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How your kids might be playing, learning and creating on devices this year, as well as how those apps may get them out in the real world

The Cyber Games, backed by GCHQ, aim to channel youngsters’ computer skills positively, but can schools keep up?

Most traffic to sites hidden on the Tor network go to those dealing in images of child sexual abuse a study suggests. The six-month study sought to catalogue hidden services on the so-called "dark net" and work out which were the most popular.

Education, creativity and entertainment in equal measure in our end-of-year selection of the iPad apps that will delight children and parents alike

On Boxing Day, Nicky Morgan MP announced that the government is committing £500,000 to the UK Safer Internet Centre to help it to continue its important work supporting children, families and schools.

This year has seen us pass one billion active websites, and more people accessing the web via mobile gadgets than other means, it is worth taking a moment to think about how to keep you and your device safe.

"Selfie sticks" - handheld extendable poles for smartphones which help the user take better selfies and panoramas - are fast growing in popularity around the world. But their detractors are growing in number too.

Two Filipino men suspected of blackmailing a UK teenager who took his own life have been traced by the BBC. He had been the victim of online sexual blackmail or "sextortion" by a group operating from the Philippines, after being duped into taking part in an explicit Skype chat.

Stalkers and abusers are increasingly using cheap spyware to monitor and harass their victims, claims a charity. Tracking and listening devices, often disguised as everyday objects, retail online for under £50 and are easy to install, says the Digital-Trust.

If you curl up under the duvet with an e-book for a bedtime read then you are damaging your sleep and maybe your health, US doctors have warned.

A secondary school teacher who groomed a 16-year-old pupil by sending her naked pictures on Snapchat before taking her virginity has been jailed.

With technology at the top of many young people’s Christmas wishlists this year, we’ve launched new guides covering the latest devices to help parents stay up to date with the latest tech.

Google is proposing to warn people their data is at risk every time they visit websites that do not use the "HTTPS" system.

Detectives examine allegations dozens of boys and girls at John Port School in Etwall asked to send explicit images on Instagram and other social networks

Terror gun videos reveal how thugs are openly using social media to organise 'Instabeef' turf wars with rival firms

As presenter of this year’s Christmas lectures, Professor Danielle George wants us to ‘hack our homes’. Here she explains why hacking – as in tinkering with technology, not sabotaging it – has become a key skill for today’s children

Instagram has told Newsbeat it has the potential to "change the world" as it announced it has overtaken Twitter with 300 million users.

Facebook is working on software that could prevent users posting unflattering photos of themselves. Combining image recognition and artificial intelligence, the system would be able to distinguish between drunk and sober pictures.

Facebook is thinking about adding a way to "dislike" posts on its site, founder Mark Zuckerberg has said. Speaking at a Q&A session in California, he said it was one of the most requested features the social network receives from its users.

The government's electronic monitoring agency GCHQ is releasing its first tablet computer app. Cryptoy was created by three industrial placement students and tells the story of four historical cyphers, including the German Enigma code, cracked at Bletchley Park during World War Two.