Forget The Dress, there’s new optical illusions dividing the web – but what do YOU see? 

Forget The Dress, there’s a new optical illusions dividing the web – but what colors and shapes do YOU see? Tricky optical illusions, by Gala Spins, show how images can deceive the eye  Behavioural Optometrist, Bhavin Shah, reveals science behind optical illusions  Brits have been left divided over this new set of head scratching images … Read more

OMG! Philippines web designer names his son HTML in honour of his profession 

OMG! Philippines web designer names his son HTML in honour of his profession Hypertext Mark-up Language Rayo Pascual – or HTML for short – was born in Bulacan in the Philippines last week  The baby’s father, Mac Pascual, said unusual names are a tradition in his family  His own name stands for Macaroni 85, he … Read more

Gang who sold ecstasy on dark web is smashed by National Crime Agency

Gang who sold ecstasy on dark web and sent packages from UK to Europe, Asia and US is smashed by National Crime Agency as drugs worth £4.3m are seized and two men are arrested The National Crime Agency ‘dismantled’ the drug dealing gang in series of raids Officers seized 90kg of MDMA, 134kg of amphetamine, … 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

Web jokers create video showing how Meghan’s Oprah interview dress came to have white pattern on it

Web jokers give Meghan the bird – saying her Oprah interview dress design looks like she’s got herself in a VERY icky situation Meghan Markle was wearing a £3,375 Armani dress in her interview with Oprah But the dress had white lotus flower print, which some said looked like ‘bird poo’ Now internet jokers have … Read more

Massive spider feeds on bird caught in its web in John’s River, NSW 

Incredible moment a huge spider is caught feeding on a tiny bird after it got stuck in its web Red-browed finch found hanging upside down from sticky spider-web in garden Resident was outside in the garden when he came across the horrific sight He recorded his find and came back at night to find spider … Read more

Three cheers for Mail Force! Children will have 18million hours of free web access

Schoolchildren will have 18million free hours of online learning thanks to the latest Mail Force giveaway. The charity today announces a sensational three-pronged action plan to further boost the Computers for Kids initiative. Lockdown pupils at the UK’s neediest schools will be handed Vodafone mobile phone SIM cards that give them free access to the … 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

Covid-19 medicines, PPE, tests and vaccines are being sold on the dark web

In-demand coronavirus items, such as face masks, medications and vaccines, are being flogged on dark web marketplaces, a new study reveals.  Opportunistic con-artists are also using the dark web to sell ventilators and guides on how to scam people during the pandemic.  Prices vary depending on item, with PPE and coronavirus-specific website names, like ‘covid-testing.in’ … Read more

Australian man accused of running the world’s biggest ‘dark web’ online marketplace for drugs

Australian man is accused of running the world’s biggest ‘dark web’ online marketplace for deadly drugs and stolen credit cards – with the site turning over $220million An Australian man accused of running $220million illegal dark web marketplace  The man was arrested at the German border and the website was shut down  Investigation followed discovery … Read more