Is the singularity edging ever closer? Tech giant Google buys robotics firm Boston Dynamics.
A new way to make internet searches quicker – sounds good, right? But imminent changes to the way the web works have potential implications we should all be aware of.
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.
You might think that if you live in London and email your mate in Paris, there’s no chance the message will ever go via the US. You’re wrong.
Tooman Hendrik Ilves tells Channel 4 News about his plans for a European cloud server and admits he is not worried about his emails being intercepted.
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.
Two giant barges have popped up in bays on opposite coasts of the United States, prompting fevered global speculation about what they might be.
New claims the NSA secretly “copied data flows” between Yahoo and Google are denied by the US intelligence agency.
In a week where the NSA admitted tracking mobile phone locations, the solicitor behind a legal challenge against GCHQ tells Channel 4 News surveillance is understandable – but we need to regulate it.
Google has come under fire for its tax affairs in the past. As the company publishes its financial statement for 2012, Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy pores over the figures. Do they add up?
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.
The Church of England should show “moral leadership” and consider pulling its money out of Google to persuade it to block illegal images of child abuse, says MP Claire Perry.
The prime minister wants ISPs and internet search engines to do more in the fight against online pornography. But do they see policing the internet as part of their job?