As we’ve discussed, Facebook’s bot platform is still in its early stages, and most apps aren’t ready yet to become part of your everyday life. This is mainly ...

The big tech companies have long clung to the idea that their platforms are driven solely by the bias-free, objective realities of their algorithms. But of course the truth is more complicated: Behind ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A group of security researchers say they’ve unmasked a massive bot farm that aimed to ...

Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook's parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in ...

Facebook can do a lot of things, but can it also fix your sex life? That's the goal of Lovely Bot, new Facebook chatbot that engages you in a kind of sex therapy session. It's the first of its kind, ...

Getting help with voting registration can now be as simple as a quick chat with a bot. The Ad Council just launched an automated tool within Facebook's messenger platform designed to walk prospective ...

is the editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. The bot era has officially begun. In a widely expected move, Facebook today announced tools for developers to build bots ...

If Facebook announces the “Messenger Bot Store” at F8, as many predict, it would be arguably the most consequential event for the tech industry since Apple announced the App Store and iPhone SDK in ...

It’s happened to all of us. We forgot we left our credit card in a different jacket, call the bank to immediately cancel the card, and scramble to update our numerous accounts with the new card ...