Who trusts what a politician says? Not all that many people these days, it seems; buoyed by the rise of specialised fact-checking sites, a series of academic studies have revealed 'huge growth' in political fact-checking, as journalists attempt to adapt to counter the rapid rise of misinformation.

The creators of Siri have unveiled their latest project – a self-learning, cross-platform AI assistant named Viv. Dubbed 'the intelligent interface for everything', it could mark the end of search engines’ dominance, potentially changing the way we interact with the world.

With the news of Samsung spying through televisions, Ford bugging cars and yesterday’s internet wunderkinds – Google, Facebook, Amazon – feeling like today’s big corporates, internet critic Andrew Keen gives his views on potential digital dystopias in his book The Internet Is Not The Answer.

With over 61% of people reading online reviews before making a purchase decision, it’s even more important than ever to separate the good ones from the bad. But with peer reviews and professional write-ups often having contrasting opinions, who should we trust – and why?