Mark Sellman

Are you under surveillance in your own home? Research by Which? suggests that smart TVs, watches and speakers could be sending your data to China

Tech giants hoover up data not just on viewing but on purchasing habits and may even have a back door into your emails — and they don’t make it easy to opt out

Criminals are ‘poisoning’ obscure search terms to exploit a vulnerability in web browsers and infect devices with malware

UK must act ‘with a sense of humility’ when dealing with powerful companies such as Meta, Google and Microsoft, according to Peter Kyle, the technology secretary

O2’s anti-fraud bot wastes time and saves victims with her meandering stories and technical ineptitude

Emails released as part of a lawsuit show the feud between Musk and Sir Demis Hassabis, the chief executive of Google DeepMind

John Edwards, the information commissioner, said penalties in the hundreds of millions of pounds, as in Europe, would only tie up his office in litigation

Pinwheel works for Samsung and Google devices and gives access to 1,200 apps

A study commissioned by the technology secretary Peter Kyle will explore the effects of smartphone and social-media use on children

The government has taken steps to protect consumers, but businesses and institutions must do more to defend themselves against Vladimir Putin