A former policeman involved in investigating the crime website Silk Road is sentenced to six and half years in prison for stealing $700,000 of the virtual currency Bitcoin.

Sony agrees to pay up to $8m over employees' personal data lost in the 2014 hacking scandal surrounding the release of The Interview.

A key intelligence network used by the US Army was not operational during the recent mistaken attack on a hospital in Afghanistan, says a member of Congress.

Online drug seller Pharmacy2U is fined £130,000 for selling information about customers to marketing companies.

Apple says encrypted data on newer iPhones can't be accessed, though the firm could in theory help police unlock older phones.

A machine that allows people to turn unwanted coins or notes into pounds, euros or dollars opens in London.

Video-streaming site YouTube is to launch a paid-for service that will offer a range of original programmes to subscribers.