NHS coronavirus contact tracing app will ask users for personal details despite concerns about patients’ privacy People will be invited to enter the first half of their postcode and other details When someone downloads the app, it will track who they come within 6ft of This comes after more than 175 UK academics voiced concerns … Read more
Zoom quietly admits its claim of having 300 million daily active users was misleading The platform has corrected a blog post sent out last week Instead it says that it has 300 million daily meeting participants The change is significant as meeting participants can be counted multiple times Zoom still hasn’t provided a number of daily … Read more
Apple’s iOS 13.5 update will make it easier for users to unlock their iPhones while wearing a protective mask An update in iOS 13.5 will make it easier to unlock an iPhone with a mask on It will send users wearing protective masks straight to a passcode screen Currently Face ID has to fail repeatedly … Read more
Twitter sales plunge 27% but users grow amid ‘global conversation’ about coronavirus pandemic By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 30 April 2020 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 30 April 2020 Twitter revealed record numbers of new accounts but swung into a loss as the coronavirus crisis hit spending by advertisers. The US … Read more
Virgin Media broadband users across the UK are reporting being unable to access the internet due to a nationwide outage. The problems started just before 5pm BST, according to data from website Downdetector, which monitors online outages. Over three quarters of those affected are reporting having problems with their wired internet connection. Birmingham, Nottingham, Glasgow, … Read more
Virgin Media does DOWN: Thousands of broadband users across the UK are unable to get online due to major outage By Sophie Curtis For Mailonline Published: 17:28 BST, 27 April 2020 | Updated: 17:37 BST, 27 April 2020 Virgin Media broadband users across the UK are reporting being unable to access the internet due to … Read more
Long after the high dissipates, marijuana use can still make even sober users worse, more dangerous drivers, a new study suggests. Researchers at McLean Hospital and Harvard University found that people who used marijuana heavily and on a long-term, recreational basis drove faster, ran more red lights and got int more accidents in a driving … Read more
An infuriating new brainteaser challenges you to find the eight hidden good luck symbols hidden in this patch of clover. They include eight symbols of good luck from cultures all around the world, including a four-leafed clover, a lucky cat, a wishbone, a number 8, a four-leaf clover, an acorn, an upside down horseshoe, a lucky … Read more
Spotify unveils new feature that will let users donate directly to artists struggling to make up for lost income during the coronavirus pandemic Spotify has launched a new feature to help artists raise money during COVID-19 Called Artist Fundraising Pick, the feature will let users make donations through an artists Spotify profile page Artists can … Read more
‘Look left, turn right… jump!’ Faroe Islands offers ‘remote tourism’ – where web users can control a REAL-LIFE tour guide Wearing helmet cameras, local guides provide commentary to web audiences They are controlled by web users, who can tell them which direction to walk in Tourism has been growing in the Faroe Islands with 120,000 … Read more