Three days of mourning have begun after Taliban gunmen killed 132 children and nine teachers at a school in Peshawar.The country suffered its deadliest terror attack as nine men stormed the army-run...
Microsoft just won some powerful allies in its battle over Uncle Sam's quest to tap e-mails stored overseas.Tech giants Amazon, HP and eBay on Monday said they support Microsoft's effort to squash...
A tense, 16-hour Australian hostage standoff ended with gunfire when heavily armed police stormed a cafe in the heart of Sydney's financial center. Two hostages and the gunman were killed,...
The amount of money lost to phone scams has tripled to £23.9m in the last year, according to new figures.Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA UK), which represents banks, building societies and card...
Three people have escaped from a Sydney cafe where it is feared there are dozens of others being held hostage.One employee and two members of the public were seen running from the...
Who's ready for a phablet smackdown?We spent time with two of the biggest and most popular smartphones of the year — the iPhone 6 Plus and the new Google Nexus 6, for a back-to-back comparison...
A laser weapon tested for four months by the US Navy can blast drones out of the sky in seconds.The $40m (£25.5m) laser weapon was fully integrated into systems aboard the USS Ponce at the end of...
More than £110bn has been wiped off the value of Britain's leading companies as the FTSE 100 suffered its worst week in three years. The index closed down 161.07 points on Friday, a loss of 2.49%,...
A tornado has damaged the roofs of an apartment complex and two houses in California.The twister, reportedly the first in Los Angeles since 2004, came hot on the heels of a storm system dubbed a...
The white officer who shot dead black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, quit because of threats against the police department, his lawyer has said. Darren Wilson's resignation with...
In return, BlackBerry (BBRY, Tech30) is telling Apple (AAPL, Tech30) customers they will have to switch to Passport, the smartphone with a square screen that Blackberry launched earlier this year....
The head of the UN Ebola response mission in West Africa has told the AmiraNews there is still a "huge risk" the deadly disease could spread to other parts of the world.Tony Banbury declined to say...