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A UK-based startup has developed a geocoding tool that could revolutionise how we find places, from a remote African village dwelling to your tent at a rock festival

As the number of young gamers has risen sharply, so have addiction narratives

Huge popularity of online games sparks fears over young people’s mental health

Young women should be inspired to work on some of the world’s most exciting innovations, says Yasmin Ali

Company to close facilities and end Home Depot partnership after buying company founded by Elon Musk’s cousins

Jordan Erica Webber chats to a panel of artificial intelligence experts about what Sundar Pichai’s seven objectives could mean in practice

Rafaela Vasquez looked up half a second before Arizona crash that killed woman, report says

The electric carmaker is suing a former technician for alleged hacking, but he says he’s being scapegoated for leaking concerns

Researchers say World Health Organisation’s warnings over ‘gaming disorder’ are premature and say other factors affect child wellbeing

National Crime Agency also reveals rise in sexual attacks on and interest in children

Tech firm says relationship was in violation of the company’s non-fraternization policy, which applies to all managers

James wants to know whether he should opt for an SSD or HDD to save his files on

Victoria says it will stick with decisions being made by individual schools

Videos of up to an hour are effort to pull young users away from rival, and to allow Facebook to sell more ads

Culture secretary condemns unsupervised access to smartphones and urges more heads to ban them in schools

Platforms could have to seek licences for videos after European parliament action

MEPs defy warnings from internet pioneers, civil liberties groups and commercial interests

Property companies advertising their proximity to Facebook’s campus are giving low-income residents a choice: pay a huge rent increase or move out

Virtual coins stolen by hackers, exposing risks of trading the digital asset

The culture secretary who heads up the digital brief says tech makes parenting harder

Aleksandr Kogan, who harvested Facebook profiles, dismisses idea as ‘science fiction’ during Senate hearing

From samurai to cyberpunk via ancient Greece, here are the most exciting games from the 100-plus on offer at this year’s expo

As peer-to-peer messaging becomes a popular campaign tool, volunteers face a new danger – unwanted replies

Despite their potential, no one has managed to take them from flight of fancy to everyday reality

IBM shows off Project Debater, artificial intelligence project designed to make coherent arguments as it processes vast data sets

Consumer watchdog took tech giant to court over complaints about repair and replacement

As the World Health Organization classifies gaming disorder as a mental health condition, one UK treatment centre reveals how it is trying to tackle the problem

App blamed for circulating false information in India, Brazil, Kenya and now the UK

James Bridle’s essay on disturbing YouTube content aimed at children went viral last year. Has the problem gone away – or is it getting worse?

The owner of Amazon and the Washington Post keeps his counsel, spurring the president to ever-greater rage