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Tech firms' 2015 reviews: what they tell us … and what they didn't say

Apple, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Spotify and Instagram’s year-end recaps had plenty to teach us, but there was a lot they left out

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Sex, love and robots: is this the end of intimacy?

Except Futurama’s 2001 episode “I Dated a Robot”, with its post-apocalyptic world of silvers and blues, wildly overes​timated how long it would take before this fear became flesh.

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Tim Cook defends Apple iPhone Smart Battery Case, says it's not a 'hump'

Company chief tells users case is not designed for people who charge their phone every day, and that lump is a design feature

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Novo Nordisk, IBM Watson Health to Create ‘Virtual Doctor’

Novo Nordisk A/S is teaming up with IBM Watson Health, a division of International Business Machines Corp., to create a “virtual doctor” for diabetes patients that could dispense treatment advice such as insulin dosage.

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Amazon boss Jeff Bezos wants to send Donald Trump into space

Washington Post owner offers to put Republican presidential hopeful on his Blue Origin rocket in response to Twitter tirade

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Tiny Tokyo noodle shop becomes first ramen bar to get Michelin star

A tiny Tokyo noodle shop has joined the ranks of the world’s top restaurants after it scooped up a star from the respected Michelin Guide.