Author: Roland Moore-Colyer

Trials will look to speed up deliveries and reduce fuel consumption

Search firm also donated $1m to combat the Zika virus in Brazil

Storage layer failure blamed

Landmark amount indicates government's growing appetite for cloud and digital services

Money will also be used to support engineering and physical sciences PhD students

Eight students will receive on-the-job training, a salary and a degree with no tuition fees

Google's mobile and contactless payments service to challenge Apple Pay in Britain

Search firm's cloud was also selected by Spotify to replace its infrastructure

Microsoft and Facebook also throw support behind Apple

Tool will be made available to news and human rights organisations