How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in conversation
From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future
UK government resumes row with Apple by demanding access to British users’ data
New access order by Home Office would seek access to the tech company’s encrypted cloud backups
Labour plans to consult on use of live facial recognition before wider roll-out
Policing minister says government will ‘put some parameters’ around its deployment in England
Ed Miliband says it is ‘possible’ that UK government should leave X
Energy minister says platform’s owner Elon Musk is a ‘dangerous man’ who is part of a ‘global network of right’
The Guardian view on AI and jobs: the tech revolution should be for the many not the few
Editorial: Britain risks devolving its digital destiny to Silicon Valley. As a TUC manifesto argues, those affected must have a greater say in shaping the workplace of the future
Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation
Reading the post-riot posts: how we traced far-right radicalisation across 51,000 Facebook messages
Tracing profiles of those charged with online offences in summer 2024 helped us map a thriving social ecosystem trading far-right sentiment and political disillusionment
Starmer to unveil digital ID cards in plan set to ignite civil liberties row
‘Brit card’ already facing opposition from privacy campaigners as government looks for ways to tackle illegal immigration
Digital ID cards: a versatile and useful tool or a worrying cybersecurity risk?
As Keir Starmer aims to revive ID card system first proposed by Tony Blair, we look at the arguments for and against
Fashion campaigner Livia Giuggioli shreds MBE over Trump’s ‘grotesque’ UK visit
Colin Firth’s ex-wife to return honorary medal to authorities in protest over US president’s ‘poisonous rhetoric’
Special relationship? There can be no such thing with a snake like Trump
Keir Starmer has spent the best part of a year cosying up to the US president. It will be no surprise when he gets bitten, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
Adviser to UK minister claimed AI firms would never have to compensate creatives
Exclusive: Kirsty Innes made statement in now-deleted post on X seven months before taking up role as Liz Kendall aide
UK’s YouTube and TikTok content creators deserve more rights, say MPs
Cross-party group to ‘tear down barriers that stifle talent’, from mortgage difficulties to filming permit problems
What does ‘Boriswave’ mean and what is its political significance?
Use by Nigel Farage is latest example of terms coined by the ‘extremely online right’ entering political mainstream
Labour cosies up to US tech firms with little thought of downsides
Economic benefits of generative AI, which may take time to show, put ahead of impact of datacentres on energy and water