Tech

Handy App Bans Cleaner For Being Ill

A cleaner was fined and stopped from working for a London customer by a "gig economy" business. Read more

HTC Shows Off All-in-one VR Headset Called Focus

HTC's Vive Focus virtual reality headset will initially be released in only China Read more

Facebook Critic Max Schrems Faces Partial Setback

Max Schrems is told he cannot sue Facebook on behalf of 25,000 others but can do so personally. Read more

Votes In 18 Nations 'hacked' In Last Year

Governments are turning to social-media-based campaigns to stifle dissent, warns a net freedom report. Read more

Star Wars Game In U-turn After Player Anger

It took 40 hours of game play or an extra payment to unlock Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker, among others. Read more

FDA Approves 'trackable' Pill

The schizophrenia tablets have an embedded sensor that tells doctors whether the patient has taken them. Read more

Connected Toys Have Worrying Security Issues

Parents are warned about the dangers of net-connected toys, by the Which? consumer group. Read more

Visibility Poor

A shortage of weather data is holding back many African economies. Some start-ups are changing this. Read more

Regent Street Apple Store Guard Threatened By Moped Gang

Ten suspects on five mopeds smashed their way into the central London store in the early hours. Read more

China Dominates Top Supercomputers List

China overtakes the US to have more supercomputers in the list of the world's fastest 500 systems. Read more

Huddle's 'highly Secure' Work Tool Exposed KPMG And BBC Files

Private files belonging to tax adviser KPMG and the BBC are exposed by Huddle's team-sharing tool. Read more

Lovense Sex Toy App Recorded And Stored Nearby Sounds

A smart vibrator-maker blames a bug for causing the software to save audio recordings. Read more

YouTube Removes Dead Extremist's Videos

Nearly 50,000 videos by radical Islamist preacher Anwar al-Awlaki are purged from the video-sharing site. Read more

Gaydar Founder Henry Badenhorst Dies In South Africa

Henry Badenhorst created the dating website after a friend complained he was too busy to find love. Read more

Uber Set To Sell $10bn Stake To Softbank

The ride-hailing firm says a cash injection would help to fuel expansion and investment in technology. Read more