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Start-up investors have often suspended skepticism while chasing a hot deal. The trial of Ms. Holmes, the founder of Theranos, has put that behavior under the spotlight.

The suit, filed by the now defunct photo start-up Phhhoto, accused the social network of stalling on a deal and then putting it out of business.

The quarter was otherwise upbeat, as business continued to rebound.

Why Apple and Samsung are the Coke and Pepsi of smartphones in the U.S.

She interviewed many of the scientists who were at the heart of the field through the end of the 1970s, and she compiled a groundbreaking history of its early years.

Three years ago, the company walked away from a Defense Department project after employees objected to it. Now the company is working on a new proposal for the Pentagon.

The research underscores how online platforms based in the United States still struggle to police inauthentic behavior abroad.

Enlarge / Boeing office building in Arlington, Virginia. (credit: Getty Images | Olivier Douliery) The Federal Communications Commission today gave Boeing permission to launch 147 broadband satellites. While that’s a fraction of the number of satellites approved for other low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations, the decision allows Boeing to compete in the emerging LEO satellite...

Enlarge / A three-ship flight of F-22 Raptors. As one of the US Air Force’s most sophisticated fighters, it might see combat in the future not against insurgencies, but against technologically sophisticated adversaries like China or Russia. (credit: Stocktrek Images / Getty Images) With the war in Afghanistan in the rearview mirror, US military planners...

Saying it wants “to find the right balance” with the technology, the social network will delete the face scan data of more than one billion users.