Luke Johnson

Because that spooky face just ain't gonna cut it.

Computer – sorry, Alexa – open hailing frequencies...

The answer will surprise and worry you.

From guilt-free reply-dodging to retrieving deleted messages.

Including the best headsets to use, content to watch and how to get it free.

Warning: Reading this will result in hours of casual gaming.

Because nothing says Christmas like a grinning emoji.

Bye bye selfies and 'inspiring' quotes, hello hacker alerts and privacy.

I hate it, I hate it! Wait, wasn't it always like that?

Because in the battle of new and old, new isn't always the right choice.

Edge-to-edge display and facial recognition on the way.

The iPhone tricks that will change how you use your handset.

It's hard to remember, but believe it or not there was a time before the iPhone. It's now 10 years since the debut Apple handset went on sale and changed the smartphone space forever.

It's been a busy decade, with 15 different iPhones dropping since the start of 2007 – so, time to get a little nostalgic. Here's a brief history of the smartphone that reinvented an industry and sparked hundreds of copycat devices. If the future of the iPhone is as fascinating as its past, then we're in for a treat.

The beautiful game just got all the more beautiful.

Latest: complete specs revealed, where to pre-order, read our hands-on

How Apple lost its smartphone crown.

Forget smartphones, the world's first superphone just landed.

Please, think before you selfie and don't be like this lot...

"Am I a pro driver? No."

Let's go back to the future!

Clarkson and co: take note.

"I don't think it was as bad as people say."

Amazon Prime Air explored, from drone designs to pigeon dodging.

Seriously, get these directors a Dummies' Guide To Tech.

YOU. HAVE. GOT. TO. BE. KIDDING.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN "DELETE BROWSER HISTORY" DOES NOTHING?

It's time you got to know your iPhone properly.

From photo filler to cutting the cheese.

Su-Bo's anal bum party was never meant for the web.

And not just because of that Touch Bar.

And you won't believe how good the battery life is.

​Get the jump on Hour of Code week and have fun while doing it.

Those three piano lessons when you were 11 weren't a waste of time.

Arrrghh! Our heads hurt. Everyone loves a good optical illusion, but sometimes they're just so damn tricky and trippy that all they do is wind us up and turn our minds to mush.

But optical illusions aren't all colourful swirls and mind-melting spirographs. Sometimes everyday snaps and seemingly innocuous images feature some hidden secrets. That's where this lot come in, the best optical illusions to hit the web in recent months. Take a deep breath, prepare yourself and click on to give your mind a thorough working out.

It's time to get excited about Christmas. Yes, yes, we know, it's still a month away, but it's not the big day itself we're really excited about. It's the 24 days preceding it.

Picking which advent calendar will be sitting on your sideboard for the next month is a big deal. Do you go Star Wars (again) or something different? Chocolate or something even more exciting? Whatever you do, don't buy one without looking through this lot first, the best advent calendars 2016.

Admit it, you love emoji like the rest of us. No text, WhatsApp or Facebook post is worth posting without at least a couple of the little pictograms thrown in.

Well, good news, your emoji addiction is about to get even easier to serve, because 72 new emoji are heading to your iPhone as part of the upcoming iOS 10.2 software update. It's currently unclear when iOS 10.2 will roll out to the masses, but with another beta realease having just dropped, there shouldn't be long to wait. What new emoji delights can you expect? Click on to find out.

And a new store is also coming.

​Talk about an affordable call plan.

​No, I didn't watch 14 cheesy rom coms last month, honest.​

​DRIVETRIBE drops without the ex-Top Gear host.

​"Have you seen what we're doing to everybody?"​

​It wasn't even a waterproof iPhone 7.​

If you don't love LEGO and you don't love Batman, then there's something wrong with the universe. What could be better then than combining the two? Fortunately, that's what LEGO's done.

Ahead of the upcoming LEGO Batman movie, the toy maker has unveiled 20 awesome new LEGO Batman Minifigures. From vacation and glam rock Batman to the Joker, Harley Quinn and a host of bizarre villains even longstanding fans may not recognise (Orca, anyone?), you can't buy them until January, but you can check them all out here...

​​It's a lot more than a gimmick.​

​​Holiday colours incoming.​

​And you don't have to wait long to join in.

​​It's official... again.​

It's happened. You can forget Brexit and the fact that Donald Trump is about to become President, everything is awesome. No, really. The world's biggest LEGO store opens in London's Leicester Square today, November 17, and it's a little piece of magical heaven on earth.

From building stations and mega structures to custom kits and all the sets you could ever want, it's a brick-based world of pure imagination. We've had an exclusive early look, and now you can too. Enjoy.

What are the two coolest things in the world? LEGO and you, right? Yeah, we thought so, you massive egomaniac. Well, now you can combine your two favourite things in one truly awesome mash-up, with LEGO letting you create custom kits to build yourself out of LEGO. Seriously.

Dubbed the LEGO Mosaic Maker, the one-of-a-kind experience has launched as part of the new LEGO store in London's Leicester Square. Transforming your beautiful mug into a build-it-yourself, brick-based image will hit you for £99, but the results are seriously cool. We were one of the first in the world to put it to the test, here's what the whole experience is like.

​Shut up with your heartbreak, yeah.​

​Another one to add to the Christmas wish list.

​​Damn, the future's expensive.​

​Sorry, it's not Stocks. Booo.​

And you're really not going to like it...

​​It's not as dirty as it sounds...

Is VR time finally here?​​​

Don't go splashing out on the Apple Watch 3 just yet...

​​From face changing to time travelling.​

Forget bacon, selfies and clowns, we want hangovers, lightsabers and Tyrion Lannister.

It's ​finally looking likely, but it might cost you.​​

Do you really need a Touch Bar when the entry-level model's this good?​

​​Who needs a DSLR when you've got a smartphone?​