Mark Zuckerberg out-robots his AI robot in saccharine holiday video
Zuckerberg’s dead-eyed delivery during a two-minute humblebrag about his artificial intelligence tool Jarvis makes you question who the real robot is
The tech winners and losers of 2016 (hint: Facebook – and Facebook)
2016 was an unexpected year. Some in Silicon Valley soared, while others tanked. And some took a trip to Trump Tower
Facebook to begin flagging fake news in response to mounting criticism
Disputed articles will be marked with the help of users and outside fact checkers amid widespread criticism that fake news influenced the US election
Google and Facebook to take 71% of UK online ad revenue by 2020
Dominance of companies puts pressure on newspapers, which have found it difficult to make money from online audiences
Trump to meet tech firms including Apple, Facebook and Google
Members of Silicon Valley’s elite including Tim Cook, Larry Page, Satya Nadella and Sheryl Sandberg to meet president-elect in New York
Facebook advertises for a head of news after US election concerns
Job ad suggests company is looking for someone to address unease about fake news and social network’s wider impact
Digital natives can handle the truth. Trouble is, they can’t find it
Alarming research shows that while the young are brilliant at flitting about on social media, their ability to nail down hard facts is woefully lacking
Facebook court filings hint at possible political future for Mark Zuckerberg
Lawsuit over extent of CEO’s control of company shows board voted to give him two-year leave if he serves ‘in a government position or office’
Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft team up to tackle extremist content
The tech companies plan to create a shared database of ‘unique digital fingerprints’ that can identify images and videos promoting terrorism
Google ‘must review its search rankings because of rightwing manipulation’
Hate sites are dominating and controlling searches on Muslims, Jews, Hitler and women, and search engine is failing to tackle problem, say academics
Google, democracy and the truth about internet search
Tech-savvy rightwingers have been able to ‘game’ the algorithms of internet giants and create a new reality where Hitler is a good guy, Jews are evil and… Donald Trump becomes president
Facebook plans to invest $20m in affordable housing projects
The tech company, long criticized displacing low-income residents in Silicon Valley, will partner with advocacy groups to amid massive campus expansion
Fake news detector for Facebook leads to fake news story about who made it
BS Detector was created by Daniel Sieradski (not Facebook) and was a reaction to the network’s failure to flag false information – until Facebook blocked it
Fake news: an insidious trend that’s fast becoming a global problem
With fake online news dominating discussions after the US election, Guardian correspondents explain how it is distorting politics around the world
The Financial Times passes another major digital milestone
Business paper claims a first by earning more revenues from digital than print