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Black Friday to Boxing Day: when and where can you find the best deals?
Bet365 turns to DevOps to improve site reliability
General election 2019: Labour Party targeted by multi-platform cyber-attack
Singles Day 2019: Find the best 11.11 smartphone, tablet, and laptop deals online
Openload and Streamango shut down in deal with anti-piracy group
October, 2019
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How smartphone contracts can affect your credit score
Libra: Four reasons to be extremely cautious about Facebook’s new cryptocurrency
How livestreaming has changed the gaming industry
Broadband users recommended to switch providers regularly to save money
Do we have a moral responsibility to recycle our phones?
How to find the best mobile deals in 2019
Slow or unreliable broadband? You can switch for free
Virgin Media offers users unlimited 4G if their broadband crashes
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December, 2014
iPad mobile games more profitable than Android or Facebook alternatives, finds report
Internet freedom in decline with Iran, Syria, and China worst offenders
US Navy successfully tests new laser weapon in Persian Gulf (video)
The Pirate Bay, EZTV, and other torrent websites taken down in police raid in Sweden
November, 2014
Internet companies should not be monitoring terrorists or anyone else
Chinese firm LandWind unveils £14k copy Range Rover Evoque
Regin: Sophisticated state-sponsored malware discovered by tech security firm Symantec
Russian webcam hackers publish website listing breached cameras and baby monitors
Video shows fastest street legal motorbike Kawasaki Ninja H2 on the roads
Internet Archive makes 900 classic arcade games playable online for free
October, 2014
Met Office unveils plans for new £97m supercomputer
Non-EV vehicles should not be classed as “green cars”
Government pushes for age verification on UK porn websites
O2 named worst mobile network for London’s busy commuters
The Snappening: 200,000 Snapchat pictures and videos leaked online
Mesh networks like FireChat used by Hong Kong protesters make ‘switching off the internet’ that much harder
September, 2014
August, 2014
Female presenter forced to flee home after death threats over video game documentary
US Copyright Office rules that ‘monkey selfie’ in public domain after Wikipedia row
Twitter actively monitoring and suspending accounts spreading James Foley execution video
Internet in Africa thanks to Google and Facebook
Russian hackers use botnet to steal 1.2 billion usernames and passwords
Google informing on user sharing child abuse images raises privacy questions
July, 2014
June, 2014
Tech bubble? Yo!
Harley Davidson unveils electric motorbike
Microsoft unveils phone-charging trousers
World largest video game collection sold for $750,000
Bentley Continental GT3-R unveiled
EU to collaborate with South Korea on future 5G technologies
250 new emoji coming to a smartphone near you (including middle finger salute)
Race to produce 1,000mph car moves up a gear
Football fans miss goal as ITV Player fails during World Cup opener
Starbucks to offer wireless charging in US coffee shops
World’s largest TV on sale for £1 million
A supercomputer *did not* pass the Turing Test last week
Facebook “accidentally” releases Snapchat competitor Slingshot
Tesla launches right-hand-drive Model S electric car in the UK (video)
Chinese farmer invents suitcase scooter for airport travel
CIA joins Twitter and opens with a joke
No landline: 4G wireless broadband service launched in London
World’s largest video game collection goes on sale
World Cup 2014: Avoid results spoilers with free browser extension
BBC to test 4K Ultra-HD resolution broadcasts at Brazil World Cup
Smart rifle can shoot around corners with help of Google Glass
Travel by dragon or Loch Ness Monster in Google Maps ‘Easter eggs’
Google to spend $1bn to connect remote regions with satellite internet
May, 2014
Intel unveils open source robot “Jimmy” created from 3D printed parts
Moon has faster broadband than much of UK
Apple confirms $3 billion acquisition of Beats
Apple iPhone and iPad users in Australia finding gadgets locked for ransom
Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf “shocked” after hacker recorded her naked on webcam
Lamborghini Huracan given to Italian police to help fight crime
First operation streamed live over internet with Google Glass (video)
eBay hacked: Users urged to change passwords
Apple pulls popular drug dealing game Weed Firm from the App Store
Hero cat ‘Tara’ “throws” first pitch at baseball game (video)
Google shares how to solve its Rubik’s Cube doodle in YouTube video
New demands for smartphone ‘kill switch’
Airbus electric E-Fan aircraft makes maiden flight
Self-healing plastic could make gadgets more durable
Alibaba’s IPO signals a fresh appetite for Chinese tech firms
EasyJet developing drones to inspect aircraft
Tesco to launch smartphone and Hudl 2 tablet later this year
Villainous Kevin Spacey stars in trailer for upcoming Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Twitter trialling mute button to silence annoying tweeters
Microsoft issues patch for critical Internet Explorer bug
Nasa’s Technology Z-2 spacesuit design wins online vote
April, 2014
Trident Iceni “green” sports car offers 2000 miles from a single tank of diesel
Webby Awards 2014: Winners (highlights)
Critical flaw in Microsoft Internet Explorer leaves millions at risk
Nissan shows off ‘self cleaning’ car in new video
IBM prints National Geographic magazine cover 2,000 times smaller than grain of salt
Apple patent could disable texting when driver is on the road
Essex and north Wales have slowest broadband in UK
First look at Apple’s new Cupertino headquarters
Competition: Win a pair of Monster DNA headphones
China commissions world’s fastest 72km/h lifts for new 530m skyscraper
Saudi Arabia’s 1km high Kingdom Tower to be world’s tallest building
Does Apple Maps offer proof of the Loch Ness Monster?
