Robots delivering pizza and house viewing by VR: is 5G really the future?

The blazingly fast next-generation mobile data network is not far away – but not everyone is convinced that we really need it

Meme or marketing? How Balenciaga made a cheap laundry bag a must-have

Balenciaga’s bag for autumn has just gone on sale at £975 – and thanks to social media it is fast becoming accessory of the season

Five of the best tablets

The new generation of mobile computers are powerful, sleek and able to cope with the demands of both work and play

Yachts, jets and stacks of cash: super-rich discover risks of Instagram snaps

Flaunting assets on social media makes the world’s wealthy an easy target for fraudsters – and financial investigators

How viral cat videos are warming the planet

Datacentre web servers, such as those used by Google and Facebook, to blame for 2% of greenhouse gas emissions – about the same as air travel