With piracy spreading along large swathes of Africa’s coast, shipping firms and governments are deploying hi-tech weapons in the fight against the raiders.

Online accommodation site Airbnb introduces anti-discrimination policy to combat reports that black people are less likely to get rooms.

Micro Focus, the fast-growing UK technology company, is buying Hewlett-Packard’s software business in an $8.8bn (£6.6bn) deal.

A British student has invented a mobile fridge to transport vaccines on long journeys at the right temperature.

A 14-year-old Northern Ireland girl is suing Facebook after a naked photograph of her was posted on the site.

The European Court of Justice rules in favour of Playboy in a long-running case over hyperlinks to copyrighted content.