A 40-minute outage on Facebook was the second time in a week the popular site went down, and was followed by a shares tumble.

Google's search chief explains how his firm is trying to provide results without asking users to type in requests.

Tinder is calling for the removal of an advertising campaign by an Aids awareness group, which linked the dating app with sexually transmitted diseases.

Widely used Russian social network VKontakte must use "effective technology" to end pirated music on its site.

Researchers have found evidence that thousands of critical medical machines, such as MRI scanners, are available to access online.

The social network has hit back at the latest round of rumours about privacy settings with a light-hearted reassurance to its Earth-bound users.

Fugitive US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden opens an account on the social network website Twitter, following one other user - the NSA.

Google unveils a budget-priced accessory that lets old hi-fis and other speaker systems stream audio over wi-fi.