Canadian police arrest teenager over Heartbleed bug exploit
MIT researchers design floating nuclear power plant to eliminate tsunami risk
Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint scanner hacked within four days
Netherlands test glow in the dark roads
Google Glass to be on sale in US for one day only next week
Solar Impulse unveils new plane designed fly around the world on sunlight alone
Land Rover launching a “transparent” bonnet to help off road drivers avoid obstacles
WhatsApp rumoured to be introducing voice calls soon
US Navy develops “game changing” technology to make fuel from seawater
Microsoft finally closes the curtain on Windows XP
Altaeros to launch world’s tallest wind turbine at 305m high
European Parliament votes to end roaming charges and expand consumer rights
Google-owned Nest launches smart Learning Thermostat in UK
Sky launches ‘Buy and Keep’ movie service that posts DVDs to subscribers
March, 2014
Facebook acquisition of Occulus VR “creepy” says Minecraft developer
Aberdeen man wins 16 year legal battle over laptop
Google signs deal with Ray-Ban maker Luxottica to make Google Glass “cool”
Nasa looks to public to choose design of new spacesuit
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Ashton Kutcher invest in artificial intelligence firm
Sony developing VR headset codenamed Project Morpheus
Smartphone powered robot solves Rubik’s Cube in three seconds
US to cede control of internet infrastructure
All major web browsers compromised at Pwn2Own hacking contest
NSA reportedly planned to use Facebook to infect millions of PCs with malware
BBC launches new iPlayer with focus on channels
Lego keyboard will bring out your inner child
Miracle Machine turns water into wine in three days at home
“Secure” Bitcoin bank Flexcoin closes after $600,000 heist
Facebook in talks to buy solar drone company Titan Aerospace
91m Airlander unveiled as world’s longest aircraft
February, 2014
Replica of Tumbler Batmobile goes on sale for $1 million
Virgin Media introduces 152Mbps broadband and “porn filter”
British man charged with hacking US Federal Reserve Bank
Google Maps finds polar bears in Canada
Researchers create WiFi virus malware as contagious as “common cold”
Paramount gets @555uhz “Top Gun Tweeter” shut down
Watch Hennessey Venom GT become world’s fastest production car
Brazil plans undersea cable to Europe to avoid NSA spying in US
Facebook buys messaging app WhatsApp for $16 billion
Spike S-512 supersonic jet to have display screens instead of windows
Social media “lie detector” in development
Facebook to add 40 new gender identity options
Toyota recalls 1.9 million Prius hybrids over potential software issue
Twitter shares drop sharply after slow user growth
Crowdfunding used to save Lebanon’s torched library and restore historic books
Teen burned after iPhone catches fire
January, 2014
Google sells Motorola to Lenovo for $2.91 billion
Google Glass games demoed and prescription frames unveiled
Angry Birds website hacked after revelations on NSA exploitation of personal data leakage
“Revenge porn” website king arrested by FBI
Dangers of walking while texting shown in new study
Google unveils futuristic smart contact lens to help diabetics monitor glucose levels
4.6 million accounts published in Snapchat hack
December, 2013
Competition: Win an Apple iPod Touch 32GB
Ofcom to make 0800 calls from mobiles free by 2015
A digital rights bill means nothing without basic state compliance
BBC to launch five new subscription-free HD channels tomorrow
Microsoft, Europol, and FBI disrupt ZeroAccess botnet of two million infected computers
HTC One Mini smartphone blocked from sale in the UK
Apps discovered secretly hiding Bitcoin mining programs
Amazon to introduce drones to deliver packages in 30 minutes or less
PS4 breaks UK record to become fastest selling console ever
November, 2013
Sony launches PS4 in Rome with a dragon destroying a historic castle
Three unpublished works of J.D. Salinger leaked online
IT worker accidentally throws £4.1 million Bitcoins in Welsh landfill
NSA used malware to create a 50,000 computer botnet
Coding for the future
Google Maps to remove image of man’s dead son
