The BBC is to broadcast parts of its Olympics coverage in 360-degree virtual reality (VR) via a dedicated app called BBC Sport 360. Users of iOS and Android will be able to experience events ranging...
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is embarking on a major technology overhaul led by chief digital and information officer Arif Harbott, who admitted that staff currently struggle with “creaking PCs and...
APPLE CEO Tim Cook has revealed that the firm's App Store had a 'record-breaking' July and has now paid out $50bn in total to developers since it went live in 2008. July was a record-breaker for...
Facebook has opened a new 22,000 square foot hardware engineering campus that will house development teams for projects ranging from the Oculus virtual reality headset to the firm's Aquila solar-powered...
BlackBerry has announced that the BlackBerry Hub+ app is now available on all devices running Android 6.0 Marshmallow. This marks the "first pure software offering from the new Mobility Solutions Group",...
Ransomware threats to businesses are rocketing, and UK firms are among the hardest hit, according to new insights from Malwarebytes. The firm surveyed 540 CIOs, CISOs and IT chiefs at organisations with...
Bitcoin values have plummeted after a hack on one of the main exchanges. The incident at Hong Kong-based exchange Bitfinex wiped 20 per cent off the value of the virtual currency. The Bitfinex website...
A huge 30Gbps distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) has hit hosting firm 123-reg, disrupting services and causing problems on its own website. 123-reg confirmed on its website that the attack struck at...
The use of malvertising rose by a huge 400 per cent during the first six months of 2016, according to security company RiskIQ. Malvertising relates to malware-riddled adverts served usually on dodgy...
A major Internet of Things (IoT) disaster is almost a certainty as more and more devices are connected to the web, according to security expert Bruce Schneier. Furthermore, if secret services really...