BT fined record £42m for late installations

BT apologises and agrees to repay telecoms firms for delays in installing high-speed lines.

Uber suspends self-driving cars after Arizona crash

Images show Uber vehicle on its side after apparent high-impact crash with ordinary driver.

Apple wins iPhone 6 patent battle in China

The win removes the threat that Apple would not be able to sell the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in China

Jack Dorsey brings Square payments to UK

The founder of Twitter brings his other company - a point-of-sale system for small businesses - to the UK.

Samsung plans to relaunch refurbished Note 7 devices

The technology giant says it may be able to offer the recalled devices as refurbished phones.

AI to dominate banking, says report

AI can help banks create a human experience even as more and more services are automated, says report.

Google Home to be launched in UK in April

The search giant promises a degree of Britishness in its smart home assistant, Google Home.

Amazon to buy Middle East online retailer Souq

The retailer makes its first move into the region after completing a deal for an undisclosed amount.

Facebook launches Snapchat-style Stories with new in-app camera feature

The social media company is encouraging users to take more pictures and add effects and filters.

Exposed files on Microsoft's document-sharing site

Passwords and sensitive health data are among documents inadvertently shared by Microsoft users.

China's Tencent buys 5% stake in Tesla

The Chinese tech giant is spending $1.8bn on its stake in the electric carmaker.

Uber set to pull out of Denmark

New taxi laws requiring drivers in Denmark to have fare meters have led Uber to withdraw its services.

Super Mario Run hits Android, rolls out version two on iOS

 Super Mario Run hit Android a day early. Originally expected today, March 23, per Nintendo’s earlier announcement, the game arrived on the Google Play Store yesterday instead, along with an update on iOS. The iOS exclusive ran for three months, and brought the app over 78 million downloads, the gaming company said during its earnings in January. Of those players, more than five… Read More

Ads in your eye

How new technologies are transforming outdoor advertising.

Sonic Boom

BBC Click's Lara Lewington looks at some of the best of the week's technology news stories.

Malaysia screen legend gets Google tribute

P. Ramlee enjoyed fame across South East Asia, even reaching as far as Hong Kong and Japan.

Bank cheques to be cleared within a day

From October 2017, cheques will start to clear much faster than the current six days' waiting time.

The tech turning skyscrapers into adverts

A new projection technique for persistence of vision displays will allow images to be up to 200m tall on buildings.

Russian man pleads guilty over $500m malware scam

A Russian man faces up to 10 years in jail for spreading a computer virus that cost victims more than $500m (£401m).

Super Mario Run’s Android release date is March 23

 Super Mario Run is officially making its way to Android, as Nintendo promised what seems like so long ago. The company has now revealed an exact date for Mario’s Android debut: March 23. That’s this Thursday, in case you’re bad at math or don’t have a calendar handy. Read More

Mass Effect: Andromeda offers plenty of gameplay depth despite some faults

 Mass Effect is a video game series that attracts ardent fans and invokes emotional reactions from those fans via its storytelling decisions. The franchise builds on the legacy BioWare built with its stewardship of the Star Wars universe with the Knights of the Old Republic, but offers truly unique science-fiction storytelling in expansive action RPG games. Read More

Japanese Kendama game gets a digital upgrade and a Kickstarter campaign

 Like all good games, Kendama is easy-ish to learn and frustrating as all ever-loving £%&*@£^% to master. What’s a poor entrepreneur to do when a game hasn’t changed for 400 years? Rename it Dendama, add a boat-load of electronics, invent a slew of multiplayer games and launch a Kickstarter campaign, of course. Read More

Watch Zelda’s directors go deep on creating the masterpiece that is Breath of the Wild

 The newest Zelda game, Breath of the Wild, is — and I say this without any attempt at being hyperbolic — an instant masterpiece. I won’t go so far as to call it the best game of all time — but if such a title can exist objectively, this one is certainly in the ring. It’s rare to see something like this thrust into the world and have it so quickly and widely… Read More

With PlayStation Now, you’ll soon be able to play PS4 games on your PC

 Sony just announced that PlayStation 4 games are coming soon to the PlayStation Now cloud gaming service. It means that gamers will be able to pay a subscription fee and stream PS4 games to their PlayStation 4 or PC. Read More

