PETER HITCHENS: Richard, who has in the past mocked abuse of Tasers by police, has now changed his mind and concluded from this that all officers should be armed with these devices.

I don't think I can defend the BBC much longer, PETER HITCHENS writes. For years, I've been one of the few conservative patriots I know who still stand up for the licence fee.

PETER HITCHENS: The idea that criminals are bad people who need to be punished and deterred has been abandoned. Crime is now officially a disease to be cured by 'treatment'.

PETER HITCHENS: Here I am, asking bluntly - is the closedown of the country the right answer to the coronavirus? If we have this wrong we have a great deal to lose.

Daniel Michalow, 37, left, left D.E. Shaw in 2018 and has now launched legal action suing the company for defamation and seeking millions in damages. Eric Schmidt with wife Wendy, right.

People had very strong reactions to Google's 'Loretta' Super Bowl commercial 

Using Clearview AI police can upload a photo of an unknown person they would like to identify, and see a list of matches culled from a database of over three billion photos.

Eileen Naughton had faced a mass walkout of some 20,000 staff around the world in 2018 over huge severance packages going to Google executives implicated in sexual misconduct claims.

Huawei has confirmed its first smartphone made without access to Google apps will be released in the UK on February 20, sold exclusively through Carphone Warehouse.

New research has shown that 11 cities in the UK, including Blackburn, Bournemouth and Bradford, named missionary as their all-time favourite as Valentine's Day approaches.

A new study has found that Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo raising awareness of his rare genetic bone disorder increased Google searches of the condition by more than 90%.

Millennials are turning their backs on leisure interest programmes such as those hosted by Nigella Lawson, pictured, in favour of online how-to guides and tutorials.

The study analyzed 8 million video recommendations over the past 15 months and used an algorithm that rated videos on a scale of 0 to 1 for likelihood that it pedaled conspiracies.

As the disease continues to spread rapidly, the Sinn Féin leader has called off her series of public meetings and Google in Dublin has told thousands of staff to stay home.

Some experts fear remote access, video conferencing and the use of VPNs may cause a data bottleneck but Openreach in the UK says it believes it could handle home-working on a mass scale.

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Dining, a wildlife photographer from Cornwall who has been active on YouTube for 10 years, was the top beneficiary of this bizarre trend.

YouTube is allowing ads to run on videos that promote sham coronavirus advice such as listening to music that 'improves cognitive positivity' and even not entering Chinese restaurants, a report says.

The data, released on Friday by Google, uses aggregated, anonymized data harvested from from Google Maps to track recent changes in population movement.

According to 9to5Google, when users open up their Maps app they will now see shortcuts on the home screen that help them find restaurants that are relevant from a delivery standpoint.

Though hardware solutions allow those who are visually impaired to type on mobile devices, a virtual keyboard offers users a quick way to type without having connecting a physical keyboard.

Sydneysiders are not following social distancing measures as strictly as Melburnians, according to new data from Apple and Google.

Investigators used the search engine marketing tools Google Trends and SEMrush to determine what UK internet users have been looking up in lockdown.

Worldwide data reveals an all-time peak in queries pertaining to 'buzz cut' as people are forced to cut their own hair amid lockdown.

Charbel Kassas, 11, is talking and walking despite spending more than two months unconscious in Westmead Children's Hospital following the shocking crash in Sydney on February 1.

Google Trends data has revealed the most popular destinations for Zoom background pictures, and it's the Caribbean that's in the No1 spot, with searches for locations there up 9,900%.

Looking for the best iPad deals this Christmas? You won't want to miss out on Amazon's current offer. The retail giant has slashed up to 20% off the Apple device. Here are the best iPad deals.

The silver iPhone XS Max 64GB is currently an Amazon Lightning Deal. Shoppers are snapping it up fast, so you'll need to be quick if you want to take advantage of this unmissable deal.

Today, Apple officially opened a hacking program that will pay people who discover bugs and security holes in the company's full range of devices, with the top prize offered being $1million.

Just weeks ago it was announced that they would be going through with their divorce.And on Sunday , Teresa Giudice stepped out in Miami to have lunch while her daughters celebrated Christmas.

She's the Myer ambassador who divides her time between Melbourne and Byron Bay.

Student Katalin Sara lost her mobile in Avoriaz in the French Alps but had it returned to the bar by a determined Scot called Nicole Williamson (pictured in the video).

Adam Gray spent eight months travelling the London Underground during the morning commute to capture the candid portraits, using nothing but his iPhone.

Tore Bempasciuto, from Ferndale in Perth , allegedly punched Saiful Nurokhim at a taxi rank outside the LXXY Bar in Kuta at 4.15am on Tuesday.

It seems Victoria Beckham has evened the score between her and husband David, with her latest Instagram post.

Tore Gerard Vincenzo Bempasciuto, from Perth, signed a peace agreement with Saipul Nurokhim for an undisclosed amount of money on Tuesday following an incident last week.

Officials in Massachusetts are warning against a new viral TikTok trend where teenagers sliding a penny behind plugged in iPhone chargers to spark a fire. One student will face charges.

The app, called 'DoubleTake' is tailored to Apples triple-camera system in the iPhone 11 and allows users to record and switch between two simultaneous devices through a single interface.

The unusual pet lives with its owner in Truro, Cornwall, and is treated as a surrogate child. His popular vlog currently has more than 2,000 subscribers and features him doing human tasks.

iPhone maker Foxconn resumes production at its plant in Zhengzhou, but has yet to receive approval for its Shenzhen factory. The factories make up the bulk the firm's assembly lines for the handsets.

Liam Hampson, who plays for a semi-professional rugby league team in the Gold Coast, Australia, was travelling with his teammates in Papua New Guinea for a rugby match.

Bournemouth goalkeeping coach Neil Moss was sent off after attempting to show fourth official Tony Harrington a replay during a VAR farce that overshadowed Burnley's victory.

A patch has been issued, but researchers, who revealed the flaw for the first time at a security conference, say it exposed data being sent from a device over at-home and enterprise networks.

Police will soon be using a new high-tech scanner that can 'frisk' suspects without them knowing. The device can detect concealed weapons through a suspect's clothing 20 yards away.

In a new Boston court filing, lawyers for Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli presented evidence that FBI agents told Singer to lie about whether parents knew they were paying bribes.

Apple's largest iPhone maker Foxconn reveals it has hired enough staff to meet the seasonal demand of the iPhone 12 after only 10% of the staff returned to work following the shutdown last month.

The new iPhone SE has the body of an iPhone 8 with the 'brains' of an iPhone 11 thanks to Apple's latest A13 Bionic chip, which enables it to capture Portrait Mode photos.

Megan Bexton, 21, from Newcastle upon Tyne, rushed to her boyfriend Reece Mitchell's house after finding suggestive texts on his iPad while the 22-year-old father-of-one was on a night out.

These are worrying times for readers with shares-based Isas and investments held inside self-invested personal pensions. But panicking out of investments not is not the right way forward.

These are difficult days. At times, it feels like the world is shuddering to a halt. There are fewer people as I wind my way to and from work every day and night on public transport.

What a week. As a money commentator for more than 30 years standing, that was as disheartening as times go. But patient, long-term investing will win through in the end.