Google and Microsoft to block images of child abuse online
Samsung Galaxy S5 to have three-sided display
JPMorgan finds out people hate it in Twitter fiasco
Football Manager 2013 was illegally downloaded 10.1 million times
Twitter’s @johnlewis is so polite that John Lewis want to send him a Christmas gift
Shares in Twitter surge 73% in first minutes of trading on NYSE
Google ordered to remove photos of ex-F1 chief Max Mosley at Nazi-themed sex orgy
“123456” still the most common password amongst Adobe users
How an Australian hacker gamed the music charts
Patent troll shell company owned by Apple and Microsoft sets sights on Android
October, 2013
Wikipedia fights back against “deception and socking”
Norwegian town uses mirrors to create “second sun” in dark winters
New EU data protection proposal is stronger, but still has major loopholes
Pirate Bay’s anti-censorship browser surpasses one milion downloads
Ireland’s promise of closing Apple’s tax loophole will have little effect
Argos launches £99 7″ Android Tablet
IMDB down with DNS issues for many around the world
UK police order registrars to suspend domains of major file sharing websites
How a telecom helped the US Government spy on me
Pioneering music blog aggregator Elbo.ws to close
Digital coalition Privacy Not Prism look to sue UK government over spying
Can we rebuild the internet?
How Silk Road owner allegedly attempted to have a former employee killed
Darknet marketplace Silk Road shut down by the FBI
September, 2013
Apple’s Touch ID not so secure after all
Twitter Alerts launched as global warning system
Ebay trialling deliveries to Argos
Argentina is the most expensive place to buy an iPad
Tesco rumoured to be launching budget 7″ Android tablet
Twitter begins IPO process
Apple iPhone 5S is the world’s first 64-bit smartphone
Tech companies upset about NSA hacking and encryption breaks
Online encryption cracked by US and UK security services
Samsung unveils Galaxy Gear smartwatch
How to Stimulate Europe’s App Economy
Vodafone Sells Its 45% Stake in Verizon for $130 Billion
August, 2013
Data Mining Is a Risky Business
Syria Electronic Army Hacks NYTimes and Twitter to Deny Chemical Attacks
Understanding the Geography of Data
RadioTimes.com Accidentally Blocked in Premier League’s Piracy Fight
Geek Politics
Snowden’s Email Provider Forced to Shut Down
Reports of child porn malware infecting computers
Solar Power for Syrian Refugees
Amazon Boss Jeff Bezos Buys Washington Post for $250 Million
Misogyny and Twitter
July, 2013
Reuters Twitter Feed Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army
Competition: Win a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Android Tablet
Sleepwalking into Censorship
Petition for “Report Abuse” Button on Twitter After Rape Threats
Google Launches Chromecast Internet TV Dongle
The Price of Apathy Towards Online Surveillance
Pakistan: Tumblr, Bittorrent Sites, and Richard Dawkins Blocked
Online Pornography To Be Blocked Across UK
Pippa Middleton Sends Legal Threats Over Parody Twitter Account
Paypal Accidentally Makes Man a Temporary Quadrillionaire
Tech Firms Target Piracy with Advertising Blockade
Apple Guilty of Conspiring to Fix Ebook Prices
Yahoo Shuts Down AltaVista and Closes Book on Web 1.0
Internet Service Providers to Block Internet Pornography “to Protect Children”
June, 2013
Google Celebrates Gay Marriage in US with Fabulous Easter Egg
Wimbledon Streaming Live on YouTube
Microsoft Reverses Controversial DRM Decisions with Xbox One
Brazil World Cup Website Hacked to Show Police Brutality and Corruption
Robot Designed to “Run Like a Cat”
Microsoft Accused of Sharing Zero Day Exploits with US Government Before Issuing Patches
Iranian Hackers Target GMail to Influence Upcoming Elections
12 Changes and New Features in Apple’s iOS 7
Leaked NSA Slide Deck Claims Direct Access to Google, Facebook, Apple Servers
EU Safeguards Net Neutrality
Turkish Protesters Crowdfund Explanation Ad in NY Times
Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and Yahoo Refuse to Cooperate With UK’s Snooper’s Charter
May, 2013
Search Engines Pushed to Restrict Access to Pornography
Should Yahoo Buy Hulu?
Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Future of War
Have We Reached Peak Facebook?
Who Are the Syrian Electronic Army?
Welcome to the New Yahoo
Grooveshark Settles with Big Music, But Future Still in Doubt
Aaron Swartz’s Last Project, DeadDrop, Behind The New Yorker’s Strongbox
Samsung Breakthrough for 1Gbps 5G Mobile Connections
Competition: Win a Cygnett SoundWave Bluetooth Speaker and Dock
Syria is Back Online: Who Has the Kill Switch?
Microsoft to Buy Nook eBook and e-Reader Businesses?
Syria Goes Dark
The Great Firewall of Iran
Google Moves to Recognise Palestine
NSA Has Been Hacking Foreign Powers Since 1997
April, 2013
Twitter Warns News Organisations Amid Syrian Hacking Attacks
Instant Messages Overtake SMS
Dutchman Arrested Over Last Month’s Huge Web Attack
BitTorrent Launches Secure Dropbox Alternative
Europioneers: Celebrating the Best Startup Talent in Europe
First Firefox OS Smartphones Sell Out in Hours
Google Fined for Illegal Data Gathering by Street View Cars in Germany
Twitter #Music Launches
Interpol Probe Targets Funds of Major File-Hosting Services
Large Scale Global Botnet Attack on WordPress Websites
Europe and the Big Data Revolution
Why Porn Sites Are a Malware Risk
Wikipedia vs French Intelligence Service DCRI
Competition: Win an iLuv iMM289 iPod Dock
What is hacking?
March, 2013
University Project Offers Free Near-Anonymous Internet Access via VPNs
Is the Cyprus Crisis a Boon for Bitcoin?
Bram Cohen Patents Revolutionary BitTorrent Live Streaming Protocol
Worldwide Internet Slows After “Biggest Attack in History”
True Purpose of DRM: To Let Copyright Holders Have a Veto Right on New Technologies
Daily Telegraph to Go Behind a Metered Paywall
Is The Wolverine “Tweaser” Vine’s Big Break?
The Rules of Cyber-Warfare
Veoh Wins Legal Case Against UMG But Collapses Under Legal Fees
The Great Firewall of China
Social Media and the Law
Cyberlinguistics: Recording the World’s Vanishing Voices
Wikipedia and Libraries
O2 brings Your Phone Number to Multiple Screens with Tu Go App
February, 2013
Photos of Iranian “Stealth Fighter” Are Photoshopped
Learning to Code Is Empowering
Can a Country Be Knocked Off the Internet?
Google Launches New ChromeBook Pixel
A Revolution in Reading? Pay as You Read eBooks Are Coming
EU Budget Deal Cuts Investment in Rural Broadband
Can Raytheon’s RIOT Predict Future Crime or Terrorism?
The End of Privacy and Freedom of Thought?
Will Going Private Save PC Maker Dell?
Protecting Kids Online
Open Access and the Complexity of Digital Rights
UK Rejects Plans for New IP Czar
Google Decides Smartphone Market Share Is More Important Than Net Neutrality
Nokia and Microsoft Roll Out Windows Phone 7.8
January, 2013
Google’s Crowdsourced Maps of North Korea Stir Tensions
Internet Connection Indispensable for Modern Life According to German Court
Google Glass: Augmenting minds or helping us sleepwalk?
Antigua May Become a Real World “Pirate Bay”
Kim Dotcom Prepares Mega Cash Prize Encryption Challenge
Ofcom Launches 4G Spectrum Auction
The Changing Sound of Buying and Listening to Music
Could Guns Be Made at Home by 3D printers?
