Boot up: Billion-pixel Mars view, Microsoft’s Amazon-killer, Apple’s games console plans and more

Plus Pirate Bay jailing, Hemlock Grove, killer robots, Instagram videos, facial-recognition blocking and a device to find your lost keys. By Stuart Dredge

Xbox One: was Microsoft’s reversal the right decision?

Keith Stuart: The company has abandoned plans for a 'digital first' console, turning to a model based on boxed copies and pre-owned sales

Skype’s secret Project Chess reportedly helped NSA access customers’ data

Scheme – set up before firm was purchased by Microsoft – allegedly eased access for US law enforcement agencies

Xbox One DRM restrictions dropped after gamer outcry

Keith Stuart: Microsoft responds to global outcry and removes daily online requirements and restrictions to pre-owned sales. Xbox president, Don Mattrick, thanks gamers for 'candid feedback'

Yahoo joins other technology giants in revealing US surveillance requests

Company follows Facebook, Microsoft and Apple in publishing details of data requests from law enforcement agencies. By Stuart Dredge

Xbox One v PS4: the complete comparison

Keith Stuart: From tech specs to exclusive launch games, get completely up to date with the next-generation console war - UPDATED

E3 2013: is the games industry making real progress?

Simon Parkin: All the focus was on the PS4 and Xbox One consoles, while new titles lacked diversity – is the medium really moving forward?

Xbox One and PlayStation 4: the best new games showcased at E3

This year's E3 saw Microsoft and Sony unveiling their new consoles and some impressive new games, writes Giles Richards

Xbox One preview: we test Microsoft’s E3 games

Nick Cowen: Hands on with Forza Motorsport 5, Ryse, Killer Instinct, Project Spark, Crimson Dragon, Dead Rising 3 – and the new Kinect

Microsoft’s Xbox One misadventure: is there a reverse gear?

Keith Stuart: The tech giant's flawed strategy in areas such as sharing games has been highlighted at E3 – and poses real risks for the future

E3 2013 preview: The Evil Within

Nick Cowen: The latest game from the Resident Evil 4 creator, unveiled at E3, promises to be 'truly terrifying' – and it succeeds

Prism: the PowerPoint presentation so ugly it was meant to stay secret

Oliver Wainwright: The shock of the NSA revelations is less in the content of their slides than quite how badly they have been designed

E3 2013: Final Fantasy XV and the death of the Japanese RPG?

Simon Parkin: Square Enix's decision to drop the turn-based battle system in favour of action-oriented play risks further alienating fans

E3 2013: Xbox One v PS4 heavyweight clash dominates day one

Keith Stuart: Sony lands the first big blows in the next-generation showdown with Microsoft – can its games rival still turn things around?

UK intelligence make thousands of requests for Microsoft data

UK makes most requests for Skype data, while it is in top three countries wanting data from email and storage services