Flat-Earthers use Pac-Man to explain why we don’t fall off the edge of the planet
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Oculus Go review: Proof VR really is the future of entertainment
The UK’s ultimatum to Zuckerberg: Answer MPs or face summons
Facebook Workplace adds 50 new partners in an attempt to shake its Slack comparisons
Yoku’s Island Express is a charming, Studio Ghibli-inspired pinball platformer
Facebook’s facial recognition is being used to find missing people
WhatsApp’s Jan Koum cuts ties with Facebook amid claims of clashes over data privacy and encryption
Donald Trump reportedly offered Bill Gates his science advisor role. Gates turned him down
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Sex robots: The end of empathy and love or a force for good?
Amber Rudd is gone — but what does Sajid Javid as home secretary mean for tech?
Amazon Prime is about to get more expensive: Prime price rise comes despite Jeff Bezo’s firm doubling profits
Spectacles 2.0: Snapchat Spectacles V2 are now available from Amazon in the UK
UK government announces £1 billion AI Sector Deal
Microsoft is reportedly working on a new lightweight version of Windows 10 (again)
What privacy scandal? Facebook posts record revenues for first quarter
High temperatures make us hotheads: Study finds the weather impacts how we “talk” on Twitter and Facebook
This chatbot could help you become Instagram famous by predicting the success of your next post
North Korea’s internet elite has abandoned Facebook, Google and Instagram for Chinese alternatives in just six months
WhatsApp is raising the minimum age for its users in the UK and Europe because of GDPR
Google follows Apple, Twitter and Samsung in changing gun emoji to water pistol
Microsoft is killing off Teams, Yammer and Skype for Business on Windows Phone
The Nintendo Switch has been blown wide open by an unfixable hack
Gmail and Google are being blocked in Russia over the Telegram fiasco
MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis to sue Facebook over Bitcoin ad ‘scams’
Tesla fails customer complaints test, but gets Kanye’s seal of approval
Iran bans banks from cryptocurrency trading
TSB customers are now being targeted by phishing scams following last week’s IT collapse
BMW teases all-electric iX3 ahead of Auto
LinkedIn plugin flaw left members open to attack
Amazon should be “broken apart” for the greater good
What does 10GB of data REALLY get you?
London Marathon 2018: Strava has some interesting insights ahead of race day
Pregnant smokers find online ads more effective than some direct medical interventions – and it’s cheaper too
UK goes 55 hours without coal for the first time in 136 years
Chat is Google’s answer to fix text messaging
Reddit is “more engaging than porn” apparently – but we’re not so sure
US data firm leaks 48 million profiles built from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
Facebook is quietly working on building its own chips
Watch: This robot can build IKEA furniture in under 10 minutes without human help
Facebook just unironically signed this pledge to “protect all of our users and customers everywhere”
Amazon has a super light browser for Indian Android users
The Burst app wants to get Reddit enemies talking – and that’s a good thing
The best Facebook alternatives: Five ways to get your social fix without FB, Instagram or Twitter
The French government is building its own messaging platform after Russian-owned Telegram runs into issues
Facebook could be forced to pay out billions to users over the use of its facial recognition tech
Welsh police used fingerprints from a WhatsApp photo to nab a drug dealer
Posted by Alan Martin on May 2, 2018 
