Facebook, Google, Uber, Amazon - the biggest names in technology - are all in the same business: spying on you. But what does this mean? Author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, Shoshana Zuboff traces the currents that led us here and asks how human freedom can be saved.

An octopus has been filmed changing colour whilst sleeping, and scientists think it might be to due with it dreaming. So our eight-legged sea creature friends can dream, who knew? The footage, captured by PBS for an upcoming documentary Octopus: Making Contact, shows the mysterious creature asleep and changing from grey, to yellow, then almost invisible as it camouflages itself against the ocean.

A Russian drone operator encounters a UFO, then must decide what is real and not.

The State of the Word is the annual keynote address at WordCamp US, presented by the co-founder of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg. In this year’s address, Matt summarizes the highlights of 2019 — including the 5.1 and 5.2 releases, and looks forward to 5.3. He discusses the controversies from 2018, and talks about all the ways people can get involved with WordPress.

This would make a great score for a video game.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a spooky new image staring out from the depths of the cosmos. The new image reveals the twin galaxies AM 2026-424 — a pair of interacting galaxies that may foreshadow our Milky Way’s own frightening fate.

Jambo the Hairless Chimp with alopecia has got a girlfriend.

Billy Grey just released his new song insane. According to him "I wrote insane when i was soo depressed about everything in life. Frustrated and all that. So I put it on paper instead of wallowing on my depression and be sad. I used music as a form of therapy."

BBC Click's Omar Mehtab looks at some of the week's best technology stories.

Somerset House exhibit will feature natural birdsong being taken over by artificial sound

Nintendo's president has confirmed the company's plan to bring more of its 3DS franchises to the Switch platform in the future, according to a WSJ reporter.

Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino breaks down all the differences between using the bathroom, washing your hair, and brushing your teeth on Earth and in space. How do you take showers in space?

The 2019 gymnastics world championships that were held in Stuttgart a couple of weeks ago were remarkable for the number of records achieved. Video by Just Artistic Gymnastics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/JustArtisticGymnastics

Chris Hughes and wife Mariesa look after 17 dogs as part of their rescue centre called The Mr Mo Project in New York. They regularly post group photos and shared this behind the scenes video.

- A Dose of Buckley

Medieval Myth Busting. 160lbs ENGLISH WARBOW shoots FULL WEIGHT MEDIEVAL ARROWS at reproduced MEDIEVAL ARMOUR. Find out what happens!

A 10-year-old boy called the police when he believed his bus driver was drunk, telling dispatchers she passed red lights and was wobbling. The 48-year-old driver has been arrested and is being investigated for DUI and reckless endangerment.

ZDogg MD really gave me a chuckle with this one.