Roblox nabs $92 million to power its massive social gaming platform for kids

 Roblox has spent the greater part of the millennium creating a cool place for kids to play a diverse collection of games inside a single cross-platform world for its huge audience of tens of millions of monthly active youngsters. The company announced Tuesday that it has closed a massive $92 million funding round led by Meritech Capital Partners and Index Ventures. Read More

Nintendo releases three-part video series about that insanely good Zelda game

 Nintendo shared on its YouTube channel three behind-the-scenes videos about Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Many thought the Nintendo Switch had a pretty thin launch lineup with Zelda: Breath of the Wild as the only big production. But anybody around you who owns a Switch will tell you that it’s an amazing game. Read More

Interactive fiction and the origins of the conversational interface

 It’s 2017, and conversational interfaces (people talking with machines the same way they talk to other people) are everywhere. Siri has become a household name. Taco Bell lets you order tacos over Slack. It feels like we may spend more time talking to computers than to one another in just a few short years. How did we get to this point? Read More

Your gadgets could help 'launch a cyber attack'

NCA director says a rising number of gadgets are being hacked to launch cyber attacks.

World wide web creator Tim Berners-Lee targets fake news

Social media sites and search engines must be pushed to do more to combat the problem, he says.

GCHQ warns politicians about Russian hacking threat

The spy agency says cyber-attacks could threaten the democratic process in the UK.

Intel buys driverless car technology firm Mobileye

The US chipmaker is taking over its Israeli-based driverless technology partner Mobileye.

'LED street lights are disturbing my sleep'

Cities around the world are converting to low-energy LED street lights - but some residents say their sleep is being affected and are fighting back.

California mulls driver-free car tests

Currently autonomous vehicles tested on the roads must have a human driver ready to take control.

Sony plans to let PC owners play PS4 games

The newer titles will be included in a subscription to the PlayStation Now streaming service

Facebook data 'off-limits' for spy tools

The social media giant responds to news that police in California used tools to spy on activists

Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer could land $23m payout

The Yahoo chief could receive a bumper payout if she loses her job as part of the Verizon deal.

Cyber security: Experts warn on rise of hacker ransoms

Smartphones, watches and fitness trackers could be made unusable by criminals, security chiefs say.

Driverless cars 'could lead to complacency'

People may be too slow in taking back control of driverless cars in an emergency, peers warn.

Germany warns social media firms over illegal content

Fines of up to 50m euros are being proposed for social media sites that do not quickly remove illegal content.

Hands-on with the jacket with Google woven in

A partnership between Levi’s and Google has yielded a jacket with technology woven into the fabric.

Facebook, Twitter and Google grilled by MPs over hate speech

Facebook, Twitter and Google are told by MPs to do a "better job" on hate speech and abuse images.

Use Nintendo Switch controllers with the NES Classic with this adapter

 Nintendo Switch controllers are flexible, if flawed — the latest hardware they work with is the NES Classic, via 8bitdo’s $17 Retro Receiver, and a new firmware update available now for that little dongle. The wireless accessory already lets you connect a range of Bluetooth controllers to your NES Classic, including 8bitdo’s own NES30 controller replica, and PlayStation 4, Wii… Read More

How iBeacons could help blind people navigate roadworks

BBC Click's Lara Lewington finds out how iBeacons could help blind people navigate roadworks.

MWC 2017: Technology review

BBC Click's Stephen Beckett reviews some of the technology on display at the Mobile World Congress.

Switch sales 'close to Nintendo records'

The firm sold more than 300,000 units of latest gaming console in just three days in Japan alone.

My journey from fleeing Iran to making the internet safer

On International Women's day, one cyber security boss says more women should enter her industry.

ARM chip designer stake 'to be sold by Softbank'

Reports suggest Softbank will sell a 25% stake in ARM to a tech fund it is creating with Saudi Arabia.

CIA hacking tools: Should we be worried?

What the documents posted on Wikileaks say about our online privacy.

Budget 2017: Robotics, driverless cars and 5G to get UK funds

The chancellor promises £270m to put the UK at the forefront of ground-breaking technologies.

Apple, Samsung and Microsoft react to Wikileaks' CIA dump

Apple says it has already fixed some flaws referred to in an alleged leak of the CIA's hacking tools.

Premier League gets Kodi piracy court order

The Premier League gets the power to block computer servers that power pirated video streams.

