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The Government will tell young cocaine users that taking the drug is as ‘uncool and unpopular’ as heroin after figures revealed a surge in the number of young adults using the substance. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the number of 16 to 24-year-olds using powdered cocaine quadrupled from 1.3 per cent … Read more
Android warning: Malicious text can install a WORM on your phone – and it infects any friends who message you on WhatsApp too Worm is designed to gain control of other apps also installed on the phone Shows a fake, but convincing, screen that looks its from legitimate Play Store Asks user to download a … Read more
The CEO of trading platform Robinhood has defended his firm’s highly controversial decision to halt trading of certain stocks on Thursday, insisting it was for the good of customers and the company. Vlad Tenev, a 33-year-old Bulgarian-American businessman, co-founded Robinhood in 2013. On Thursday night he explained why his platform had infuriated users by preventing … Read more
Facebook says it will permanently stop recommending political groups to users in an extension of a temporary ban brought in before the election Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement in a conference call on Wednesday Facebook introduced a temporary halt to political recommendations in October He said they were considering reducing the amount of political content … Read more
Sky broadband CRASHES for thousands of users across the country Source of the outage remains unknown but it has affected people nationwide By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 17:12 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 17:17 GMT, 26 January 2021 Sky broadband appears to have crashed for thousands of users across the UK as part of what … Read more
A flaw was identified in the popular video-sharing app TikTok that would have let hackers scrape personal information from users’ accounts, according security researchers at Check Point. Such details included phone numbers, nicknames, profile and avatar pictures, unique user IDs, as well as certain profile settings. The vulnerability, found in TikTok’s ‘Find Friends’ feature, have … Read more
Millions of WhatsApp users have taken the drastic step of abandoning the app, following a poorly explained update to the terms and conditions. Rival apps have gained many of these disgruntled users, with new figures shared by the UK parliament’s home affairs committee showing that Signal gained 7.5 million users in the first three weeks of … Read more
Facebook apologises for banning users from mentioning National Trust beauty spot Devil’s Dyke after branding it ‘hate speech’ Facebook group users given bans for using the name of the Sussex beauty spot Tech giant warned the term goes against ‘community standards’ on hate speech Spokesman for the US social media firm apologised for their ‘clear … Read more
Social media users are convinced that The Simpsons predicted Kamala Harris’s vice presidency. On Wednesday, the 56-year-old attended the inauguration in a bright purple outfit by American designers Christopher John Rogers and Sergio Hudson, which she accessorized with a custom pearl necklace by Puerto Rican designer Wilfredo Rosado. The ensemble bore a striking resemblance to one worn … Read more
What were they thinking? Hilarious social media posts reveal the exact moment people realised they were dating a fool – including a man who used a DRILL as a whisk Diply shared posts from around the world of people who behaved stupidly Man who was asked to hand whip cream was snapped using an electric … Read more