Google has found yet another way to make it into our homes. The technology company has introduced its latest virtual assistant, Google Home, which comes with a voice-activated speaker. The AI assistant has been created to control internet connected lights, media streaming, timers and to give travel and weather updates, as well as have a conversation. Google believes that 17 years of collecting data about its users and the world, coupled with its growing expertise in machine learning, has given it a lead over rivals including Amazon, Apple and Microsoft. It will be interesting to see how users respond to the product and how much information Google will take from us to make its next move.

Here we go again…We all remember the case of #thedress – the stripy dress that took Twitter by storm last year with people arguing whether it was black and blue or white and gold. This week, Twitter users have been going back and forth over the newest optical illusion to hit the net – #mybag. It all started when Twitter user @whyofcorso posted a photo of her new handbag with the caption, “everyone say hello to my new baby”, and someone then replied “white. Daring” to which @whyofcorso responded “it’s blue”. It all spiralled from there and people still cannot decide what colour the bag is even though it is still available on the Kate Spade website and the colour is listed as ‘mystic blue’. The Twitter user that started it all (@whyofcorso) eventually had enough of people replying to her post and attempted to use the opportunity to get people to donate to her fundraising page.