Facebook is retiring Trending—the box that displayed all the latest news—because, it says, the feature had outlived its usefulness. The Trending section has been on Facebook since 2014, and served as ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is shutting down its embattled "trending topics" section, the company announced on Friday, putting an end to a tool that was often a flashpoint for allegations of political ...

In August, Facebook released a statement in their newsroom, explaining that humans no longer write descriptions for the Trending feature on the sidebar of your Facebook profile and, rather, the whole ...

Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! The Facebook Trending news section users check to ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)-- Facebook is shutting down its ill-fated "trending" news section after four years, a company executive told The Associated Press. The company claims the tool is outdated and ...

NEW YORK— Facebook is shutting down its ill-fated “trending” news section after four years, a company executive told The Associated Press. The company claims the tool is outdated and wasn’t popular.

To help fight fake news, the social network takes another crack at how it presents popular stories. Now everyone in a region will see the same topics. Richard Nieva was a senior reporter for CNET News ...

Facebook’s Trending section got off to a rough start, from accusations of suppressing conservative viewpoints to pushing bogus news stories after human editors were removed. But after some tweaks, the ...

Facebook announced it is updating its trending topics feature to showcase other publications covering a given news story, hoping to expose readers to a wider variety of sources as the company faces ...