With enough equipment to build everything from Oculus headsets to solar-powered planes, there certainly is plenty in Facebook’s new hardware lab for Mark Zuckerberg to be excited about.

More than four billion people around the world don't have access to the Internet (and by extension Facebook). Mark Zuckerberg wants to change that with the open-source OpenCellular platform, a shoebox size device that can deliver wireless connectivity to up to 1,500 people as far as 10km away.

A vulnerability in Facebook Messenger allowed attackers to alter users' chat histories, which means malicious actors could then insert links to malware or tamper with details of transactions conducted over the chat messenger.

Blizzard and Facebook are now working together, allowing Blizzard’s game titles to use Facebook login credentials and Facebook live streaming.

The undersea cable, called MAREA, is 6,600km long and has a bandwidth of 160Tbps (terabits per second).

Facebook announced that its users can soon view and upload 360-degree photos on the News Feed.

Reports suggest that Facebook is currently working on a standalone camera app to get people to take and share more photos and videos.

Bots are coming to Facebook Messenger, and if all goes as planned, you could soon place an order online by talking to a bot. Unfortunately, we can't guarantee that none of these will become Nazis (Tay, we're looking at you).

The Mevo by Livestream is the first live camera supported by Facebook for Facebook Live videos.

At its F8 developer conference today, Facebook announced the Surround 360, a 17-camera, open-source VR rig that could make it easier for content creators to produce high-quality VR content.