21 things to look forward to in 2021 – from meteor showers to the Olympics
From finally seeing the back of Donald Trump to being in a football stadium – the new year is full of promise
MPs urge Johnson to ensure all pupils have digital resources for home learning
Letter to PM says those on ‘wrong side of the digital divide’ need help as English secondaries stay closed
Obsolete software from 1990s features in Brexit deal text
Descriptions of Netscape Communicator and Mozilla Mail as ‘modern’ leads to questions over whether text was copied and pasted
2020: the quiz of the year
Kim Kardashian’s unique talent, the return of AC/DC, that mysterious drive to Barnard Castle… How well can you recall the past year? Take our quiz to find out.
The Brexit deal is done – but many crucial issues are unresolved
Security, data and the services sector are still in limbo after a ‘thin’ agreement struck to avoid disaster
Covid through a lens: how Guardian video continued amid the pandemic
The Guardian’s head of video reports on how he and other members of the video journalism team have adapted the way they work to suit ‘the new normal’
If the UK really wants to be a sovereign nation, it should stand up to big tech
The government has come up with a clever new way of regulating the digital marketplace – but will it ever become law?
Covid: Sunak mulls tougher VAT rules for Uber drivers and Airbnb landlords
Potential crackdown on sharing economy comes as chancellor seeks to revive public finances
Zuckerberg threatened to pull investment from the UK
Minutes of a 2018 meeting show Facebook chief complaining UK was anti-tech and saying he might look elsewhere in Europe to invest
No buts: Keir Starmer did not inspire Helen Fielding’s Mark Darcy
Author lays rumour to rest that her Bridget Jones character was based on the Labour leader
Margaret Hodge calls for ban on social media anonymity
Labour MP promotes online harms bill, saying she receives tens of thousands of abusive tweets a month
‘Dirty methods’ in Brexit vote cited in push for new laws on Europe’s elections
Sites such as Facebook will have to publicly disclose identity of people and entities funding such advertising
Music streaming makes major labels rich, while musicians like me go broke
I urge the UK parliamentary inquiry to recommend that all musicians are given a fair slice of the vast streaming cake, says singer-songwriter Nadine Shah
What the BBC can learn from its journalists’ use of Twitter
In the first quantitative study of 90 BBC journalists on the platform, we examined to whom reporters pay most attention, says sociologist Tom Mills
The Treasury must release more money – and relinquish more control
Sunak’s plan to pinch pennies in a pandemic is unwise. But the bigger problem is the centralisation of his spending projects