The British government launched a phone app Monday to allow some 3.5 million EU nationals to apply to stay after Brexit -- immediately receiving a mixed reception from immigrants increasingly concerned about their fate.

France's data watchdog on Monday announced a fine of 50 million euros ($57 million) for U.S. search giant Google, using the EU's strict General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the first time.

Russia's media watchdog Roskomnadzor launched "administrative proceedings" Monday against U.S. social media giants Facebook and Twitter, accusing them of not complying with Russian law, news agencies reported. 

In the 1980s, the "Back to the Future" film franchise suggested we would all eventually wear self-lacing sneakers.

Facebook announced Tuesday that it will invest $300 million over three years in various projects related to journalism, especially to promote local news, which has been hit hard in the digital age.

An EU rule forcing search engines to comply with requests to remove links should be limited to Europe, the senior legal advisor to the bloc's top court said Thursday in a boost for web giant Google.

A UK consultancy working on Donald Trump's U.S. election campaign pleaded guilty and was fined by a London court Wednesday over its refusal to release personal data it secretly hoovered off Facebook.

For years criminal websites shrouded in secrecy have thrived beyond the reach of traditional search engines, but a group of French engineers has found a way to navigate this dark web -- a tool they don't want to fall into the wrong hands.

A malware attack that appears to have originated outside the U.S. delayed the hardcopy distribution of several major newspapers, according to a report.

Personal details of nearly 1,000 North Korean defectors living in the South have been leaked in a hacking case, officials said Friday, exposing them to potential threats from the North.