The UK's chief scientific adviser urges the government to use the technology that powers crypto-currency Bitcoin to run various public services.

An Amnesty report into child labour in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo raises questions for electronic firms.

Pakistan unblocks video sharing site YouTube more than three years after it was banned for posting a video deemed insulting to Islam.

A video game based on a Taliban school massacre in Pakistan's city of Peshawar in December 2014 is removed following a barrage of criticism.

The social network Twitter goes offline for many user, with web visitors being greeted by an error page.

Microsoft is to launch an "education edition" of Minecraft after buying a developer that made classroom content for the title.

Social platform Ask.fm reveals the top 20 acronyms and slang terms used by its 150 million members, who are mostly teenagers and young adults.

Security vulnerabilities that put customers at risk have affected Asda's website for a couple of years, a security expert has revealed.