Stories by Sharon Gaudin

The number of worldwide Internet users grew by 200 million in 2015 to 3.2 billion, according to a report from Facebook.

Facebook took the wraps off its Telecom Infra Project, which is tasked with accelerating the development of telecommunications networking hardware.

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology say robots might learn morality by reading stories and books about successful ways to behave in society.

Fully 90 per cent of enterprises plan to maintain or boost spending on Cloud computing this year.

Twitter this week will start using an algorithm that reorders how users see the tweets in their timeline. Here are six things to know about Twitter's new feature.

Office of Naval Research is giving a grant of $600,000 to a Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor to develop motion-planning algorithms for firefighting humanoid robots.

Twitter is reaching out for help to curb abuse and harassment on its social network.

Twitter may be getting ready to launch an algorithm that will reorder the way users see tweets on their feeds.

Retail is no longer about having the latest products on shelves in brick-and-mortar stores or having a cool website. Artificial intelligence and virtual reality are the new tools consumers will use to go shopping.

Facebook's efforts to figure out how users want to connect when they're on the move is paying off. The social network's latest earnings report show that mobile is carrying the company, pushing it to record fourth-quarter results.

Facebook plans to add five new reactions to the iconic Like button in the next few weeks.

The worldwide market for public Cloud systems is projected to hit $US204 billion this year, a 16.5 per cent increase over the $US175 billion market in 2015, according to analyst firm Gartner.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is under way and while it could lead to the loss of more than 7 million jobs over the next few years, it will add jobs in areas like computer science, math and engineering.

To be successful, retailers today need to focus on creating a customer experience that links mobile options with brick-and-mortar stores and websites.

High-end department store Neiman Marcus wants to improve more than its customer online buying experience. The company is working to use technology to merge its online and brick-and-mortar efforts.