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Before the internet, people used their televisions to access news, weather, travel information, recipes and more.

Google has ambitious plans for using medical records and appears to also be bidding to create a truly digitised NHS.

Up to a billion people in Africa derive their main income from farming, but many get embroiled in disputes over whether they really own their land. Can tech help?

Security expert Troy Hunt discusses the scale of the Yahoo breach and what steps its users should take to protect their data.

Yahoo says hackers stole information from about 500 million users in 2014 in what appears to be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in history.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife want to tackle all diseases by the end if the century. Just how feasible is this aim?

Energy efficiency ratings on televisions are flawed and likely to mislead consumers, a US environment advocacy group has claimed.

Plans to install wi-fi along Havana's iconic Malecon seafront are announced by the Cuban government, making it the largest hotspot on the island.

Proposals to introduce new legislation which would pardon gay men convicted under historical gross indecency laws will be brought forward "in due course", the government says.

Website looks to users to report inappropriate content, but many people are critical of the new system.

One of the biggest web attacks ever seen has been aimed at a security blogger after he exposed hackers who carry out such attacks for cash.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new initiative to "cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century".

Taiwan asks Google to blur satellite images of what appear to be new military installations on a disputed island in the South China Sea.

Internet entrepreneur Alex Depledge shares her views about how the UK can up its game when it comes to building tech companies.

Two Singaporeans are arrested after allegedly buying tickets for flights they did not intend to take so they could buy iPhones at the airport.

Microsoft is criticised by Which over its Windows 10 software and poor customer service.

A look at the tech firms helping to save and protect the honey bee, as numbers of the vital pollinators continue to fall sharply around the world.

Facebook's founder and his wife aim to cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century.

Security service MI6 is to recruit nearly 1,000 extra staff by 2020, as it battles against the challenges of the internet age, BBC Newsnight learns.

Lenovo confirms that some of its laptops refuse to install Linux but says it has not deliberately blocked the software.