Pathologists in the UK can now conduct full post-mortem examinations using a touch screen instead of a scalpel.

Commons Speaker John Bercow launches a special commission on "digital democracy", saying it could pave the way for online voting.

Body piercings are used to control wheelchairs and computers in a move scientists believe could transform the way people interact with the world after paralysis.

The Obama administration announces another delay to its healthcare law, this time to online medical insurance for small businesses.

The US government agrees to pay $50m (£31m) after it was said to have pirated "thousands" of copies of military software.

The official video game for the Ashes cricket tour is pulled from sale after being branded "shameful", "embarrassing" and "farcical".

A man is searching a landfill site hoping to find a computer hard drive he threw away which is now worth over £4m.

Prison officers' union calls for tighter security after drones were used to try to smuggle contraband into jails in US and Canada.