US court raises Netflix sharing anxiety in password ruling

Huawei apologises after it is revealed that a photo it posted online to promote its latest phone was taken on a professional camera.

Takeaway app Just Eat to test delivery robots
Takeaway food ordering service Just Eat announces it will trial delivery robots in London this year.

Tech companies blame price rises on Brexit vote
Dell computers, OnePlus phones and a wide range of camera equipment are becoming more expensive after the Brexit vote.

Regulators investigate parent company of Ashley Madison
Avid Life Media, the parent company of Ashley Madison, is being investigated by the US Federal Trade Commission, the company disclosed on Tuesday.

YouTube gamers caught in gambling row
Two YouTube gamers are criticised for promoting a betting website to their viewers, without clearly disclosing that they operate it.

DJI drones gain geo-fencing safety feature opt-out
DJI has updated its app to allow drone owners to fly its aircraft into restricted areas they were previously prevented from entering.

Spike in Brexit email spam following referendum result
Email scammers launch a deluge of spam emails at Britons concerned about the results of the EU referendum.

Bringing home a robot baby
Roboticist Angelica Lim programmes robots to be more human – what happened when she brought one home?

Games developer Blizzard sues over ‘cheat’ tool
Games developer Blizzard is determined to crack down on cheat tools that offer players advantages over others.

Huge home-built computer used for Tetris
A man has finished building an enormous computer in the sitting room of his bungalow in Cambridge.

Google’s DeepMind to peek at NHS eye scans for disease analysis
One million anonymised eye scans from Moorfields Eye Hospital are to be used to train an artificial intelligence system from Google.

South Korea launches first Internet of Things network
South Korea launches its first commercial, low-cost Internet of Things network which helps devices talk to each other, making the country even more connected.

Identity fraud up by 57% as thieves target social media
The number of victims of identity fraud rose by 57% last year with thieves targeting social media for people’s information, fraud prevention service Cifas says.

Bank in the hand
Financial technology – or fintech – companies are shaking up banking, but do we trust start-ups yet with all our cash?

The robot monk offering Buddhist wisdom
Meet Xian’er, the robot monk offering Buddhist wisdom to the digital generation

Robot arm wins Amazon’s tech award
A mechanical arm created by a Dutch team of roboticists wins Amazon’s Picking Challenge award.

Ask.fm changes hands once again
The Q&A-based social network Ask.fm is under new ownership, less than two years after it last changed hands.

Locusts to ‘sniff out explosives’
Scientists are researching technology they hope will allow locusts to detect explosives using their sense of smell.

Bloodhound supersonic car project back on track
The Bloodhound supersonic car project is back on track thanks to new sponsorship, and now aims to break the land speed record in October 2017.

Sucking robot arm wins Amazon Picking Challenge
A robot arm that combines a suction cup and a “two-fingered” grip wins Amazon’s warehouse robot competition.

Israel angered by Facebook hatred rules
Government ministers in Israel accuse Facebook of failing to tackle “inciteful” posts against the country on the social network.

Police Scotland IT programme abandoned
A £40m Police Scotland computer programme is abandoned, after it emerged it could not be delivered within budget or timeframe.

Muslim Match dating website hacked
The personal details of more than 150,000 members of dating website Muslin Match have been posted online.

Electric car pioneer Tesla misses production targets
US electric carmaker Tesla says it will fall short of its annual shipment targets, sparking worries about its production capabilities.

‘Celebgate’ nudes hacker pleads guilty
A US man pleads guilty to running a phishing campaign to steal private pictures and videos from film and TV stars.

The father of trending
“What’s trending?” is a common question online, but it wasn’t long ago that we didn’t have an easy way to answer.

Spotify accuses Apple of blocking app and using store as ‘weapon to harm competitors’
Apple is accused of blocking Spotify’s streaming service by demanding the firm uses the iTunes billing service.

Oracle ordered to pay $3bn damages to HP
Electronics firm Hewlett Packard has been awarded $3bn (£2.26bn) in damages in a legal dispute with software giant Oracle.

BMW and Intel plan robot car production
BMW, Intel and computer vision firm Mobileye have signed a deal to develop autonomous vehicles.

Brazil blocks Facebook funds in WhatsApp row
A court in Brazil has frozen 19.5 million reals (£4.5m, $6.07m) of Facebook’s funds in a dispute with secure messaging service WhatsApp over a criminal case.

Apple ‘considering takeover’ of Jay Z’s streaming service Tidal
The US technology company is said to be considering a takeover bid for Jay Z’s music-streaming service Tidal.

British Gas offers free electricity at weekends
British Gas is to offer free electricity for eight hours at weekends to two million customers who have smart meters installed.

Predicting the internet
Futurologist Alvin Toffler predicted everything from the rise of the Internet to the decline of the nuclear family, but he wasn’t always right

Bottle which empties every drop of soap and other news
BBC Click’s Lara Lewington looks at some of the best of the week’s technology news

New delay for NHS 24 computer system roll out
A crisis-hit computer project for the NHS 24 telephone helpline will not be fully rolled out across Scotland until the end of next year – four years later than originally planned.

Emergency service
The world can be a dangerous place, but can smartphone apps really help protect us when things go wrong?

Hajj pilgrims to be given e-bracelets
Pilgrims travelling to Mecca next month will be given electronic bracelets as part of a safety crackdown ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Oculus chief latest social media hack victim
Oculus chief executive Brendan Iribe is the latest in a string of tech bosses who have had their social media accounts hacked.

Driverless cars take to streets of virtual Coventry
Driverless, automated cars are being tested in a new simulator at the University of Warwick.

Symantec security software had ‘critical’ flaws
Computer security company Symantec patches eight security holes discovered in its own security software.

Facebook wins appeal on Belgian tracking
Facebook has won a legal battle with the Belgian data authority over how it tracks non-users with cookies.

Apple patents concert camera blocker
Apple patents for technology that could stop smartphone cameras being used at concerts.

Facebook gives friends higher priority in News Feeds
Facebook is to give posts by users’ friends and family greater prominence – a move that may challenge professional publishers.

Robot salamander can walk and swim
A robot salamander that mimics the movement of the real thing is developed in Switzerland.

Evernote clampdown causes anger
Evernote faces a backlash after announcing it is restricting the use of the free version of its app.

Facebook ‘hack’ victim exposes passport scam
An identity thief gains access to a Facebook account by sending a fake passport and asking the social network to turn off log-in approvals.

Facebook thinks you’re more likely to like its new like button
Users are more likely to like something if it has a thumbs up logo, rather than the Facebook logo, according to the social network.

World-Check terrorism database leaks online
Names of individuals and organisations listed in the Thomson Reuters World-Check Risk Screening database are leaked.

Dixons Carphone boss says UK ‘must stay in single market’
Dixons Carphone boss Seb James explains how the retailer is responding to the Brexit vote

CIA taps huge potential of digital technology