Alex Hope of the Livingstone Hope Review and the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones discuss a campaign for changes in the education system to promote better computer skills.

Internet sales rise faster than expected over Black Friday in the US according to surveys, and retailers expect an even better Cyber Monday.

Five political activists in the United Arab Emirates receive a presidential pardon, a day after they were jailed for anti-state crimes, reports say.

The teaching of computer science needs to be reformed to make it more relevant to modern needs, says the government.

A UK design team has devised a urinal-mounted games console, which it hopes will relieve men of boredom across the country.

A US-based radiologist "recreates" a 307-year-old Stradivarius violin in a move that may benefit music students.

A "soft" robot inspired by squid and starfish can crawl, undulate, and squeeze under obstacles, researchers say.