Faroe Islands offers remote tourism where web users can control a real-life tour guide

‘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

Hackers sell private information of 267 million Facebook users on the Dark Web for just $600

Hackers found selling private information of 267 million Facebook users on the Dark Web for just $600 Researchers say the stolen information contains data from 267 million users Data includes emails, names, Facebook ID’s and more  The experts were able to download and verify the data Facebook users can check if they’re affected by visiting … Read more

Web giants remove products advertised on their sites claiming to ‘protect’ customers from 5G

Google, Amazon and eBay remove products advertised on their sites claiming to ‘protect’ customers from 5G By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 22:28 BST, 18 April 2020 Google, Amazon and eBay have removed dozens of products advertised on their sites claiming to ‘protect’ customers from 5G.  … Read more

More than 500,000 Zoom user credentials were sold on the dark web for less than a PENNY each

More than 500,000 Zoom user credentials have been stolen and sold on the dark web for less than a PENNY each More than a half a million Zoom user credentials were found on the dark web Hackers in a forum were selling accounts for less than a penny each  The buckets included passwords, meeting URLS … Read more

How could she fall for Fireman Scam? Woman, 46, discovered her perfect man had spun a web of lies

On a Saturday in February three years ago, Coleen Greenwood should have married her sweetheart in a no-expense-spared ceremony at a stately home in the north-east of England. James Scott, her fiancée, had arranged it all. Months earlier, he had romantically presented her with a little black book headed ‘Coleen Scott Wedding Diary’. Inside it … Read more

Spider-man ‘web’ obstacle course keeps mum’s four-year-old entertained during coronavirus lockdown

Mum keeps her four-year-old entertained during coronavirus lockdown by using string to create a Spider-man obstacle course Claire Louise Nelson-Syme made her living room into a ‘web’ using string Her four-year-old dressed as Spider-man and weaved through the ‘web’  When he finished he turned around to complete it in the other direction    By Georgia Simcox … Read more

Web users moan of sluggish internet speeds

Internet speeds have not slowed since millions of Britons started working from home, the latest figures show.   Large swathes of the population are now relying on the internet more than ever as they self-isolate due to coronavirus which has killed 281 in the UK alone. While internet providers including Vodafone and TalkTalk have reported an increase in … Read more

Student, 19, says gamer ex-boyfriend ‘hired a HITMAN on the dark web to kill her’

A Minnesota teenager is speaking for the first time since police informed her that an unidentified person had hired a hitman to have her killed.  Alexis Stern, 19, sat down with CBS’ 48 Hours for an episode set to air Saturday, and told the program that she believes her British ex-boyfriend ordered the hit. In July … Read more

Can the new members-only online travel agents really beat the web giants?

You may have to travel at the last moment. You may go to a destination you had not previously considered. But you could well bag a bargain. Membership-based websites offering flash sales of package holidays or hotel stays have been around for a while, but competition is hotting up — and there are some great … Read more