What’s the Problem with the Boeing 787 Dreamliners?
Mobile Operator 3 Censors Political Satire Alongside Mature Content
UK Facebook Users Decline by 600,000 in December
Digital Political Activist Aaron Schwartz Commits Suicide at 26
Leaked Oscar Screeners Are Already Popular Online
$100 Million Pledged and 8,000 Films Made on Kickstarter
Should Parents Give their Kids Social Contracts with their Smartphones?
Renewed Restrictions Send Online Chill in China
Digital Sales Break £1 Billion Barrier
December, 2012
Egyptians Push for Open Source Software in Government
Patent-less Smartphone Innovation and the Global Technology Markets
China: “The Internet Is Not Outside the Law”
Attempt to Modernise Copyright Nulled by DRM Protections
Apple’s Patent Arsenal Dwindles as “Pinch to Zoom” Found Invalid
“Future of Internet” Talks Collapse
A WikiLeaks Political Party from Julian Assange?
Would You Buy Gifts Through Facebook?
Women Banned from Using Mobile Phones in Indian Villages
Killer Robots?
Murdoch Closes iPad News App The Daily
The Future of 3D Printing
November, 2012
Richard O’Dwyer Will Not Be Extradited To US Over TVShack
Syrian Internet Goes Dark as Assad Throws the Killswitch
Warfare Has Gone Digital, with Both Sides on Twitter
A “Wind Toy” to Detect Landmines?
Gaza: Social Media in Conflict in 2008 and 2012
Learning a Language and Translating the Web
Which Windows 8 Smartphone Is Right for You?
Why Offline Privacy Values Must Live On In The Digital Age
October, 2012
Microsoft Launches Windows 8
We Can All Do More to Make the Internet a Safer Place
BPI Asks UK ISPs To Block More Major Bittorrent Sites
Ancestry.com Acquired by Private Equity Group for $1.6 Billion
Securing our Cyber-world
Pirate Bay Moves to the Cloud to Become “Raid-Proof”
O2 Network Problems Affect Thousands in the UK
Crowdmapping Corruption with Bribr Mobile App in Russia
September, 2012
New Zealand Prime Minister Apologizes To Kim Dotcom
Cleansing the Internet of Terrorism: Leaked EU Proposal Would Erode Civil Liberties
Iran Readies Domestic Internet and Better Censorship
We Need More Than Activism to Save Net Liberties and Net Neutrality
App of the week: AppDeals
Apple Makes Mistakes With iOS 6 and Apple Maps
Pakistan Bans YouTube Over Controversial #InnocenceOfMuslimsVideo
Has Apple Lost Its Halo?
Trollwatch: The Internet Needs Ethical Standards
Barefoot Power Lights Up Rural Africa
Molecular Electronics: The Future of Computing?
Apple Launches iPhone 5, Forgets to Innovate
The Rise of Mobile Payments
Should Bogus Copyright Takedown Senders Be Punished?
Nokia Announces Flagship Lumia 920 Windows 8 Smartphone
Spectrum Sharing – A Boost for Wireless throughout Europe
August, 2012
Jordan: A Black Day to Protest Internet Censorship
Apple Wins Battle of ‘Look and Feel’ but War with Samsung Continues
Power To The Online People
The Internet A Decade Later
We Need To Go The Extra Mile With Broadband
Anonymous Backs Gay Pride, Hacks Government Websites In Uganda
Online Open Education: Yes, This Is The Game Changer
Google Starts Punishing “Pirate” Sites In Search Results
80,000 Tweets Per Minute For Bolt’s 200m Final Takes Twitter Olympic Record
Bittorrent Tracker Demonoid Shut Down As Political Gift To US?
Kindle eBook Sales Overtake Print On Amazon
Windows 8 Leaks Online
July, 2012
London 2012: BBC Excels With Olympic Coverage As NBC Fails
#TwitterJokeTrial: Paul Chambers Wins In High Court Appeal
Chinese Internet Censorship? Seeking The ‘Truth’ On Weibo
Microsoft Issues First Ever Quarterly Loss
Is a Declaration of Internet Freedom What the Internet Needs?
Yahoo! Appoints Google’s Marissa Mayer As Third CEO In A Year
Reforming Copyright For The Digital Age
“Anonymous” Hacks Anti-Piracy Takedown Tool
YouView Internet TV Service Launched