Privacy fears as Home Office, UK police and internet firms work together on surveillance

Ministers are facing a furious backlash from MPs and civil liberties campaigners after it emerged the Government has teamed up with two UK internet providers to track websites visited by customers.     It has been revealed that the Home Office and the National Crime Agency have been trialling controversial surveillance powers to log and store information about … Read more

Home Office teams up with police and internet firms to spy on people’s web browsing history 

Privacy campaigners slam secret ‘Snooper’s Charter’ surveillance tests as Home Office teams up with police and two internet firms to spy on people’s web browsing history Two UK internet providers have been tracking the websites visited by customers  Companies are working with the Home Office and National Crime Agency Trial of new ‘snooping’ powers were granted … Read more

Russia throttles Twitter’s internet speeds for 50 per cent of users

Russia accidentally shut down some of its own government websites after a move to slash Twitter’s internet speeds backfired,  Web pages for Kremlin.ru and several other government departments failed to load for about an hour shortly after Roscomnadzor, Russia’s communications watchdog, said it had started slowing down Twitter’s services over its refusal to remove harmful content. … Read more

Joe Wicks CANCELS PE With Joe for the first time EVER after his internet goes down

Joe Wicks is forced to CANCEL his PE With Joe class for the first time EVER after his internet goes down By Eve Buckland For Mailonline Published: 11:16 GMT, 26 February 2021 | Updated: 11:24 GMT, 26 February 2021 His online PE classes have brought much needed cheer to the nation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. … Read more

Internet car dealer Cazoo eyes £5bn flotation

Online used-car dealer Cazoo is latest British technology star to be linked with a stock market listing By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:57 GMT, 19 February 2021 | Updated: 22:18 GMT, 19 February 2021 Online used-car dealer Cazoo is the latest British technology star to be linked with a stock market listing.  … Read more

World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says Australian media pay law would make internet unworkable

The man who invented the World Wide Web has said proposed legislation in Australia that would force tech giants to pay media companies for monetizing news content could make the internet ‘unworkable.’ Tim Berners-Lee, known for creating the web in 1989, told an Australian Senate committee that the News Media Bargaining Code would violate the fundamental … Read more

Spider-cat!: Pet feline stuns internet by scaling a wall effortlessly

Spider-cat! Pet feline stuns social media with her nimble paws by scaling a wall effortlessly Qiqi, a British shorthair living in China, has proved herself to be a keen climber Footage shows the agile moggie scaling a wall effortlessly with her nimble paws She was dubbed the ‘spider-cat’ by amused netizens after the video became … Read more

Kim Kardashian, Kendall & Kylie Jenner melt the internet modeling white SKIMS lingerie for Valentine

The sizzling Skims promo content just keeps coming ahead of Valentine’s weekend. Company founder Kim Kardashian and her impossibly gorgeous half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner appeared in another mouthwatering image on Friday, modeling white lingerie for the Valentine’s Day sale of Skims. The reality superstars reclined on a red background, each modeling a different cut bra top … Read more

LA man, 90, takes out two newspaper ads telling AT&T his internet is too slow

Los Angeles man, 90, spends $10,000 to take out two newspaper ads telling AT&T CEO that his internet service is too slow – and he receives a call from the company’s executive office straight away Aaron Epstein, 90, has been struggling with slow AT&T internet at his home in North Hollywood The frustrated senior citizen … Read more

SpaceX opens pre-orders for Starlink satellite internet allowing the public to place a $99 deposit

SpaceX is accepting pre-orders from the public for its Starlink satellite internet. The Elon Musk-owned firm announced potential customers can enter their service address on its website and place a $99 deposit, which covers the first month of usage. Users opting in have received messages saying SpaceX is ‘targeting coverage in your area in mid to … Read more