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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

UK government will underwrite £1.5bn loan guarantee to Jaguar Land Rover after cyber-attack

Britain’s largest automotive employer plans to restart engine manufacturing in early October, report says

Zuckerberg hailed AI ‘superintelligence’. Then his smart glasses failed on stage

The Meta CEO fumbled a demo of his AI Ray-Bans, giving us hope that the robots might be too dumb to take over

Kido nursery hackers threaten to publish more children’s profiles

Criminals calling themselves Radiant say they will post additional private data online unless they are paid

More than 1.6m sign petition opposing Starmer’s plan for digital ID cards

Opponents of scheme for people working in UK describe it as a ‘step towards mass surveillance and digital control’

Farewell, Amazon Fresh – the no tills thing was all a bit too awkward

The ‘just walk out’ innovation promised frictionless shopping – but these days, maybe we all need a bit less tech in our lives, says assistant newsletter editor Jason Okundaye

Harrods warns customers their data may have been stolen in IT breach

Luxury department store says passwords and payment details were not affected in the ‘isolated incident’

Cute fluffy characters and Egyptian selfies: Meta launches AI feed Vibes

Under Mark Zuckerberg’s publicity video for Vibes, one Instagram user commented: ‘Bros posting ai slop on his own app’

If you’re not using an eSIM when you travel, you’re getting ripped off

Say goodbye to extortionate roaming fees – new companies like Airalo, Holafly and Saily offer cheap, easy coverage for your next international trip

Facebook and Instagram to charge UK users £3.99 a month for ad-free version

Subscription service is Meta’s response to regulatory warnings over crunching users’ data to serve targeted ads

The TikTok deal puts even more media in the hands of the super-rich

Trump is clearing the way for US investors to control a wildly popular platform where millions get their news

No room for your bike? Here are 13 clever, space-saving storage ideas for indoors and out

From hallway hooks to garden fortresses, here’s where to keep your bike so it’s safe, dry and out of the way

Abu Dhabi royal family to take stake in TikTok US under Trump deal

MGX, chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will take 15% stake, with social media firm valued at $14bn

Murdoch, Ellison and China: what we know about the US’s TikTok deal

TikTok’s future in the US has been in limbo for over year, but Trump says the US and China finally have a deal

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  • AI surveillance is being supercharged – and it will chill social progress
  • The Guest review – Trine Dyrholm pulls out all the stops as a bipolar mother in dysfunctional family drama
  • AI altering meaning of users’ drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds
  • Robert Richardson: The White Devil review – tempestuous DoP’s relationship with A-list directors laid bare
  • The one change that worked: I banned myself from social media – and my children have never been happier
  • ‘Impossible to be a mom’: new film shines light on how America fails its mothers
  • Couples Weekend review – Alexandra Daddario annd Josh Gad lead spicy comedy of marital melee
  • ‘Cosy competency porn’: why The Post is my feelgood movie
  • Israeli command system identified 850,000 targets in Gaza and Lebanon wars, says supplier
  • Shoot the People review – a powerful portrait of a talented yet controversial photographer
  • ‘It’s smoke and mirrors’: hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentre
  • What are Britain’s AI growth zones and are the plans feasible or ‘complete bunk’?
  • Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise
  • Meta bosses grilled over decision to cut ‘censorship’ that has potentially unleashed more antisemitic content
  • A Place in the Sun review – subversive exposé of picture-postcard luxury in the Canary Islands
  • Sennheiser Momentum 5 headphones review: great sound meets exceptional battery life
  • ‘It was pretty depressing when Stranger Things ended’: Finn Wolfhard on growing up on TV – and his new life in music
  • China wants to solve the hardest problem in robotics – making hands
  • AI poses ‘Hiroshima’-style threat to humanity without global rules, says Cooper
  • Freddy the German: psyop, mirror to US rapacity or Tocqueville in a CR7 shirt?
  • ‘In stories like this, the data and the methodology are key’: when private equity meets public service journalism
  • What’s Kylie’s favourite masking tape? How does Lena Dunham train pigs? It’s all out there – and I’m loving it
  • The Story of Documentary Film (The 1980s) review – Mark Cousins educates and intrigues once more
  • ‘Tough pill to swallow’: LadBible boss on the traffic hit from Meta’s feed shake-up
  • Bipartisan bill fails to protect US consumers from datacenters’ true costs, critics warn
  • From ‘heat panic’ to ‘sacrificed at the altar’: Europe’s air conditioning culture wars heat up
  • 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

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