More of the biggest names in tech - including eBay, Google and Amazon have joined Twitter and Ebay in backing Apple in its court battle with the FBI.

Hackers are using a type of computer virus known as ransomware to lock people out of their phones or computers and demand money for the return of the files.

Social media giant Facebook is set to pay millions of pounds more in tax in the UK after a major overhaul of its tax structure.

Barnes & Noble will stop selling digital books for its Nook device on 15 March, the firm said on World Book Day.

A Cotswolds village has the UK's slowest average broadband speed with tests suggesting the connection is better at Everest base camp.

A man on trial in southern Russia faces a possible one-year prison sentence for having written "there is no God" on the internet.

The Oculus Rift headset will be available on Mac machines when Apple releases a "good computer," says the founder of the virtual reality firm.

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, high commissioner for human rights at the United Nations, warns that a "Pandora's box" will be opened if Apple co-operates with the FBI by unlocking a killer's phone.