Tech 2016: BBC News Online’s biggest technology stories

It has been an eventful 12 months. Samsung smartphones exploded, GoPro drones dropped out of the air and Pebble smartwatches met an untimely end.

Facebook became embroiled in a fake news controversy, Yahoo revealed several mega-breaches, we identified the supposed creator of Bitcoin – who then went AWOL – and millions indulged in a game of Pokemon Go.

Yet none of those stories made our most-read-of-the-month list – based on the number of times an article was clicked – as you can see below.

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