Sales figures from Sony and Nintendo confirm that the PlayStation-maker has outsold the Wii-creator for the first time in eight years.

Markus "Notch" Persson launches a new video game that only took him two hours to create in an apparent swipe at other early-release titles.

Millions of smart TVs can be hijacked by burying attack code in signals broadcast to the net-connected devices, warn security experts.

A computer program called Eugene Goostman, which simulates a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy, is said to have passed the Turing test at an event organised by the University of Reading.

Photo-sharing service Instagram announces plans to expand advertising to the UK, Canada and Australia later this year.

Microsoft reveals plans to re-release the main titles in its Halo franchise for the Xbox One console, in an effort to please its hardcore gaming fans.