More than 770 million e-mail addresses have been discovered in a database allegedly used by hackers, security researcher Troy Hunt has revealed.

Apple boss Tim Cook has taken aim at invisible data brokers who trade users’ personal data, as the iPhone maker continues to distance itself from rivals on the issue of privacy.

The company has forecast quarterly revenue sharply below projections, underscoring the deepening slowdown in both iPhone sales and the global economy.

Zimbabwean lawyers and a rights group are going to court to challenge the government’s shutdown of the Internet, which has yet to be fully restored after this week’s nationwide strike.

US authorities are investigating the Chinese technology giant for allegedly stealing trade secrets from US partner companies like T-Mobile US, according to people familiar with the matter.

An investigation by federal authorities into the possible theft of trade secrets by Huawei could give even more weight to a US campaign against the Chinese company.

Some of the brightest minds in America are pooling their brain power to create a cryptocurrency that’s designed to do what bitcoin has proved incapable of: processing thousands of transactions a second.

Apple will cut back on hiring for some divisions after selling fewer iPhones than expected and missing its revenue forecast for the holiday quarter, according to people familiar with the matter.

Microsoft is right not to rush the launch of two Azure data centres in South Africa, because if problems crop up it could tarnish the company’s reputation among local customers, according to International Data Corp.

Government is pushing Eskom, the power utility with R419-billion in debt, to present a credible turnaround strategy before the 20 February budget presentation, a person familiar with the situation said.