Cash savings websites offer huge rates boost

Cash savings websites paying four times the best rates on offer from banks and building societies By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 20 April 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 20 April 2021 Cash savings websites offer exclusive deals that pay four times the best rates on offer with banks and building … Read more

Martin Lewis accidentally swears on This Morning during rant about scammers and illegal websites

‘These s**tes are outrageous!’ Martin Lewis accidentally swears on This Morning during rant about online scammers and illegal websites By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 12:32 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 14:01 GMT, 11 February 2021 He regularly appears on ITV to offer money advice.  And on Thursday, Martin Lewis accidentally swore during an … Read more

The best walking apps and websites for exploring the UK

With most UK Covid restrictions limiting us to local exercise, websites and apps listing the best walks close to home have been booming. The National Trust has seen visits to 1,300 walking trails pages on its website double already this month, while the Ramblers, which offers more than 3,000 routes on its website, has recently … Read more

Should you rely on the websites tradesmen PAY to be listed on?

Should you rely on the websites tradesmen PAY to be listed on? By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 24 October 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 24 October 2020 Warning: Checkatrade and Rated People charge traders to be on their websites Consumers groups are warning householders to be wary of a flurry … Read more

Facebook engineers retooled their algorithm to throttle traffic to certain news websites

Facebook altered its algorithm to prevent articles from certain news websites from appearing on its newsfeed, a new report states.  According to the Wall Street Journal, CEO Mark Zuckerberg approved the changes that would result in the websites receiving a cut in traffic and views three years ago.  The move came after the social media … Read more

Internet users across the world report problems with accessing websites in major global outage 

Internet users across the world report problems with accessing websites in major global outage Internet users across the world have reported connection problems on platforms Down Detector reveals spike in outages across several sites and online services Web performance and security giant Cloudflare reported that they were aware of, and investigating an issue which potentially … Read more

Next and Asos drop Boohoo clothes from websites as £1bn is wiped off fast fashion firm’s values

Next and Asos have dropped Boohoo clothes from their websites as influencers turn their backs and £1billion is wiped off the fast fashion firm’s value in two days over its Leicester lockdown factories scandal.  The Health and Safety Executive is probing three Leicester factories over claims staff are being forced to work with inadequate protection … Read more

Pizza Hut warns of fake websites set up to steal credit card details during the coronavirus lockdown

Phishing involves cyber-criminals attempting to steal personal information such as online passwords, bank details or money from an unsuspecting victim.  Very often, the criminal will use an email, phone call or even a fake website pretending to be from a reputable company.  The criminals can use personal details to complete profiles on a victim which … Read more

Hackers exploit coronavirus by creating hundreds of fake websites to steal data and make profit 

While the coronavirus spreads across the globe, hackers are taking advantage of the pandemic to steal data and make a profit.  Cybersecurity experts reveal that since January more than 4,000 coronavirus-related domains have been registered and some 300 are deemed ‘malicious’ or ‘suspicious’. A new report, released by Check Point, found that domains about the … Read more