Bill Gates: ‘Carbon neutrality in a decade is a fairytale. Why peddle fantasies?’

After putting $100m into Covid research, the billionaire is taking on the climate crisis. And first he has some bones to pick with his fellow campaigners...Read an exclusive extract from Gates’ new book

Microsoft urges US and EU to follow Australian digital news code

Firm stood against Facebook and Google over plan to make tech giants pay news organisations

Is big tech now just too big to stomach?

The Covid crisis has turbo-charged profits and share prices. But are the big six now too powerful for regulators to ignore?

Google’s search engine not as good as its competitors for news, research finds

Monash University research finds Bing and Ecosia delivered substantially more professionally produced news in the top 50 results compared with Google

Microsoft’s Bing ready to step in if Google pulls search from Australia, minister says

Paul Fletcher plays down Google threat and says government will not back down on news media code

After Covid, will digital learning be the new normal?

Some see huge benefits in virtual learning but others fear the impact on disadvantaged children and privatisation by stealth

NSO Group spyware ‘dangerous’, say tech firms in legal filing

Israeli company should be held liable to American anti-hacking laws, Google, Microsoft and others argue

Microsoft seeks Biden’s support in case against Israeli spyware firm

Microsoft’s president says NSO Group enables more nation-states to deploy cyber-attacks, including against journalists and activists

Suspected Russian cyber-attack growing in scale, Microsoft warns

Government agencies around world among targets in SolarWinds ‘espionage-based’ hack

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go review: missing the sweet spot

Good keyboard, nice design and solid build let down by hot running, poor battery life and software bugs

The pandemic has taken surveillance of workers to the next level

Monitoring people while they do their jobs is creepy, and can even be counterproductive – but it has a long history, says Rachel Connolly, a London-based journalist from Belfast

Tech gift guide: ideas for last-minute Christmas presents

From speakers to watches through to tablets and games, there are lots of options

Tech giants may face billions of pounds in fines from new UK watchdog

Competition regulator wants new Digital Markets Unit to have power to levy huge penalties if firms abuse code of conduct

Microsoft apologises for feature criticised as workplace surveillance

Productivity score potentially allowed managers to identify individual employees who weren’t contributing enough

Microsoft productivity score feature criticised as workplace surveillance

Tool allows managers to use Microsoft 365 to track their employees’ activity