s everyday lives, but how much sway they’ve gained in global stock markets.

The changes, announced as the company faces a firestorm over how it handles personal information, include a new, central hub in the app settings that contains existing tools for users to review and delete traces of their activity.

Dozens of iPhone owners are taking Apple to court over the company’s disclosure that it slowed down old phones to preserve battery life, in what could become one of the biggest legal challenges to the smartphone since its 2007 debut.

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Nvidia Corp., which has made a broad push to bring its computing platform into self-driving cars, said it will temporarily halt testing of its driverless technology on public roads following the fatal crash of an Uber Technologies Inc. autonomous vehicle.

Apple said it added support for its Pencil digital stylus to the $329 entry-level iPad, as the device maker tries to shore up its dwindling share of the U.S. education market.

A federal appeals court revived Oracle’s copyright infringement claims against Google, in a ruling that could give fresh muscle to leading software makers but hamper upstarts developing new apps for computers and smartphones.

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg expects he will have to testify at U.S. congressional hearings, though he hasn’t formally accepted any of the committee requests for him to appear.

Uber’s departure from Southeast Asia—where it relinquished its business to local rival Grab in exchange for a 27.5% stake—turns the spotlight squarely on its businesses in India and Brazil, the last populous emerging markets.

Facebook said it logs the call and messaging histories of some Android smartphone users who installed its messaging app or a lighter version of its main Facebook app.