TECHNOLOGY

21-year-old Alex Bessell from Liverpool has been accused of using a 9,000-strong botnet army to launch attacks on Google, Skype and Pokemon servers.

The internet giants faced a Senate committee hearing that led so several heated exchanges between lawmakers and the executives.

Researchers estimate that the fearsome predator had a wingspan of up to 36 feet and may have stood as tall as a giraffe.

London, Manchester and Glasgow all have lower air quality lower than the minimum set by the World Health Organisation.

A phishing campaign has been spotted spreading via Facebook Messenger and targeting users across Europe including Germany, Sweden and Finland, security experts have found.

Spy shoe inspired by movies such as Kingsman and James Bond will let you store six gadgets in the soles including a mobile phone, Swiss Army Knife and video camera.

Inspired by Guy Fawkes and the mask made famous by the movie "V for Vendetta", the 5 November event will see Trafalgar Square in Westminster become the centre of attention.

The existence of such a planet, which is the largest in comparison to its companion star ever discovered, was thought to be extremely unlikely.

More than 16,000 people surveyed, giving a unique insight into customer satisfaction with internet providers.

A hacking group called The Dark Overlord is currently threatening to leak the internal client data of a Hollywood production studio called Line 204, IBTimes UK has learned.

A group of people using Facebook to organise an iPhone X launch waiting line outside an Apple store in Sydney has been shut down following complaints it was blocking the footpath.

Yamaha built a robot that can ride their sports bikes and tested its capabilities as a racer against one of the best riders in the world.

At Paris Games Week, Sony and Naughty Dog revealed a new trailer for The Last of Us: Part 2 - but its extreme violence has been a source of controversy.

"Grab some popcorn. This is going to be quite the show," one Twitter user wrote.

Google has seemingly tucked the The Pirate Bay more than five pages deep in UK results pages. However, the search company claims it's just how it's algorithm works.

Russian space agency Roscosmos has contracted the development of a nuclear powered satellite that can fire lasers at other satellites.

A security researcher uncovered a series of flaws in Google's bug tracker database that allowed him to spy on the firm's entire list of dangerous bugs.

Twitter users testing out the feature said Apple's algorithms returned photos of dresses with spaghetti straps, sports bras and swimsuits when searching for "brassiere".

Days after the British government pointed out North Korea was behind Wannacry, the reclusive regime has come out denying all allegations.

South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding was reportedly hacked last year and around 40,000 documents were stolen.

This comes as the Elon Musk-owned company keeps up its blistering launch pace and seems on course to achieve the goal set by SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell earlier this year.

A statement to be delivered by Colin Stretch, general counsel for Facebook, will reveal more details about Russia's alleged involvement in the 2016 US elections.

Fresh industry assessment points to a significant decline in the cost of solar and wind power projects.

An unknown hacker reportedly put up millions of sensitive records stolen from Malaysian telecoms and network operators for sale on the dark web.

The impacts are disproportionately felt by vulnerable communities in low and middle income countries, according to a report compiled by a collaboration of 26 leading institutions.

The good folks at Pornhub insights have set out what people are likely to be searching for when the spooky occassion rolls by.

A viral video of the iPhone X, shot in the Apple campus cafeteria, has reportedly cost an engineer his job. His daughter shot and uploaded the video to her YouTube channel.

Event took place more than 3,000 years ago and might help to explain a cryptic passage in the Bible.

"For the nth time, I am NOT Trump's foreign policy adviser! I have NO association with the Trump camp! NONE!" Papadopoulos tweeted Monday.