Xbox One v PS4: this time it’s about hard drives
Microsoft and Sony both set to tweak their consoles as gamers tire of running out of storage space
Tech industry groups urge US to avoid policies that would weaken encryption
Open letter sent to Obama from groups representing Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft as report suggests fear of surveillance costs economy $35bn a year
Skype bug breaks app with simple eight-character text string
Glitch causes Skype apps on iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows to crash and permanently lock up
20 best Android apps and games this week
Google Photos, MixRadio, Periscope, Inbox by Gmail, Skiing Yeti Mountain, Biz Builder Delux, Lara Croft: Relic Run and more
Screen time v play time: what tech leaders won’t let their own kids do
Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive designed some of the world’s most desirable tech – but imposed strict limits on their own children using it. What rules do others set?
Microsoft faces claims it threatened MPs with job cuts in constituencies
Conservative party strategy chief Steve Hilton attacks lobbying industry with allegation that company aggressively targeted MPs over IT reform
What do Candy Crush Saga, Minesweeper and Solitaire have in common?
Addictive King Digital game will come preinstalled on Windows 10, pushing its classic time-wasting predecessors to the curb
Skype can be confused with Sky TV, EU court rules
In second Sky-related blow, Microsoft barred from registering trademark for its voice chat service Skype, after being forced to rename SkyDrive to OneDrive
Twitter kills MS-Dos games embedded in tweets
Social network kills MS-Dos gaming fun, saying interactives and games breach its embedded cards terms of service
Embedding classic MS-DOS games into tweets is now a thing
Procrastination nation has hit peak performance as users discover 2,600 MS-DOS games can be embedded and played directly into Twitter
Tax boss rebukes Google, Apple and Microsoft over Senate inquiry evidence
Commissioner Chris Jordan delivers rebuke to multinational tech giants contesting evidence they gave to a Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance
Star Wars Battlefront – the quest to capture fan nostalgia
Electronic Arts has promised gaming’s most authentic Star Wars experience, but can its new shooter compete with the vastness of the movie universe?
Microsoft’s Bing claims over 20% of US desktop searches
Google faces a real challenge from Microsoft’s Bing in the US, but its dominance of global, European and UK search is almost uncontested
Google, Apple and Microsoft defend tax set-up that shifts revenue offshore
Executives tell Senate inquiry paying tax overseas for Australian sales is how the global tax system works, while News Corp Australia demands Netflix pays GST
What is Wi-Fi calling and will it solve my mobile phone black spot?
New service routes calls, texts and voicemail over the internet so that the phone works even without mobile signal. But why should you care?