CNN Brings In the Social App Beme to Cultivate a Millennial Audience The cable news network will shut down the social media app and absorb its 12 employees, who will work to persuade younger, more skeptical viewers to tune in. By MIKE ISAAC
Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back Into China The social network, blocked in China since 2009, has developed software to keep posts from appearing in users’ news feeds in specific geographic areas, current and former employees said. By MIKE ISAAC
Instagram Introduces New Features That Mimic Twitter and Snap Tools The photo-sharing social network, which is owned by Facebook, is offering users the ability to share live videos and ephemeral messages. By MIKE ISAAC
Bits Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: Fake News, Trolls and Other Spectacles Facebook and Twitter faced fallout from the ways they had been used during the election, and Snapchat’s parent released video-recording glasses. By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC
Facebook Considering Ways to Combat Fake News, Mark Zuckerberg Says In a Facebook post Friday, Mr. Zuckerberg said the company was considering third-party verification, better automated detection and simpler ways to flag suspicious content. By MIKE ISAAC
Google and Facebook Take Aim at Fake News Sites After criticism that they might have allowed fake news to influence the 2016 election, the companies are banning such sites from using their advertising services. By NICK WINGFIELD, MIKE ISAAC and KATIE BENNER
Facebook, in Cross Hairs After Election, Is Said to Question Its Influence The social media giant is embroiled in accusations that it spread misinformation and fake news stories that influenced how the American electorate voted. By MIKE ISAAC
Bits Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: When the Tech Industry Lives in a Bubble The presidential election underscores a problem for the tech industry: that a small group of people designs products the entire world uses, perhaps stifling diversity of thought. By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC
Facebook Will Stop Some Ads From Targeting Users by Race Housing, employment and credit ads will no longer be able to use Facebook tools to exclude certain races. But other types of ads can still use them. By SAPNA MAHESHWARI and MIKE ISAAC
Twitter’s Chief Operating Officer to Step Down The departure of Adam Bain and reshuffling of his duties and aides are part of a significant shake-up under Jack Dorsey, who became C.E.O. last year. By MIKE ISAAC
For Election Day Influence, Twitter Ruled Social Media Twitter exploded into activity as the voting started, and by 9 p.m. had exceeded the 31 million posts sent on Election Day 2012. By MIKE ISAAC and SYDNEY EMBER
Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: Gaming as Prophylaxis to Elections Mike is a medieval witch hunter, as Farhad retreats into Mario. Microsoft’s grab for Slack’s lunch is discussed. And Amazon could do better at inspiring shopping. By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC
Facebook Defies Social Media Gravity With User and Profit Growth The social network remained strong, topping 1.79 billion monthly visitors and nearly tripling its profit, to $2.38 billion, in the third quarter. By MIKE ISAAC
Farhad and Mike’s Week in Tech: Microsoft, Apple and Halloween! Farhad is going as sexy Donald Trump and Mike as Guy Fieri. Amazon gets them reminiscing about Matthew McConaughey in a 1990s stoner movie. By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC
Twitter’s 4-Year Odyssey With the 6-Second Video App Vine Twitter built up Vine to leapfrog Instagram and cultivated star users. But as competition stiffened, and employees and users peeled off, Vine lost its hold. By MIKE ISAAC
Twitter to Cut Jobs as It Aims for a Turnaround The social media company said it would lay off 9 percent of its work force, as it reported an increase in users and a narrowing of losses. By MIKE ISAAC
Self-Driving Truck’s First Mission: A 120-Mile Beer Run Otto, the Uber-owned self-driving vehicle operation, delivered 2,000 cases of Budweiser 120 miles to Colorado Springs from Fort Collins, Colo. By MIKE ISAAC
Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: The Political Evolution of Silicon Valley Tech is seeping into everything — but feels blindsided when its politics are called into question. Also, the Apple car and a short-term Twitter hire. By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC
How Silicon Valley Treats a Trump Backer: Peter Thiel Peter Thiel, who has drawn fire from fellow tech executives for supporting Donald J. Trump, plans to address the issue in a speech this month. By DAVID STREITFELD and MIKE ISAAC
Police Use Surveillance Tool to Scan Social Media, A.C.L.U. Says Geofeedia, a company in Chicago, has used data from Facebook, Twitter and several other networks to aid law enforcement officials in monitoring protesters, the A.C.L.U. says. By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH, DANIEL VICTOR and MIKE ISAAC
