In 1997, SixDegrees.com was the first real attempt at social networking, creating a space where users could upload their information and list their friends. The site peaked at approximately 3.5 ...

Fiber optic cables are the gold standard of a good internet connection, but laying them can be expensive, and in some parts of the world, a physically daunting task. So in remote corners of the globe, ...

Facing heightened scrutiny for its social media policies and relentless quest for growth, Facebook is now turning its attention to getting more people high-speed internet access in hard-to-reach ...

Facebook (FB)-parent Meta has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old class action lawsuit over a practice that allowed the social network to track users’ activity across the internet, even ...

Before the News Feed, we navigated the internet at our leisure. But one day in 2006, it started organizing itself around us. In the early morning hours of Sept. 5, 2006, before the sun came up, ...

Shara Tibken was a managing editor at CNET News, overseeing a team covering tech policy, EU tech, mobile and the digital divide. She previously covered mobile as a senior reporter at CNET and also ...

Amazon has acquired Facebook's team of more than a dozen satellite internet experts, The Information reported Tuesday and spokespeople for the two companies confirmed. The deal bolsters Amazon's $10 ...

Bringing the rest of the world online requires a million different tactics, and Facebook is on it. By Shira Ovide This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it ...

Some 3.5 billion people use Facebook's family of apps. Facebook's global power and influence were thrust under a harsh spotlight after a massive outage disrupted services for its entire family of apps ...

Fiber optic cable is one of the fastest ways to deliver the internet, because its bandwidth is thousands of times greater than, say, coaxial cables—those wires with a pin sticking out from the center ...

A businessman in Atlanta changed his passwords because he thought his phone had been hacked. A Long Island woman who sells vintage items on Instagram lost revenue when she was forced to cancel a sale ...