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Facebook is investing billions to build the "metaverse"

Facebook earns $9bn despite whistleblower scandal

Facebook will start publishing the financial results of its augmented and virtual reality labs as a separate unit, where it is investing billions in its ambitions to build the "metaverse" and as it reported that its main advertising business faces "significant uncertainty."

Business • 26 Oct 21

Zuckerberg lays out steps to reform internet rules

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg laid out steps today to reform internet rules, saying that companies should have immunity from liability only if they follow best practices for removing damaging material from their platforms.

Business • 24 Mar 21

More than 200 billionaires have jumped ahead of Trump

Trump falls away in latest Forbes billionaire list

Donald Trump may be the Republican front runner for the White House, but he is slipping behind in the world billionaires race, Forbes magazine's new list of the planet's richest people shows.

News • 01 Mar 16

Mark Zuckerberg announced the changes at the firm's annual developer conference

Facebook: Messenger updates could generate new companies

Facebook believes the updates it has made to its Messenger service could help spark the creation of the next generation of big companies.

Business • 01 Apr 15

Facebook shares plunge below IPO price

Facebook shares plunged below their offering price in trade, as early buyers sought to cut losses during the stock's first full day of trade.

Business • 22 May 12

Facebook value could top $100 billion

Facebook has bumped up the price it plans to charge for shares at its stock market debut, giving the leading social network a value that could top $100 billion.

Business • 15 May 12