Makers of driverless vehicles and other artificial intelligence systems could face jail and multi-million pound fines if their creations harm workers,…

People blink on average every five seconds, but despite no light falling on our retinas we still see a stable picture of the world.

Conditions beneath the surface on ancient Mars were ripe for life, according to a new study.

Snapchat is about to let users search for items on Amazon using their smartphone's camera and the app to identify products.

Apple has completed its takeover of UK-based music app Shazam, weeks after the deal was cleared by European regulators.

A man paralysed in a snowmobile accident has been able to stand and walk with help after a device was implanted near his damaged spinal cord.

Obesity is to overtake smoking as the leading cause of preventable cancer in British women, according to a new paper. 

Two mini space rovers have landed on an asteroid and sent images back to Earth.

More than £21m has been stolen from over 22,000 people in the UK by fraudsters offering fake help with computer issues, according to new figures.

Artificial intelligence which scans battlefields for hidden attackers has been successfully trialled by the British Army.

The White House has drafted an executive order for Donald Trump which would instruct federal agencies to investigate the business practices of technology…

A NASA balloon has captured rare images from right at the very edge of Earth's atmosphere, where it has been examining a thin group of electric blue…

A hopping space probe which will land on the surface of a large asteroid has been launched by the Japanese Space Agency.

Facebook's global head of safety said only humans can help the social media giant tackle hate speech, with its detection software failing to pick up…

Britain is significantly increasing its ability to wage war in cyberspace with the creation of a new offensive cyber force of up to 2,000 personnel,…

Scientists at NASA have discovered "an unusual infrared light emission from a nearby neutron star" which "could indicate new features never before…

Labour is calling for an overhaul of gambling laws after finishing a year-long study into problem gambling, which it says must be treated as a "public…

Sky and Netflix have announced details of their partnership, creating what they say will be the UK's "biggest on demand TV service".

Some mobile phone companies have charged customers almost half a billion pounds for handsets which they already own, according to Citizens Advice.

Debris orbiting the Earth at more than 17,000 mph has been snared by a prototype "junk hunting" satellite for the first time.