The billion-dollar palaces of Apple, Facebook and Google
How the tech giants are employing top architects to build spectacular symbols of their immense global power
Apple marks World Emoji Day with beards, headscarves and breastfeeding
New pictograms include a bearded person, a breastfeeding woman, a sandwich, a zombie and a T-rex and will be available with iOS 11 this autumn
How Guardian readers arrange the icons on their smartphones
Last week Alex Hern advised how to arrange apps on your home screen. But not everybody agreed – and here are their alternatives
Life hack: how to best arrange your iPhone apps, one icon at a time
After years of fiddling, I finally cracked it. This is how you should organise your home screen – and it’s advice that could be handy for Android users too
Amazon and WhatsApp ‘falling short over privacy’, says pressure group
EFF’s annual Who Has Your Back report criticises world’s largest retailer and biggest messaging app for not keeping up on privacy
Facebook village? Social media giant to build ‘social housing’
The tech giant aims to build 1,500 apartments at Menlo Park after being criticised for helping to deepen the Silicon Valley housing crisis
Ten years after its launch, the iPhone is both a miracle and a menace
Apple’s revolutionary smartphone changed the way we function – for better and worse
‘My electronic Swiss army knife’: readers on 10 years of the iPhone
Revolutionary, life-changing... a bit annoying? Guardian readers around the world on a decade of iPhones and the wider smartphone revolution
The One Device by Brian Merchant review – the secret history and moral cost of the iPhone
Full of surprising details, this study delves into what society-transforming technology really signifies. Steve Jobs comes out badly
iPhone at 10: how it changed everything
Alex Hern bought the first iPhone a decade ago. As it celebrates its 10th anniversary, he looks back on how it changed the world – and his life
The iPhone at 10: share your stories and memories
Apple’s iPhone is turning 10, and we want to know if the smartphone has changed your life – and if so, whether it’s been for the better
The iPhone only exists because Steve Jobs ‘hated this guy at Microsoft’
Former head of iOS, Scott Forstall, opens up about how Apple’s iconic device came from late CEO’s dislike for the husband of one of his wife’s friends
Will turning your phone to greyscale really do wonders for your attention?
An anti-distraction campaigner has suggested draining the colour from your smartphone as a route to tranquility. But does it work?
What should I consider when buying a laptop for university?
Mike and Joan are planning to buy their student granddaughter a laptop for university and would like some tips before they discuss it with her
Apple chief: driverless car venture is ‘the mother of all AI projects’
Tim Cook confirms tech giant is working on ‘autonomous systems’, but is tight-lipped on whether it is making its own vehicle