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​A Facebook 360 and Red Digital Cinema collaboration that began in May 2017 has finally produced fruit – the Manifold camera, the "first studio-ready camera system for immersive 6DoF storytelling."

Facebook-owned Oculus has a new virtual reality headset to show off. The Oculus Quest sits between the portable Oculus Go and the PC-connected Oculus Rift in the range, needs no connecting wires or external sensors, and is arriving at the start of next year for $399.

Unlike Twitter, Mastodon's messages are distributed across independent servers with their own communities and rules. But it's just one example of this new breed of website which makes up the fediverse, which may just buck the trend of locking content behind walled gardens like Twitter and Facebook.

Apple is paired with Foster + Partners, Google with BIG and Thomas Heatherwick, and Facebook's architect is Frank Gehry. The social media giant recently commissioned him to expand its HQ in California. The new building was completed in 18 months and has several sustainable features.

Facebook has removed another batch of pages, groups and accounts for "coordinated inauthentic behavior." This time originating in Iran, the pages targeted hundreds of thousands of people across the Middle East, Latin America, UK and US with political content designed to shape their opinions.

​It was back in 2014 that Facebook first announced its Aquila program, in which high-altitude solar-powered autonomous drones would be used to provide developing countries with broadband internet coverage. This Tuesday, however, the company announced that it is cancelling the program.

Facebook finds itself in the midst of another privacy storm, and so once again the issues of data collection and user privacy are back in the headlines. If you're wondering what kinds of information you're giving away to the apps you use – and how you can limit it – here's what you need to know.

A consortium including Microsoft, Facebook and Telxius​​ recently finished threading the complex 4,000-mi (6,400-km) cable across the ocean floor from Virginia Beach, Virginia to Bilbao, Spain to produce a high-speed data connection that will be more secure from disruption by natural disasters.

Companies have been working to perfect a camera that blends effortlessly into the wearer's life. With two cameras and the ability to livestream through Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, it's designed to make chronicling the events of your day easier than ever.

​Facebook's plan to bring the entire world online using a solar-powered, internet beaming aircraft has taken another step forward, with the company testing its Aquila drone for the second time.

Today, Facebook announced efforts to battle "revenge porn" – that is, the sharing of intimate images without consent. The social media giant is rolling out tools to report and curb the spread of these types of images.

​In an effort to battle the scourge of fake news, a group of tech companies, academic institutions, non-profits and other organizations have allied to create the News Integrity Initiative, dedicated to helping people make better choices about the news they read and share online.