Social media group accelerates plans to build ‘augmented reality’ headsets in battle with Apple and Google

Appetite will pick up as interest rates fall, but uneven distribution of funding and rewards looks set to persist

Top Biden enforcer predicts public demand will keep his successor from completely abandoning his tough approach

Investigation comes just weeks before Biden administration hands over to president-elect Donald Trump

Businesses need new playbooks for dealing with online falsehoods as AI intensifies the risks

New data over recent years reveal blindings and amputations, prompting calls for more focus on safety for vulnerable staff

Company co-founders reaped $900mn in gains this year

Consortium likely to include Elon Musk’s SpaceX in move to grab a bigger slice of $850bn US defence budget

Flurry of breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and quantum computing provide relief after rollercoaster year

Company testing age-restriction measures warns they could be easily bypassed with spoofing software

Judge finds no merit in arguments made by Israeli spyware manufacturer

Writers should not have to shoulder the burden of ‘opting out’ from companies stealing their work

UK company says it will seek retrial after partial verdict in case over 2021 acquisition

Shift to new reactor technology comes as Javier Milei aims to attract energy-intensive companies to cooler south

Sales of the company’s gadgets are doubling year-on-year suggesting it has further to run

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Lithuanian start-up Vinted’s absence of a fee helps to expand its marketplace

Populism is the winner in the shift from traditional to social media and from text to video and audio

CEO said Big Tech groups are ‘investing full tilt’ as US chipmaker soars to more than $1tn valuation

The strategy of focusing money on larger deals comes at time of extreme indigestion for start-up investors