Since 2005 successive Home Secretaries have authorised security service MI5 to collect vast amounts of telecommunications data, according to documents obtained by Privacy International.

Nearly 70,000 examples of online content showing child sex abuse have been removed from the internet in the past year, the UK charity leading the efforts to combat the abuse says.

Computer hackers who created malware that stole about $100m (£70m) have been given long jail sentences in the US.

US university UC Davis apologises for hiring a PR firm to try to bury online references to an incident in which students were pepper-sprayed.

Quarterly revenue at Google's parent company Alphabet rises 17% after strong mobile advertising sales, but average ad prices fall.

The US is considering legislation to allow authorities to intercept rogue drones flying too close to aircraft.