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Facebook is tweaking Trending Topics to counter charges of bias

An internal investigation found no 'systematic' bias, the company says.

Facebook bought a startup to make its 360-degree videos sound better

Facebook wants more VR content. This acquisition might help.

Tucker Carlson accuses Glenn Beck of sucking up to Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg

Beck "acted like he was auditioning to be Mark Zuckerberg's manservant."

What happened on Facebook Live this week? Artificially intelligent Super Mario and surprise piercings.

A roundup of what publishers did with media's shiniest new toy.

Glenn Beck says he believes Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg are acting in good faith

The conservative commentator walked away from Wednesday's meeting obviously impressed.

Oculus reassures Senator Al Franken that its data collection practices are not at all creepy

The VR company knows how far apart your eyes are, but only to deliver images in sharp focus.

Conservatives met with Mark Zuckerberg. They still think Facebook is biased.

Conservatives call for a diversity of thought among tech companies in left-leaning Silicon Valley.

The chart that shows why Mark Zuckerberg is hosting Glenn Beck and fellow conservatives at Facebook today

This poll shows a dramatic drop in Republicans' views of Facebook since bias allegations surfaced.

Here's a conservative who thinks Facebook treats him just fine, thank you very much

It's "far more open and fair to conservatives than Twitter," says Erick Erickson.

The Facebook papers Part 2: The user experience revolt

What publishers can and can't do — and how that forces them into giving up more of their core competencies to Facebook.

Glenn Beck says he's going to meet Mark Zuckerberg this week

"It would be interesting to look him in the eye."

One of Marissa Mayer's trusted product leaders is leaving for Instagram

Robby Stein will join Instagram's new-look product team.

Facebook says some of its best friends are conservatives

It even hires them!

Facebook is using Apple’s playbook for virtual reality. Google is using Google’s.

Here comes Google's big VR splash.

Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to talk to conservatives

Facebook is still in damage control mode over its Trending Topics feature.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal is leaving the bench for Facebook

He has been overseeing cases in the federal court in San Jose since 2010.

Here's Facebook's guide to how its 'Trending Topics' tool works

A Guardian report contradicts earlier Facebook denials.

Facebook has been actively courting conservatives, but that won't stop it from getting spanked

Allegations that news curators routinely suppress news of interest to conservatives riled the GOP.

Here's the real story about Facebook's influence on which stories you see

Spoiler: It's not a secret.

WhatsApp just launched a new app — on desktop

Facebook is running to mobile. Except when it's not.

The U.S. Senate wants Mark Zuckerberg to say whether Facebook has been manipulating the news

The request follows a Gizmodo report that the company actively suppresses conservative viewpoints.

Facebook refutes Gizmodo report that it was censoring conservative news

"We do not insert stories artificially into trending topics, and do not instruct our reviewers to do so."

An article on anti-conservative Facebook trending bias shows up in Facebook's trending articles

A human, not a robot, made that call.

Robots don't run Facebook's trending stories, yet

And that's good!

Facebook will sponsor the Republican National Convention. Wait. Wut?

Facebook says its participation in both the RNC and DNC conventions allows users to remain engaged in the political process.

One year later, Facebook HQ is still ready for its close-up

The social media mammoth sets the bar impossibly, beautifully high.

Periscope broadcasts will soon live on forever — here's why that's smart

Periscope is learning what Snapchat has already discovered: A lot of times, people don't want their content to disappear.

TFW you realize the robot you trained is going to take your job

"I trained Facebook's robot writers and I didn't even get a lousy T-shirt."

Instagram is selling a new type of video ad

Instagram has been pushing users to create more videos. Now it's pushing advertisers to create more video ads.

Oculus will sell its virtual reality headset in Best Buy stores beginning this week

It's the first time the Rift has been available for in-store purchase.

Watch President Obama poke Hillary Clinton for campaigning like your aunt on Facebook

"Hillary trying appeal to young voters is a little bit like your relative who just signed up for Facebook."

Snapchat will show you Olympics highlights. What about Facebook and Twitter?

NBC is in talks with both Facebook and Twitter to strike similar deals to what it inked with Snapchat.