Opec’s failure to agree a curb on oil production is hardly surprising
It was always unlikely that Iran, newly back in the market, would be able to secure a deal with its big rival Saudi Arabia and others including Russia
Swings, slides and iPads: the gaming companies targeting kids’ outdoor play
Startups are applying gaming to the great outdoors as a recent survey reveals three-quarters of UK children spend less time outside than prison inmates
Can tech give the fashion industry a sustainability makeover? – live chat
Join experts on this page on Tuesday 12 April 4-5pm BST to discuss the tech innovations with the potential to revolutionise fashion
The innovators: the smart systems driving motorists towards smarter cities
A Cambridge-based tech firm is pioneering apps to let you park more easily, tell local councils when to grit or even light up particular roads
Nintendo denies Alison Rapp firing is linked to harassment campaign
Ousted marketing officer tweeted that she had been sacked due to outspoken views on feminism, which the company has denied
Apple and Google among firms calling for changes to snooper’s charter
Companies join forces with Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo to tell UK government that important amendments to bill are required
Celebrity and tech donations fuel DeRay Mckesson’s run for Baltimore mayor
Susan Sarandon and Twitter executives are among the Black Lives Matter activist’s donors, but opponents still polling higher with Baltimore residents
Apple co-founder criticises company over Apple Watch
Steve Wozniak said device has taken firm into ‘jewellery market’ and that it is no longer ‘the company that really changed the world a lot’
Facebook, Google and WhatsApp plan to increase encryption of user data
Spurred on by Apple’s battles against the FBI, some of tech’s biggest names are to expand encryption of user data in their services, the Guardian can reveal
When robots do all the work, how will people live?
Technology is bringing profound, unstoppable change to society. It is vital that government faces this – and comes up with a new industrial strategy
Government urged to investigate impact of robots on UK workforce
Labour’s Tom Watson says George Osborne should set up commission looking at how to benefit from technological advances
Britain’s tech sector overwhelmingly opposed to Brexit
Almost nine in 10 of those polled were against Britain leaving the EU, with a further one in 10 undecided
Spouses of Ashley Madison users targeted with blackmail letters
Threatening letters sent to former and current members, as well as their spouses, with the demand: ‘pay $2,500 in bitcoin or have your infidelity exposed’
San Francisco tech worker: ‘I don’t want to see homeless riff-raff’
In an open letter to the city’s mayor Ed Lee, entrepreneur Justin Keller said he is ‘outraged’ that wealthy workers have to see people in pain and despair
Facebook director appointed to digital economy advisory group
Social network’s Richard Allan and Brian McBride, former Amazon UK chief, to join government committee despite tax row