Google drops its calorie-counting Maps update following user backlash
Facebook accepts its responsibility to help curb online bullying
Facebook has worked with Intel on a deep learning AI chip
Pixel 2 review: A great smartphone that still holds its own against the Galaxy S9
GT Sport review: Gran Turismo Sport’s 1.11 patch brings even more new content for
Facebook buys tbh – a positive app for teens
Microsoft has built tree houses for its employees
Twitter slammed by MPs for failing to remove abusive tweets
Elon Musk drops by Reddit to answer people’s burning Mars questions
Project Cars 2 review: Still in the pits
LIGO has finally solved the mystery of the universe’s missing gold by “watching” stars smash into each other
“Stop funding rapists”: Rose McGowan attacks Jeff Bezos as Twitter struggles to explain why it suspended her account
The Technology Excellence Awards 2017: We crown the best brands and pick the top products of the year
Facebook partners with Xiaomi and Qualcomm for its Oculus Go VR headset
Scientists can now predict what a bird will sing next based on its thoughts
Twitter is working on a bookmarking tool
Zuckerberg apologises for misjudging the mood with cartoon VR tour of Puerto Rico
Tesla electric truck: What to expect from Elon Musk’s EV lorry announcement
“That doesn’t even *seem* innocent:” Elon Musk calls out Google’s eerie and invasive Clips camera
US security secrets reportedly stolen in Russian NSA hack
Are algorithms making us W.E.I.R.D.?
The 8 job skills of the future: Earn more money with these skills
6 things I learned while judging a startup pitch-off
This Star Wars stormtrooper robot will patrol your home on the hunt for rebels
Artist “vandalises” Snapchat and Jeff Koon’s AR sculpture
Facebook Messenger Lite is finally available in the UK
Amber Rudd: “I don’t need to understand how encryption works to understand how it’s helping the criminals”
The business of malware
The 10 best (or should that be worst?) malware attacks
Margaret Atwood on Trump: “You don’t write these things hoping they become more relevant”
How Perfect Blue predicted our 2017 tech problems
Zuckerberg hits back at Trump’s Facebook collusion claims
If the government can’t get an Uber ban right, Facebook and Google have nothing to worry about
Firefox Quantum ditches Yahoo as its default search engine two years early in favour of Google
In other ‘features we don’t need’ news, Twitter now lets you have 50 characters in your display name
Dyson car: UK firm creates 300 new jobs to get its electric cars on the road
Instagram launches “kindness stickers” and now gives you more control over your comments
How To Change the Ghost on Snapchat
Twitter explains why it’s one rule for Trump and another for you
The 11 best games at EGX you totally missed
Uber alternatives: The best of the rest taxi-hailing apps in London
Uber files appeal against loss of London licence
Microsoft and Facebook’s Marea subsea cable is finally complete
Facebook will now track what shops you visit offline to target you with ads online
“Infinite” phone storage thanks to Gigabit LTE
Amazon wants to put an Echo on your face with a range of Alexa-powered smart glasses
Avril Lavigne is the “most dangerous celebrity” online
Over 35? You might be too old to work in tech
Amazon “reviewing” algorithms that promoted bomb materials
South Park is pranking your Amazon Echo
Posted by Alan Martin on October 18, 2017 