Mixed reality arcades are the next big market opportunity — but not for VCs

 Mixed reality arcades can be a huge boon for VR adoption, and I’m confident there will be profitable ventures created in these immersive arcade experiences. But the path to profitability will be a long one. Because VCs typically shy away from capex-intensive industries, I don’t see VCs as the right backers to see these exciting experiences to market. Read More

Bitcoin buyer

As the value of Bitcoin tops gold for the first time, we spoke to an early investor who bought one Bitcoin for just $18 (£14.70) in 2012.

Are food bloggers fuelling racist stereotypes?

Asian American photographer says some digital foodies are playing into racist stereotypes about ethnic dishes.

Snapchat IPO: California school banks millions

Tech investor Barry Eggers' whip-round at California's Saint Francis High led to an incredible windfall.

Newsbeat meets the brains behind the Nintendo Switch

The creators of the Nintendo Switch say their console isn't lacking in games.

Amazon typo knocked websites offline

Downtime for some high-profile websites was caused by the error, the company says.

IBM gives out-of-office patent to public

The granting of a patent for an email system in use for years sparks criticism.

Windows 10 to offer update 'snoozes'

Microsoft says people will be able to choose a time to activate updates and reboots.

Uber uses 'secret program' Greyball to hide from regulators

The taxi-hailing service has been using a secret program to prevent regulators from shutting it down.

Has wearable tech had its day?

It's been a rollercoaster year for wearables in terms of sales, and experts are divided on their future.

Breathe easy? Air pollution trackers put to the test

Lara Lewington finds out if air pollution gadgets can help her pick the healthiest route to take.

IBM's online quantum machine gets faster

IBM wants to open out quantum computing to the business community and increase usage for programmers.

Net gains

How a pilot scheme in Havana might point the way to an internet-connected Cuba.

Nintendo Switch cartridges 'taste so bad'

The games company adds a "bittering agent" to stop the small cartridges being accidentally ingested.

Snapchat firm share price soars on debut

Shares in the owner of messaging app Snapchat jump around 40% in its opening minutes on Wall Street.

Can technology solve Chicago's gun crime problem?

US police have turned to technology to help fight crime, but can the solutions really solve the problem?

The Xbox Game Pass is a $9.99 Spotify-like game subscription

 Having free games with Xbox Live Gold was one thing, but Microsoft wants to go one step further. The company is launching a new service called the Xbox Game Pass. It’s a library of more than 100 games that you can download and play for a monthly subscription of $9.99. The feature isn’t live yet, but the company already announced some names so that the company can start beta… Read More

Gaming company Kabam’s roller coaster ride to a $700 million exit

 We talked with Kevin Chou, co-founder and CEO of the gaming company Kabam, about his own both stressful and euphoric experience in running a gaming startup for roughly a decade before selling most of its assets in December to South Korea’s Netmarble Games for a reported $700 million. Read More

Car wars

A row has broken out over who should control access to all the data your new car generates.

Londoner accidentally gets Uber to Croydon, via Bristol

Uber is refunding the £467 taxi fee as a "goodwill" gesture, describing the trip of 280 miles as an "unfortunate mistake".

MWS 2017: 5G - the next mobile revolution

The next-generation 5G mobile network causes lots of excitement at the Mobile World Congress trade show.

MWC 2017: Google Home challenges Amazon Echo

Google suggests its expertise in search will help its Home speaker triumph over Amazon's Echo.

MWC 2017: DJI M200 drone works in rain and winds

A new drone is being pitched to business that want to safely carry out inspections from the sky.

BT landline-only customers set to get £5 off monthly bills

Customers who only buy a landline service from BT are not getting value for money, Ofcom says.

MWC 2017: Google Home speaker to launch in UK by June

Google's smart speaker will compete against Amazon's Echo in the UK this summer.

Man jailed for hitting woman with drone

The pilot of a drone that knocked a woman unconscious has been jailed for 30 days in the US.

Children's messages in CloudPets data breach

More than 2 million voice messages left between parents and children exposed, security researcher claims.

Google robot leaps and spins with leg-wheels

Handle - a human-sized robot that can travel over uneven surfaces and jump over obstacles - makes its debut.

Bad bug found in Microsoft browsing code

If exploited, the bug could let attackers run their own code on victims' machines.

Tagged animals at risk from hunters and nature-lovers

Radio signals from tags are helping hunters and harming conservation, warn scientists.

Government sets out post-Brexit digital strategy

The government wants the UK to lead the world in the digital economy and re-skill its citizens.