Samsung may hav leaked new flagship phone onto its own website

Samsung may have accidentally leaked pictures of one of its next flagship phones onto its own website The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra appeared in photos on the company’s website The device hasn’t been released but was shown in ‘Mystic Bronze’ It appears to have a telephoto lens attached to the rear-facing camera module Samsung’s next … Read more

Is there a secret Covid tracker on your phone?

Apple and Android users have been left puzzled after a coronavirus tracking software quietly glided on to their mobile phones without consent.  Despite no prior warning, a function called COVID-19 Exposure Logging has been installed to pave the way for a fully-fledged test and trace app. Users across the world have slammed the ‘sneaky’ and ‘Orwellian’ … Read more

How a ‘free’ phone call could cost you £3.60 a minute

Rip-off phone companies are tricking households out of millions of pounds by charging hefty sums to connect them to official helplines. Rogue firms are paying search engines so they appear at the top of results pages when people search for terms such as ‘contact HMRC’.  Customers in a rush end up calling expensive connection services … Read more

Nod off with bedtime stories for grown-ups: And other surprising ways your phone can help you sleep

Even when you’re dog-tired, switching off at the end of the day can be difficult. And anxiety over the coronavirus pandemic has made it a lot more challenging. In fact, as many as three-quarters of Brits said unease about the global pandemic was affecting their shut-eye in some way, a survey commissioned by The Sleep … Read more

Phone tracers reveal they’ve been sitting idly for weeks with hardly anyone answering their calls

Britain’s ‘world-beating’ test and trace programme is still in chaos more than three weeks after its launch, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Boris Johnson launched the system, thought to be costing well over £100million, late last month amid a flourish of optimism, claiming it would help the country come out of lockdown without triggering … Read more

Beijing uses phone data to round up 350,000 people for coronavirus testing

Beijing is using phone data to round up more than 350,000 people for coronavirus testing as the country battles a second wave of coronavirus. One western reporter revealed how he received a phone call ordering him to get tested after he attended the ‘sprawling’ Xinfadi wholesale market, the epicentre of the new outbreak. A city … Read more

Robbie Williams reveals he has bought a phone for the first time in 14 YEARS

Robbie Williams reveals he has bought a phone for the first time in 14 YEARS but admits wife Ayda Field thinks he’s ‘on it too much’ By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 11:54 BST, 13 June 2020 | Updated: 12:55 BST, 13 June 2020 Robbie Williams has bought himself a phone for the first time … Read more

Prince William and Kate Middleton reveal they’ve been secretly answering helpline phone calls

The Duke of Cambridge has revealed he has been secretly counselling people contacting crisis helpline Shout 85258 – a round-the-clock text messaging helpline developed by his Royal Foundation.  Prince William, 37, and Kate Middleton, 38, spoke to volunteers in different parts of the country to thank them for the support that they provide to their … Read more

Staring at a phone screen before bed can cause depression

Staring at your phone screen when you should be sleeping can make you depressed over time, new research suggests. Chinese experiments suggest harmful blue light emissions from your device at night trigger a mysterious neural mechanism, leading to behavioural changes.   The research team found that mice exposed to blue light for two hours a night … Read more

Staring at your phone screen before bed can make you depressed

Staring at your phone screen when you should be sleeping can make you depressed over time, new research suggests. Chinese experiments suggest harmful blue light emissions from your device at night trigger a mysterious neural mechanism, leading to behavioural changes.   The research team found that mice exposed to blue light for two hours a night … Read more