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Silicon Valley's lone ranger throws his support behind Trump.

Silicon Valley's lone ranger throws his support behind Trump.

Facebook Inc's Messenger has more than 1 billion users, the social media company said on Wednesday, making it one the world's top three apps just two years after it was split off from Facebook's main app, which is by far and away the most popular.

Facebook Inc's Messenger has more than 1 billion users, the social media company said on Wednesday, making it one the world's top three apps just two years after it was split off from Facebook's main app, which is by far and away the most popular.

Twitter is in talks for rights to stream live sports,

Twitter is in talks for rights to stream live sports,

Twitter suffered a major interruption Tuesday, with some users unable to log on to the social-media service for more than two hours.

A video posted Tuesday by "Sons Caliphate Army," the self-styled hacking division of Islamic State, takes aim at the recent campaigns by Facebook and Twitter to shut down accounts by Islamic State extremists.

Twitter is sweetening its employee compensation packages to stem a talent drain, a pressing move that may be followed by other tech companies with sinking stock prices.

For the past few years, as advertisers spent more money on sponsored content across the Web, it was technically against the rules to post that content to Facebook unless part of a paid ad placement on the social network. But the site is changing its tune.

Twitter has won the rights to stream the National Football League's Thursday night games online, the league said Tuesday.

Facebook Inc. on Tuesday denied allegations from former workers who said the social media site suppressed news about conservative issues on its popular "trending" news feature.