Photos of a dimly lit Uji Bridge at night, sacred horses walking on the front approach to the shrine, artists performing court music and dance. These are among dozens of images depicting scenes at Ise Shrine that have been uploaded to its Instagram account, while ...
Facebook said it would stop booking sales to U.K. clients via Ireland, a practice which reduced its taxes, following the British government's introduction of a new tax on profits shifted offshore. In future, Facebook will report its U.K. sales in Britain. "In light of changes to ...
How using Facebook makes people dumber
Facebook reinforces people's tendency to seek out information that confirms their beliefs, and to ignore contrary information.
A group of self-styled militiamen occupying the headquarters of a U.S. national wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon to protest the imminent imprisonment of two ranchers took to social media on Monday to drum up support for their cause. As the standoff with law enforcement authorities ...
Zuckerberg's unimpressive generosity
Mark Zuckerberg can do what he wants with his money, but let's not make the mistake of calling him a charitable giver.
A jury on Wednesday found a Florida man guilty of second-degree murder after he killed his wife and posted a photo of her blood-spattered body on Facebook. Jurors rejected the argument that Derek Medina, 33, acted in self-defense when he shot 27-year-old Jennifer Alfonso eight ...
Paris attack, calls to cover other tragedies spur Facebook to boost use of Safety Check
During the horrific attacks in Paris, Facebook Inc. made a tool available for people in the area to let friends know they were safe. Safety Check had never been enacted for something that wasn't a natural disaster, and as the death toll rose Friday, ...
Facebook is following you around the Internet
Social media platforms like Facebook may be pretty intrusive in how they follow your Internet activity, but that's the price of using these "free" services.
Facebook targets racist rants on its German website after government pressure
Facebook Inc. announced it would step up efforts to target racist posts on its German website after the government requested a crack down on a surge in xenophobic outbursts against refugees. The U.S. company said it would join forces with a Germany Internet watchdog, a ...
Islamic State peddling looted art on eBay, Facebook for cash flow
The Whatsapp message appeared on his iPhone: photos of an ancient Mesopotamian vase worth $250,000, part of a highly valued set, is waiting to be extracted. The recipient, Amr Al Azm, replied that he was interested. How to proceed? A message from a different account ...
Algorithms give us what we want, but little else
Algorithms may take the guesswork out of marketing, crime prevention and even romance. But they also take the guesswork out of life itself, making it predictably dull.
Desktop PC queries topped by Google mobile searches in 10 countries
Google Inc. users in the U.S., Japan and other key countries have shifted more than half their Internet searches to handheld devices from personal computers, driving the company's investments in features for mobile gadgets. The owner of the largest Web search engine has seen the ...
