Australian Isis sympathiser preaching online again after 2014 arrest
Musa Cerantonio, 30, from Footscray in Melbourne, lecturing alongside an Islamic State supporter who has been deported from UK and served time in prison
Oculus Rift virtual reality headset finally available for pre-order – at $600
Consumer version of Facebook’s VR headset will ship from March costing £499 in the UK with two games and controllers, but needs a powerful PC to run it
Oculus responds to Kickstarter criticism with free headsets
Backers of the initial Oculus Rift Kickstarter will be able to claim a free virtual reality headset, four years after the initial crowdfunding campaign
Mark Zuckerberg plans to make his own AI butler – like Jarvis in Iron Man
In 2015, the Facebook co-founder challenged himself to read one book every two weeks, but for 2016 he’s going to engineer a robot for his home
Is Facebook the enemy of truth and civic unity?
The defining political achievements of the past decade have favored tolerance and empathy – and online discussion has fuelled them all, argues Steven Johnson
Iran’s blogfather: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are killing the web
Hossein Derakhshan was imprisoned by the regime for his blogging. On his release, he found the internet stripped of its power to change the world and instead serving up a stream of pointless social trivia
US digital advertising in 2016: things will get better
Spending time on the web in 2015 was a charmless experience. Next year we’ll see a renewed focus on quality ads
Will 2016 be the year virtual reality gaming takes off?
The first wave of VR headsets flopped, but soon the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR will go on sale – and they’re going to be much, much better
Yahoo to notify its users about ‘state-sponsored’ hacking attacks
Announcement follows similar move by Facebook, as internet companies respond to attacks that can be ‘more advanced and dangerous’
Can Donald Trump’s social media genius take him all the way to the White House?
He has millions of followers and likes on Facebook, Twitter, Vine and Instagram. He uses YouTube and Periscope. His polling numbers remain high. Could Trump’s social media strategy really win him the biggest job of all?
Blocking Trump supporters doesn’t stifle discourse – it helps set boundaries
Why shouldn’t a Muslim American block a Facebook friend for bringing Islamophobia into their personal space?
WhatsApp blocked in Brazil for 48 hours by court
Unknown petitioner gains injunction blocking Facebook’s popular messaging service used daily by 93 million users in the country
EU agrees draft text of pan-European data privacy rules
New rules will strengthen European citizens’ privacy protections, while a controversial proposal to raise ‘age of digital consent’ to 16 was devolved to member states
Facebook adjusts controversial ‘real name’ policy in wake of criticism
Transgender people and victims of domestic violence who use aliases to hide from their abusers had criticized the social network’s policy
Ted Cruz using firm that harvested data on millions of unwitting Facebook users
Exclusive: Documents reveal donor-funded US startup embedded in Republican’s campaign paid UK university academics to collect psychological profiles on potential voters