Both Google and Facebook experienced lengthy outages this week, affecting their respective families of apps, including Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Google Drive and Gmail. How did this happen and who did it affect most?

Zucked is partly a story of Roger McNamee’s realization of Facebook’s ills, and partly a manifesto for a better internet. The book charts McNamee’s journey from Facebook optimist and investor, to concerned citizen and finally to privacy activist calling for Facebook's regulation.

Last week, Facebook announced plans to deprioritize anti-vaccination content on its platform. It's just the latest tech giant to address the misinformation that can spread easily across social networks including YouTube, Amazon, and Pinterest.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has published a note outlining his vision for turning the social network into a "privacy-focused" platform. This is a complete reversal of its previous actions, so can we actually believe him? And, if it is true, what will the new Facebook look like?

With the challenge laid down by the Samsung S10 and Galaxy Fold, what does Apple need to do to ensure its iPhone range can co

Apple has purchase PullString, a start up that specialises in voice activated toys. What turned PullString into Apple's Dreamhouse? It's a sign that the tech giant is increasingly interested in the power of audio AI and sees itself as a major player in the space.

Renowned Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released some details about loads of Apple products expected to be coming our way in 2019, including a new MacBook Pro, two new iPads and even a new iPod Touch. Kuo often has the inside track on Apple, but should we trust his analysis?

The UK's Department of Culture, Media and Sport has published its long awaited report on 'fake news', and its recommendations on how to ensure that social media platforms are held accountable spreading it. Its good news for users, but bad news for Zuckerberg and co.

Amazon might be reconsidering its New York HQ expansion. But, the truly interesting news here may be how the story was broken by the Amazon-owned Washington Post, in a strangely-framed story whose conclusions have since been disputed by the New York Times. Here's our take.

Apple's reported subscription news service before its even got going. Publishers are, apparently, not keen on the terms of the deal that Apple is proposing — which involves the company taking as much as 50% of all the subscription revenue generated.

In a major blow to Facebook's ambitions to more closely interknit its Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram apps, a German regulator has ruled that the social media giant must seek users' explicit consent before combining their data across its various apps.

While Apple's iPhone revenues declined 15 percent from the prior year, all other products and services' revenue grew 19 percent. There's a reason Tim Cook is proud of Apple's 1.4-billion-strong active install base – it's core to the company's service-led future.

Parenting in the internet age is tough. And Facebook's track record with how it treats younger users should be enough to concern any parent. This week alone, Facebook was found to be paying teenage users for access to their data, and its track record is little better.

Apple has revoked Facebook's permissions to create and operate employee-only internal applications. The social media giant's

YouTube has a announced a shake-up of the way that it promotes videos in its channels. The streaming site has promised to clamp down on unsolicited recommendations of conspiracy theory videos – deemed "borderline content" – citing concerns about the spread of false information.

Users of Apple FaceTime have uncovered a serious privacy issue this week, with the ability to listen in and even potentially

From blocking your most hated artist on Spotify to robots delivering your groceries, Donald Trump losing pounds overnight and making thousands of dollars from virtual farming, a lot has happened in the last seven days. We take a look at what you might have missed.

Google has been slapped with a record €50 million fine by the French data protection watchdog, CNIL, for breaking the GDPR rules. Specifically, Google has been taken to task for failing to disclose how it used user data when selling personalized adverts.

New leaks might have revealed the design and some of the internals of the iPad Mini 5. Released by a Chinese Twitter user seemingly with access to Apple prototypes and pre-production models, the new iPad Mini 5 images reveal another case of evolutionary design changes for Apple.

Apple's wireless charging mat, the AirPower, is finally going into production after almost two years of delays. According to sources familiar with the Apple supply chain, the AirPower is being made by two Chinese companies, both of whom are already Apple contractors.

Facebook is investigating billionaire Democrat donor Reid Hoffman's News for Democracy company for improper political advertising practice on the social media site. The group's pages posted political adverts without going through Facebook oversight or informing users.