The European Parliament is about to vote on a new law that campaigners claim could completely change "the free and open internet as we know it." It would potentially mean that tech companies would be forced to scan every single thing posted to their sites – and take down anything they think might be stolen. Prominent figures from the tech industry wrote an open letter to the President of the European Parliament warning that Article 13 represented an "imminent threat" to the future of the internet. "Article 13 takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the internet from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users," the open letter warns. "We support the consideration of measures that would improve the ability for creators to receive fair remuneration for the use of their works online. For the sake of the internet's future, we urge you to vote for the deletion of this proposal."

Space Invaders, perhaps the most classic game ever made, is turning 40. The game was released in 1978, and in the years since has gone on to influence the entirety of culture. Its consequences were felt not only in games, but across various media, but across science fiction. It changed the way games worked. It was the first major game to depict its own world, rather than simulating something that already exists; it introduced central concepts, like the high score and multiple lives.

It may sound like a stalkers dream come true, but dating app Happn is adding a new'creepy' feature that will let potential love matches revisit your past movements. Starting next month, if you remember crossing paths with someone that took your fancy, you will be able to retrace your steps to try and find them again. If they are also a user of the popular dating app, which matches people through their device's geolocation, their profile will appear on the new map tool at that spot. Budding romantics may find the feature appealing, giving them the chance to tap locations they've visited over the past week to track down lost connections. However, some may find the idea of strangers tracing their movements more than a little creepy.

Google Translate has become the internet's go-to resource for short, quick translations from foreign languages. The service was first launched in April 2006, seeing off early competition from the likes of Babel Fish. It now boasts more than 500m users daily worldwide, offering 103 languages. But how exactly does it work? How does Google News actually work?

Before Siri and Cortana, pop culture offered up several versions of feminised artificial intelligence – but none of the artists perhaps envisioned how the reality could take us backwards rather than propel us into a new, more equal world. Charli XCX's latest album, Pop 2, has been dubbed as the "sequel" to pop music. The 10-track mixtape is riddled with a slew of pop sirens, underground up-and-comers and club-ready anthems: "Go fuck your prototype I'm an upgrade of your stereotype," Charli sings in Femmebot. In 2010, Robyn's Fembot interrogated the intersection of womanhood and androidism, while Christina Aguilera's sixth album that same year, Bionic, toyed between electro-pop beats (the machine) and stripped-back ballads (the woman). The phenomenon has long been computed into film and pop culture (Her (2013), Ex Machina (2014), Stepford Wives (1975), Metropolis (1927)), but only recently have physical manifestations entered our reality. Just as we acknowledge the wiring of femmebots and female pop stars, we should also consider the broader parallel between women and technology, and the increased feminisation of artificial intelligence.

England's Mike Brown said he is "not a robot" after he was involved in a verbal altercation with a fan following Saturday's defeat by South Africa. Full-back Brown and prop Joe Marler exchanged words with a supporter after the second Test in Bloemfontein. Brown, 32, told BBC Sport that when an England fan is "screaming obscenities and saying you're not trying, you are going to have a reaction". "I just told him to shut up basically," added the Harlequins player. "You can call me whatever in terms of how I've played, that's fine. But don't turn around and say I'm not trying when I'm coming off with bumps and bruises and aching and I've given everything I can for England."

We are living in a society with more moving parts and pieces than ever before. Not only is there more variation in those individual products; there is more customization. From car doors to knee replacement hardware, nearly every product can be customized. However different the product, all can benefit from technology that standardizes processes and efficiently delivers results. Augmented reality (AR) technology, for example, offers some of the most powerful manufacturing technology solutions.

Companies are relatively abstract entities, created by an amalgam of diverse individuals, and largely dedicated to making money along the lines of shareholder value. Throughout history, there have been many companies that, in one way or another, have put profits over ethics, from IBM's collaboration with Hitler's Germany, helping facilitate the holocaust, more recently, Volkswagen's systematic poisoning of the planet. The closest thing to corporate ethics is corporate social responsibility, which in too many cases has proved to be little more than a propaganda tool to justify a few worthy words in an annual report. In the absence of corporate ethics employees are increasingly speaking out against their company when they feel it has crossed the line: Google staff have spoken out against the Department of Defense's Maven Project, a lucrative image recognition contract that many other technology companies have chosen to keep quiet about. Opposition to Google's role in a project clearly designed to kill people began with some resignations, continued with a letter signed by thousands of employees, and ended with the non-renewal of the contract with the Department of Defense as well as the publication of a series of ethical principles that will supposedly guide the company's role in developing artificial intelligence.

An expansive third-person action game set on foreign planets, Anthem rides the coattails of Destiny, The Division and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands, and promises wide multiplayer support that will continue long after it launches . At first glance it looks a lot like Destiny, with four players in mech exosuits blasting away at space creatures with rifles, pulse cannons, grenades and missiles. In combat, Anthem recalls Titanfall, as you transition from hovering, to dodging, landing, sprinting and swimming, experimenting with the weighty arsenal of weapons. Developer BioWare is known for great stories: we've seen none of that aspect of Anthem yet, but it feels great to play. The trailer suggests a fun, colourful, 1980s-inspired take on cyberpunk, but in reality Cyberpunk 2077 is gritty, featuring a lot of nudity, violence, swearing and drugs.

Busy Britons are suffering from "gadget confusion," a study has found. Research revealed millions are baffled by the number of buttons, symbols and switches on devices which are difficult to use. It also emerged a large percentage claim they don't have the time to read instructions and three quarters confessed to being confused by gadgets. Why the connected home's best place might be the garden New at-home beauty gadgets you need to try The latest smart gadgets keep homes cosy -- and safe -- all year round The best kitchen gadgets for creating healthy meals, fast Why the connected home's best place might be the garden Another eight in 10 admitted using a "trial and error" approach when it comes to their devices and appliances. And more than a third can't be bothered to try different settings or options.