‘They should be worried’: will Lina Khan take down big tech?

Within weeks of Khan’s appointment as FTC chair, Facebook and Amazon asked that she be recused from antitrust investigations

How artist Ben Grosser is cutting Mark Zuckerberg down to size

The artist and social media critic on his work subverting the manipulative practices of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

Facebook could be forced by UK watchdog to sell gif creator Giphy

Site aims to integrate service with Instagram which ‘could see Facebook withdrawing gifs from competing platforms’

Techies think we’re on the cusp of a virtual world called ‘the metaverse’. I’m skeptical

Silicon Valley has been anticipating virtual reality for more than three decades, and keeps running into the same problem: people mostly like actual reality

Move over, space. Tech billionaires have a new utopian boondoggle: the ‘metaverse’

Imagine a massive, invisible world that surrounds you but which you cannot see or engage unless you own the correct – expensive – technology

Misinformation on 27-year-old Sydney man’s Covid-19 death spreads on social media

Baseless and bizarre claims surrounding the death of Aude Alaskar circulating on Facebook and WhatsApp groups

Facebook let fossil-fuel industry push climate misinformation, report finds

Thinktank InfluenceMap accuses petroleum giants of gaming Facebook to promote oil and gas as part of climate-crisis solution

Naaman Zhou: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

In his final week as a Guardian Australia reporter, Naaman Zhou takes on the column that was made for him – and somehow only mentions Ratatouille once

TechScape: Why ‘hacker summer camp’ and pandemics don’t mix

Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: DEF CON hit by Covid concerns … Zuckerberg enters the Metaverse … and the impact of Final Fantasy VII

‘Stick with the facts’: Greg Hunt’s plea to politicians after LNP senator’s ‘false’ Facebook Covid posts

Gerard Rennick has cast doubt on the accuracy of Covid tests and posted about unproven medical treatments including ivermectin

A ‘safe space for racists’: antisemitism report criticises social media giants

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok failing to act on most reported anti-Jewish posts, says study

Big tech’s big week raises fears of ‘Blade Runner future’ of mega-company rule

Amazon, Google, Apple and Microsoft all reported record-breaking profits but recent Biden administration moves suggest US tech’s easy ride is over

From Oslo pram guy to the teenage vacuum expert: inside the obsessive world of niche online reviewers

Wade can tell you the best pram for a tall parent; Matthew knows which cleaner has superior suction power. But how do you become a respected reviewer on the wild west of the internet?

Uber and Google are latest among tech firms to delay reopening as Delta variant spreads

The company also announced a vaccine mandate for employees who return in person for the new mid-October target date

Facebook reports fastest quarterly growth in five years

Social media company beats forecasts and hits $29bn revenue despite regulatory concerns and failure to act on misinformation