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Patrick Rock has resigned as deputy head of David Cameron’s policy unit over allegations about child abuse images. Who is he and what is his background?
Tory veteran Patrick Rock, who advised the government on its policy towards internet porn and online filters, resigns over allegations involving child abuse images.
Facebook acquires instant messaging service WhatsApp in a $19bn deal that Mark Zuckerberg describes as “extremely valuable”. But is it?
We’re used to seeing police officers protecting our streets – what about the people guarding our computers? There’s an industry of researchers, investigators and enforcers fighting the bad guys.
Apple has thrived by turning existing products into beautiful machines, then monetising them over their lifetime. But with no genuinely new product in the pipeline, has it lost its creative drive?
The NSA is facing reform after outrage from lawmakers in the US. But what about Britains own state-sponsored spying? Channel 4 News revisits the revelations about GCHQ and the reaction.
A number of the world’s biggest technology companies are pushing for limits on how far the government can snoop on them. But there’s a bigger problem at the heart of all of this.
The world’s biggest technology companies, including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Apple, write to President Barack Obama calling for reform to US surveillance laws.
Gamer and freelance journalist Steve Boxer reviews Microsoft’s latest console offering, the Xbox One. And finds it does what is says on the box
There’s increasing evidence that web companies are now expected to vet their content before publication.
Any action to combat the spread of child sexual abuse images online is welcome, but this looks like a tweak to existing measures rather than a radical overhaul.
Technology giants Google and Microsoft agree to block 100,000 search terms that lead to child abuse images, in a move welcomed by David Cameron. But experts warn the impact will be minimal.
Health groups welcome plans to turn doctors and nurses into “high-flying” managers under a new government scheme but warn that hospital wards mustn’t be left short-staffed.
US and UK spy agencies have cracked internet encryption giving them wide-ranging access to supposedly secure internet data, according to further revelations from ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
Once undisputed king of the mobile phone, the 150-year-old Nokia has been snapped up by Microsoft after struggling to master the smartphone.