​Facebook is nearly doubling the number of workers it employs to monitor Facebook Live video feeds, in an attempt to catch violent streams before they spread across the network.

Facebook's main social network is still driving sales growth, even as executives seek to temper investor exuberance.

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A "full" version of Windows which only lets you install Microsoft-approved apps, Windows 10 S will be a hard sell for some parents.

Nations across the globe are pouring money into cyber espionage units allowing smaller nations to close the espionage gap without satellites or tech muscle.

Microsoft has already cracked the professional and creative markets.Now it's chasing another category many believe is Apple's to lose: the A$1,300 laptop for everyone.

Computer scientists, tech giants and start-ups are using sophisticated algorithms and reams of online data to quickly – and automatically – spot fake news faster than traditional fact-checking groups can.

Amnesty International called Sokolovsky a "prisoner of conscience" and criticised the Russian government for detaining the blogger.

The companies have vast networks of complementary products that feed off one another to generate more sales, making it ever harder for competitors to keep up.

What are the lessons that every business – and investor for that matter – can learn from Jeff Bezos? Here are five of the most important.

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Hacking group is now threatening to release shows by four other networks unless the networks' pay a ransom.

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Google's Chrome web browser is stepping up alerts when you use sites missing that all-important HTTPS security padlock designed to stop online eavesdropping.

Australian companies are the biggest users of Messenger globally, said Stan Chudnovsky, head of product for messaging at Facebook.

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Against all odds, Twitter is turning itself around.

As investors pour in, Apple's shares have closed at $US143.65, up nearly 60 per cent from last May's trough.

SOCIAL media firms may be forced to pay for the cost of policing digital crimes and should be fined if they do not quickly censor illegal posts, under plans published by a parliamentary committee today (Monday).

A hacker or hackers who claim to have stolen unreleased television shows from several major networks shared the coming season of the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black after the streaming service failed to meet its ransom requests.

One person's fake news is another's explosive revelation, so how can Google, Facebook and others cut to the truth of the matter?

It has always been part of Microsoft's Surface strategy to release flagship models that goad the rest of the PC industry.

It's hard to overstate how many fundamental achievements must occur first, on both regulatory and technical grounds, before anyone can summon a cab from above.