It is the search giant which is pouring billions into everything from mobile phones to artificial intelligence and driverless cars, Now Google wants to transform the video games industry and on this week's Tech Tent we explore whether its new service Stadia really does mean the death of the console. Source

Tech firms, such as Google and Facebook, must improve their "inadequate" responses to privacy and data breaches and anti-social content, a House of Lords report says. Source

Windows 7 users are at risk from a "serious" bug that could let malicious hackers take over their computer, Google has warned. Cyber-thieves are "actively exploiting" the vulnerability by combining it with a separate flaw found in the Chrome browser. Source

Sex offenders are grooming children on Instagram more than on any other online platform, a charity has found. Police in England and Wales recorded 1,944 incidents of sexual communication with children in the six months to September 2018, the NSPCC said. Source

Facebook has removed more than 130 accounts, pages and groups it says were part of a UK-based misinformation network. Source

YouTube says it will switch off comments on almost all videos featuring under-18s, in an attempt to "better protect children and families". Several brands stopped advertising on YouTube after discovering that paedophiles were leaving predatory comments on videos of children. Source

Smartphone apps have transformed many areas of our lives, but in Saudi Arabia they are being used to curtail the rights of women. Source