CNN Brings In the Social App Beme to Cultivate a Millennial Audience The cable news network will shut down the social media app and absorb its 12 employees, who will work to persuade younger, more skeptical viewers to tune in. By MIKE ISAAC
Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back Into China The social network, blocked in China since 2009, has developed software to keep posts from appearing in users’ news feeds in specific geographic areas, current and former employees said. By MIKE ISAAC
Instagram Introduces New Features That Mimic Twitter and Snap Tools The photo-sharing social network, which is owned by Facebook, is offering users the ability to share live videos and ephemeral messages. By MIKE ISAAC
Bits Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: Fake News, Trolls and Other Spectacles Facebook and Twitter faced fallout from the ways they had been used during the election, and Snapchat’s parent released video-recording glasses. By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC
Facebook Considering Ways to Combat Fake News, Mark Zuckerberg Says In a Facebook post Friday, Mr. Zuckerberg said the company was considering third-party verification, better automated detection and simpler ways to flag suspicious content. By MIKE ISAAC
Google and Facebook Take Aim at Fake News Sites After criticism that they might have allowed fake news to influence the 2016 election, the companies are banning such sites from using their advertising services. By NICK WINGFIELD, MIKE ISAAC and KATIE BENNER
Facebook, in Cross Hairs After Election, Is Said to Question Its Influence The social media giant is embroiled in accusations that it spread misinformation and fake news stories that influenced how the American electorate voted. By MIKE ISAAC
Bits Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: When the Tech Industry Lives in a Bubble The presidential election underscores a problem for the tech industry: that a small group of people designs products the entire world uses, perhaps stifling diversity of thought. By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC
Facebook Will Stop Some Ads From Targeting Users by Race Housing, employment and credit ads will no longer be able to use Facebook tools to exclude certain races. But other types of ads can still use them. By SAPNA MAHESHWARI and MIKE ISAAC
Twitter’s Chief Operating Officer to Step Down The departure of Adam Bain and reshuffling of his duties and aides are part of a significant shake-up under Jack Dorsey, who became C.E.O. last year. By MIKE ISAAC
For Election Day Influence, Twitter Ruled Social Media Twitter exploded into activity as the voting started, and by 9 p.m. had exceeded the 31 million posts sent on Election Day 2012. By MIKE ISAAC and SYDNEY EMBER
Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: Gaming as Prophylaxis to Elections Mike is a medieval witch hunter, as Farhad retreats into Mario. Microsoft’s grab for Slack’s lunch is discussed. And Amazon could do better at inspiring shopping. By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC
Facebook Defies Social Media Gravity With User and Profit Growth The social network remained strong, topping 1.79 billion monthly visitors and nearly tripling its profit, to $2.38 billion, in the third quarter. By MIKE ISAAC
Farhad and Mike’s Week in Tech: Microsoft, Apple and Halloween! Farhad is going as sexy Donald Trump and Mike as Guy Fieri. Amazon gets them reminiscing about Matthew McConaughey in a 1990s stoner movie. By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC
Twitter’s 4-Year Odyssey With the 6-Second Video App Vine Twitter built up Vine to leapfrog Instagram and cultivated star users. But as competition stiffened, and employees and users peeled off, Vine lost its hold. By MIKE ISAAC
Twitter to Cut Jobs as It Aims for a Turnaround The social media company said it would lay off 9 percent of its work force, as it reported an increase in users and a narrowing of losses. By MIKE ISAAC
Self-Driving Truck’s First Mission: A 120-Mile Beer Run Otto, the Uber-owned self-driving vehicle operation, delivered 2,000 cases of Budweiser 120 miles to Colorado Springs from Fort Collins, Colo. By MIKE ISAAC
Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: The Political Evolution of Silicon Valley Tech is seeping into everything — but feels blindsided when its politics are called into question. Also, the Apple car and a short-term Twitter hire. By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC
How Silicon Valley Treats a Trump Backer: Peter Thiel Peter Thiel, who has drawn fire from fellow tech executives for supporting Donald J. Trump, plans to address the issue in a speech this month. By DAVID STREITFELD and MIKE ISAAC
Police Use Surveillance Tool to Scan Social Media, A.C.L.U. Says Geofeedia, a company in Chicago, has used data from Facebook, Twitter and several other networks to aid law enforcement officials in monitoring protesters, the A.C.L.U. says. By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH, DANIEL VICTOR and MIKE ISAAC
