If you find yourself bickering with your partner over Twitter, watch out: it’s a warning sign your relationship could be on thin ice. At least, that’s according to new research from the University of Missouri-Columbia, published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. Russell Clayton, a doctoral student in the journalism department, surveyed 581…

Bad news for black cab drivers, but good news for ride-sharing apps (and their users): Transport for London (TfL) has released a statement confirming that Uber is operating legally in London. Cabbies had previously challenged TfL’s position, because Uber drivers calculate journey distances and fares using an app. Taxi drivers say this is equivalent to…

Facebook clearly doesn't think it's doing all it can to control your life already, as it seems that the social network is rolling out a new 'Events For You' tab, with parties you're not even invited to appearing down the side of your news feed. Rather than just being a calendar of your invites and…

The recent revelation that Facebook used mild emotional manipulation on 689,000 of its users has left users all over the globe angry and UK regulators unimpressed. The controversial experiment, which took place in 2012 without users’ express consent, is set to be investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Office, the body responsible for the enforcement of the…

A black cat with long ear-fur resembling horns has caused quite a stir in Japan’s cyberspace. Photos of the feline fiend have spread across the internet, prompting a surge of comments, shares and likes from users of the website etoday.net. Cats are well-known for their cold, somewhat devilish traits, and Japan has a history of…

Oh, come ON. Are you seriously telling me you haven't spent a week manipulating 689,003 people's emotions just so you could crow about it later? How do you think I spent half-term? (We don't all have kids.) So Facebook found out they could alter people's moods by affecting what kind of statuses they saw, so…

On Wednesday, Google made loads of interesting and exciting new announcements at its I/O developer conference. (Check out our pick of the best bits here). But the most unexpected was the unveiling of a brand new Samsung smartwatch that'll be running on Android Wear, called Samsung Gear Live. We'll be writing up a more detailed comparison between…

Today Google began its I/O developer conference with one helluva memorable keynote, featuring details about the next version of Android (called only "L"), the new Android TV platform and a whole load of wearables. We've collected together ten of the most interesting, surprising and promising announcements from the event:. Material Design: adding consistency across all things…