By Diane Bartz and Elizabeth Culliford WASHINGTON - Multiple states have begun investigating potential violations in how Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms Inc, runs its virtual-reality Oculus business, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Two of the sources said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission was also involved in the antitrust investigation. Meta did not

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Former Facebook employee turned whistleblower Frances Haugen disclosed thousands of documents about the social media giant last year, and testified before U.S. senators that it chooses profits over the safety and well-being of its users.

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By Mehnaz Yasmin and Niket Nishant - Online trading platform Robinhood Markets Inc said on Wednesday it plans to move a majority of its 3,400 employees to remote work permanently, joining a slew of top tech firms embracing a hybrid culture. The California-based company's move to adopt a 'remote first' approach, the plans for which were first shared with employees in December, will help

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New collaboration builds on existing relationship between the two companies to develop desktop systems for the clinical market in China Berry Genomics to purchase at least 50 instruments at product launch MENLO PARK, Calif. and BEIJING, Jan.

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[Reuters] --- US IT giant Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) has postponed plans to return to the office in the US and has given employees who are resuming work a third booster vaccination with the new coronavirus vaccine. Booster vaccination) was obligatory.

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An eraser pointing to a clear internet history option on a computer. getty In the latest attempt to cast light on Facebook’s tracking and data collection practices, browser maker Mozilla has teamed up with non-profit...read more

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Facebook groups swelled with at least 650,000 posts attacking the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s victory between Election Day and the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol, with many calling for executions or other political violence, an investigation by ProPublica and The Washington Post has found.

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