Almost every penny Facebook makes comes through advertising - and so any threat to that model really does put the entire company at risk.

A US couple is suing an internet mapping firm for $75,000 (£58,000) after years of "digital hell".

Researchers at University College London have taught a computer to imitate anyone's handwriting.

The official chat forum for Valve's Dota 2 game has been hit by a hack attack, a security company reports.

Facebook has fired a warning shot at ad-blocking software by making changes that will force desktop users to see adverts.

Transport bosses have defended new regulations requiring private hire drivers to pass a test in English, following criticism from Uber.

The Australian census website was shut down by what authorities said was a series of deliberate attacks from overseas hackers.

Apple has rejected accusations from Russia's state competition watchdog that it fixed iPhone prices.

A teenager who posted videos of drones firing a gun and a flamethrower is suing his university after he was expelled, the AP news agency reports.

Scientists have developed a self-destructing battery capable of dissolving when exposed to heat or liquid.

Travel disruption has hit thousands of passengers around the world, following a "system wide" computer bug at us airline Delta.

Serious security flaws that could give attackers complete access to a phone's data have been found in software used on tens of millions of Android devices.

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) unveiled its latest innovation in live captioning, developed in partnership with BBC Research & Development (BBC R&D)–a new, world-first approach that significantly reduces latency in live-captioning.

Thousands of people accused of taking part in an attempted coup have been traced via a messaging app, a senior Turkish official has told Reuters.

US health insurer Banner Health has written to 3.7 million customers and healthcare providers to warn that their data may have been stolen, after a cyber-attack.

Apple has been urged to rethink its plan to convert the handgun emoji symbol into a water pistol icon.

Olympic gymnast Kohei Uchimura racked up a £3,700 mobile phone bill playing Pokemon Go in Rio.

Encrypted instant messaging service Telegram has denied hackers breached its systems to gain the telephone numbers of 15 million Iranian users.

Nightly mobile network disruption has been detected in a Bahraini village at the centre of recent protests, an advocacy group has said.

The makers of Pokémon Go are facing a lawsuit over players trespassing on private property while searching for creatures in the game.