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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

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  • NHS to use AI on its app to direct patients to appropriate services
  • Doctors’ soaring use of AI scribes prompts Australian government warning over privacy
  • Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-up
  • OpenAI’s apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over UK investment
  • Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project
  • As auto costs rise, will the US miss the golden age of electric vehicles?
  • ‘There’s excitement in the air’: how America fell back in love with indie cinemas
  • How AI is changing language
  • Farewell to Jackass, the finest catalogue of male idiocy – it could only go on for so long
  • The Guide #250: All the US/UK cultural crossovers you may have missed but need to read about
  • From Madonna to Minions & Monsters: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • Britain has so many stories. The reason we fund the arts together is so we can tell them
  • Burning flags, busty blondes and bison skulls: 48 photographs that capture America at 250
  • AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps
  • The Guardian view on how culture is taking on tech: the ultimate handheld device
  • UK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fears
  • Americans disgusted at Trump earning $1bn from crypto as president: ‘Obviously a grift’
  • Man charged with manslaughter over Tesla crash originally blamed on car’s self-driving mode
  • UK parents: share your views on guidance to not put photos of children on public display
  • Supergirl is a box office catastrophe. How can Marvel and DC save the superhero movie?
  • What would our lives look like if we no longer had to work? As a thought experiment, I tried to imagine
  • NSW government ‘absolutely thrilled’ to welcome OpenAI … until someone mentioned the Terminator films
  • Yours for just £228: a Kevin Spacey stainless steel gold-tone Fourth of July ‘adversity ring’
  • ‘If you see one movie this year’: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey set to storm the box office
  • US residents angry at datacenters ‘being shoved down our throats’ are recalling officials
  • I tested 53 water bottles to find the best for leaks, looks and sustainability: here are my favourites
  • The making of Independence Day at 30: ‘I panicked and raced to set to rewrite’
  • Bugonia to Wicked: For Good – the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • ‘I feel both thrilled and ruined by this’: Olivia Wilde and Edward Norton on making sex comedy The Invite
  • 3,000% bonuses but a growing wealth divide: South Korea grapples with its AI chip boom

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