Ethical Issues In Technology

China Labour Watch says a supplier in Dongguan hired children to work 11-hour days without overtime pay

May dubbed 'Mrs Snoop' as politicians say emergency measures applied to new legislation could have 'unintended consequences'

Charles Arthur: what if there were a page on a 'revenge porn' site about you - would you want to use Google's 'right to be forgotten' to get it taken out of search?

Makers say Snake-like game is reflection of reality as young, savvy activists mobilise large protests against Beijing

Smartglasses go on general sale for anyone in the UK over 18 with a credit card. By Samuel Gibbs

UK government services are going digital, yet often the people who need them most are not able to access them. Elizabeth Rust reports on the 17% who are digitally excluded

'Impossible' attack briefly possible for Ghash.io consortium, putting entire bitcoin network at risk – and it could happen again. By Alex Hern

Buying drugs and weapons online is far easier since the closure of Silk Road in 2013, after a dozen new sites have taken its place. Mike Power investigates

Social media site responds to calls for changes to default privacy setting that puts users at risk of accidentally over-sharing content

Symantec, maker of the widely used Norton Antivirus software suite, has declared that antivirus technology “is dead”.

The UK's mobile phone market is near saturation point, and big hitters Apple and Samsung face cutthroat competition as Chinese manufacturers muscle in with low prices and good service, says Charles Arthur

Jillian C York: As awareness of censorship increases, so might attempts to create a sense of global solidarity against censorship

National Crime Agency leads campaign to knock out Shakespearian malware that infected at least 30,000 PCs. By Tom Brewster

David Cameron is planning to revive the controversial “snoopers’ charter” through a wide-ranging review of the laws allowing public bodies to access private communications, which he announced today alongside emergency surveillance legislation.

Location-based security settings could remove the need for passcode in 'safe' environments

Within a few years, the Internet of Things is going to be worth trillions of dollars, writes John Naughton

Nominet says that if you receive any compensation from your site, you're classed as a business and must have your home address made public. By Adrian Short

Google boss worried that European ruling could be abused by less progressive governments. By Samuel Gibbs

Passwords and personal data were stolen in eBay's cyberattack. Here's how to protect your information against future hacks. By Samuel Gibbs

If capitalism can outsource low-paid jobs, why can't it replace the middle classes with automatons, asks John Naughton

An ISP should give users the bits they ask for, as quickly as it
can, and not deliberately slow down the data. By Cory Doctorow