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Meta targets ‘cyber mercenaries’ using Facebook to spy

Facebook parent Meta on Thursday banned a series of "cyber mercenary" groups, and began alerting some 50,000 people likely targeted by the firms accused...

Facebook whistleblower: ‘I want to start a youth movement’

What exactly does one do after leaking thousands of documents from the world's most powerful social media company? For Frances Haugen, the answer is...

Brazilian police detain Facebook executive on court order

Brazil's federal police detained a Facebook executive Tuesday for failing to cooperate with judicial orders related to information on the company's website in an investigation of drug trafficking.

Now you can watch Periscope streams directly in your Twitter feed

Periscope, the live-streaming video service, announced a big integration partner Tuesday: its owner, Twitter.

New dad Zuckerberg vows to give away Facebook fortune

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced he had become a father -- and pledged to give away his fortune to make the world a "better place" for baby daughter Max and others.

Costa Rica lawmaker gets blasted on social media for unfortunate tweet

Politician Óscar López made an inadvertent splash on Twitter Tuesday morning when he posted a picture of himself laying the fetal position on a couch asking his followers if they can help cure his fever.

People-rating app sparks firestorm

Creators of an app that will let people assign ratings to those they know vowed to launch as planned next month despite online outrage at the idea.

Will we finally be able to dislike something on Facebook?

Facebook Inc. is working on options besides the "like" button for users to weigh in on their friends' postings, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said in a public Q&A.

For new generation of on-camera cooks, YouTube is a FoodTube

Millennials fueled a 280 percent increase in subscriptions to YouTube food channels last year, according to Google research in 2014.

Obama finally gets a Twitter account

The account -- which already had nearly 150,000 followers in the first half hour and a million followers shortly after -- instantly became one of the world's top hacking targets, but will also allow U.S. President Barack Obama to tweet directly for the first time.
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Costa Rica Capital Reverses Course on Restaurant and Bar Restriction

San José’s municipal government is moving to discard a proposed entertainment regulation that would have restricted dancing, live music, DJs and karaoke at restaurants...

Flying to Costa Rica in the 1990s: Free Drinks, Meals and Smoking

Flying from Miami to Costa Rica in the 1990s could mean a hot meal, repeated rounds of complimentary drinks and a seat only a...

Netflix Documentary Revisits Kaitlin Armstrong’s Capture in Costa Rica

A Netflix true-crime documentary is bringing renewed attention to the case of an American murder suspect who hid in Costa Rica before investigators used...

Former Costa Rica Football Chief Challenges FIFAGate Conviction

More than a decade after the FIFAGate corruption scandal shook international football, former Costa Rican Football Federation president Eduardo Li has renewed his attempt...