How much tax does Facebook pay in the UK?

The social media company has announced it will pay more tax as revenue from largest advertisers to be routed through UK rather than Ireland

Virgin Media accidentally gives away telephone number

A reader who wrote to us about struggling to get connected is back, as the switching process takes another turn for the worse

Amazon and Morrisons tie-up: a customer’s guide

Hundreds of fresh and frozen Morrisons food products will be available to order from Amazon. Here’s what you need to know

What will Ofcom’s review of BT’s cable network mean for broadband users?

BT has been told to open up its Openreach cable network to rivals. What problems are consumers having? Are they entitled to compensation?

Pout and pay: could selfies replace online passwords?

MasterCard is launching a payment-verification system that lets you confirm your identity through facial recognition. Soon, your face really will be your fortune

Will automation make us happier? – live chat

Join experts online on Thursday 25 February 1-2pm GMT to discuss how we can ensure the best possible outcome from automation

Why should I go online for everything?

The internet is great but, once all shopping has gone online, we’ll realise the luddites deserved some brownie points

What do you mean we need a new cooker? We only got it in 1963

We track down the home appliances that have served for more than a generation and ask why today’s white goods fall apart so quickly

Apple apologises over Error 53 and issues fix for bricked iPhones

Move comes after class action lawsuit over ‘security measure’ that left iPhones inoperable after they had home buttons replaced by non-Apple repairers

Rootless and ruled by the landlord class – the future for young adults

The disappearance of home ownership and secure employment will have a profound effect on UK cities

Setting the date to 1 January 1970 will brick your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

Date bug will prevent 64-bit iOS devices from booting up, rendering them inoperable even through fail-safe restore methods using iTunes

Patak’s lime pickle reverts to old recipe after social media outcry

Indian food producer relents and brings back old recipe following hundreds of complaints about ‘improved’ product

The uber-loneliness of the sharing economy driver

The alienated workers behind Uber’s app are using other networks to communicate, saying they need the companionship

All London black cabs to take card payments from October

Drivers welcome Transport for London decision as way of combating challenge to street-hailed taxi trade from Uber

Ofcom chief reduced to writing in FT to air views on Three-O2 merger

Brussels legislation means UK regulator’s views are virtually redundant on the tie-up, a move that could result in much higher bills for consumers