The need to run more efficient servers made Facebook invent a new switch – which lowers their energy use significantly. The whole world profits.
The new hardware directs data flow intelligently, making the internet faster, cheaper, cleaner and more reliable, writes Alistair Fairweather.
The Chinese government tried to take on thriving online marketplace Alibaba, but owner Jack Ma beat the regulators at their own game.
The encryption genie is out of its bottle to give people back their privacy, but this is frightening world governments, writes Alistair Fairweather.
Pragmatism, not idealism, will be the death of slips of paper that have real costs and close to zero value, writes Alistair Fairweather.
Women gamers are receiving harsh threats online for "poking deftly into the subculture’s most sensitive nerve", writes Alistair Fairweather.
Technology’s usefulness will be all that matters when we need chips embedded in our bodies to get jobs or move freely around the world.
From sad faces to a "smiling pile of poo", Alistair Fairweather looks at how these symbols have seeped into every form of textual communication.
Amazon says it will take its chances in the smartphone market despite the poor ratings of its Fire phone, but can it survive among the other big boys?
Tired of being spied on by their governments, many are using a new system that secures their identities on the internet, writes Alistair Fairweather.