Social networking site Facebook suffered from a widespread outage on Tuesday, before coming back online.

TalkTalk says customers who have not yet chosen whether to activate net filters must opt out of its safety system if they wish to continue viewing adult material online.

Facebook has blocked a page which a Turkish court claimed was offensive to the Prophet Muhammad.

China has blocked several popular services that let citizens skirt state censorship systems and reach banned sites.

Microsoft reports falling profits but sales were helped by strong Xbox sales over the holiday season.

A hacker group attacks the official website of Malaysia Airlines, but the company says bookings and user data are not compromised.

Too many CCTV cameras are ineffective and the public does not have a true understanding of them, the surveillance camera commissioner warns.

UK net firms have criticised attempts to revive a "snoopers' charter" by adding it into draft legislation currently before the House of Lords.

Adobe has released an emergency patch for a flaw in its Flash software that was being widely exploited by thieves.

Pinterest plans to make more use of its members' data to help marketers target their adverts.

Tech giant Apple's chief executive Tim Cook's base salary was increased by nearly 43% in February last year, according to the company.

The social network encourages celebrities and other high-profile users to share photos directly to Twitter.

High-profile Bitcoin backers are seeking to establish a Bitcoin exchange in the US that would be overseen by mainstream financial regulators.

A journalist with connections to the hacking collective Anonymous is sentenced to five years in jail after posting online links to stolen data.

A quadcopter drone carrying 3kg of illegal drugs crashes near the border between Mexico and the US.

Notts County blocks Hungary from its Facebook page after it was deluged with comments concerning the signing of a new player.

Robert Shiller, regarded as one of the most influential economists in the world, has said society is "in a panic" about artificial intelligence.

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