It's sparked frightening headlines and warnings from police departments around the world - but there's no evidence that a social media "game" that encourages children to disappear is anything other than a rumour that's got out of hand. "Game of 72" - a social media challenge where kids are allegedly told to disappear for 72 hours by their friends.
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A BBC documentary revealed more than it planned this week, exposing the passwords used at a rail control centre.
We first heard about Android Auto, Google's foray into the automobile world, back at Google I/O 2014. While we've heard a ton of companies announce their plans to eventually make aftermarket head units, it's taken quite awhile for Google to get the OS out to consumers. With that said, now consumers can finally get their chance to experience Auto for themselves, because Google has just published the Android Auto app to the Play Store.
A major BBC project, developed in pioneering partnership with over 25 organisations, will give a personal coding device free to every child in year 7 across the country - 1 million devices in total.
Still in development and nicknamed the Micro Bit,* it aims to give children an exciting and engaging introduction to coding, help them realise their early potential and, ultimately, put a new generation back in control of technology. It will be distributed nationwide from autumn 2015.
All schoolchildren must be taught a "curriculum for life" that helps them deal with modern issues such as sexting and revenge porn, Nicky Morgan, the education secretary, has said.
For those heading into the teaching profession in a web-dominated world, scrutiny doesn't end with the job interview. Teachers in the digital generation have to manage their online personas all the time. No one wants to lose out on a dream job over an ill-advised tweet, or a dodgy Instagram photo.
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