The decision by the ECJ came after Edward Snowden revealed that European consumers’ information held by American tech companies was not safeguarded against surveillance

Just as digital innovations have proliferated, so too have those trying to make sense of them all. Tom Bailey introduces us to four writers anyone who wishes to understand technology should be reading

China’s breakneck industrialisation has benefited those with a stake in pollution control, yet the country’s clampdown on emissions could extinguish the anti-pollution opportunity

As the race for the White House heats up and prospective candidates float their economic policies to the electorate, here are five successful economic policies from the past

Whether you smoke it or not, the history of cannabis in the US is important: it exposes the ignorance, prejudice and hypocrisy that go into lawmaking

UK and US regulators are becoming increasingly concerned about how to manage the Internet of Things

2015 is a do or die year for Abenomics, and the PM’s reluctance to introduce much-needed reforms could be the programme’s undoing

Policymakers have voted to abolish Australia’s tax on carbon emissions, to the delight of some and the dismay of others

Revised rules for net neutrality threaten innovation, freedom of speech and the very principles upon which the World Wide Web was built

President says he wants businesses to drive green energy innovations, and is willing to bypass Congress to achieve meaningful reforms