Forgot your password for that app? Facebook wants to make it less painful for you to log in again. On Tuesday, the company announced a few new features for Facebook Login, which lets people log into apps automatically using their Facebook credentials instead of a new username and password. The company introduced the updates at …

Facebook Messenger wants to be your one-stop shop for… everything. Want to check on your flight or buy some Nikes? The social network hopes you’ll never leave its chat app. Facebook on Tuesday unveiled new features for Messenger that aim to give people more ways to communicate with businesses but cut out the tedium — like talking to customer service …

Google is bringing tools to fight fake news to its most important and iconic product: search. The tech giant said Friday that it’s adding “fact check” labels to some of the results in its search engine. If you search for something and a story from a credible fact-checking source like PolitiFact or Snopes comes up, it will get that label. …

If you go to a few brand pages on Facebook, like HBO’s, you might notice a new tab along the left edge of the page: groups. It’s an easy-to-miss addition, but it actually represents a big push for CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his social network: building out Facebook’s platforms for large online communities, instead of just connecting people with friends …

Facebook wants to get more people to use its service at work — but not in the way you think. In October, the social network unveiled Workplace, a paid collaboration service for the, well, workplace. On Wednesday, the company said it’s beginning to test a new free version to expand its user base. Now, the free tier is called Workplace …

Microsoft’s HoloLens started shipping one year ago today, and the tech giant is touting the progress it’s made over the last 12 months. The company said Thursday that software developers have created 150 apps exclusively for the HoloLens, its headset that overlays digital images over what a wearer already sees. The genre is known as “mixed reality.” Alex Kipman, a …

If you’re waiting to finally use the next generation of Google’s smartwatch software, you’ll have to keep waiting. Android Wear 2.0, the most significant update to the search giant’s operating system for wearables, is being delayed in its wider rollout. The culprit is a bug that Google found in its final testing of the software. 9to5Google earlier reported the news. …

It’s time to get started with that New Year’s resolution you’ve put on hold for three months already. Google on Thursday said it will now let people book fitness classes in the US using search, maps or its “Reserve with Google” website. On Google Maps and in search, you can look up a specific gym and click to see the …

Need to raise money for your dog’s surgery? Facebook thinks your friends can help. The social network on Thursday unveiled a tool that lets you set up a “personal fundraiser” and hit up friends to contribute. The idea is to raise money for yourself or someone you know. For now, you’ll only be able to ask for funds related to …

Now playing: Watch this: Facebook clones Snapchat again 1:21 Facebook just made its biggest move in its war against Snapchat. The social network on Tuesday widely released Facebook Stories, a near-identical clone of rival Snapchat’s popular feature, also called Stories. The feature lets people post a string of videos and photos that disappear after 24 hours. If it sounds like …