Science & Technology

REUTERS photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday threw her support behind efforts to fight the use of hate speech posted on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Google’s…

Mark Zuckerberg (right) and the overseas representatives of China Development Forum applaud the arrival of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at a meeting in Beijing in March Facebook Inc has quietly…

By the end of 2016, almost half of the world’s population will be using the internet as mobile networks grow and prices fall, but their numbers will remain concentrated in…

Facebook said it would expand its UK presence by 50 percent in 2017, joining U.S. technology peer Google in boosting investment in Britain despite the uncertainty sparked by the vote…

China’s ambitions to tighten up regulation of the Internet have found a second wind in old fears – terrorism and fake news. Chinese officials and business leaders speaking at the…

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg addresses the audience during a meeting of the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Ceo Summit in Lima, Peru, November 19, 2016. REUTERS photo Facebook Inc, facing withering…

Novartis has abandoned a 2016 goal to start testing its autofocus contact lens on people, though it said the groundbreaking product it is making with internet giant Google is “progressing…

Social media giant Facebook Inc on Friday set a $6 billion buyback program for its Class A shares, beginning in the first quarter of 2017. Facebook’s shares were up 1.1…

Russia’s communications regulator ordered public access to LinkedIn’s website to be blocked on Thursday to comply with a court ruling that found the social networking firm guilty of violating a…

Pluto nearly fills the frame in this image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager aboard Nasa’’s New Horizons spacecraft Scientists have found evidence that tiny, distant Pluto harbours a hidden…