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Netgear's Nighthawk series has had some amazing upgrades recently - if you're still using your smartphone as a hotspot, you might want to consider one

We tested Netgear's latest hotspot routers – and they blew phones away

Change to e-bike (photo: adobe)

Going Green: Help save the planet by changing to e-bike

Has your phone signal been worse recently? Photo: PheelingsMedia - stock.adobe.com

Shock reason your phone signal is ‘abysmal’ right now

Experts have warned that this switch puts thousands of older people at risk

Ad Feature Experts urge older generations to buy digital-ready alarms for safety

Thousands of customers are continuing to experience issued with their Sky TV box after issues were first reported on Thursday evening.

Is Sky TV still down? Customers experience major outage issues

Ad Feature Budget-friendly ways to keep connected while on a cruise

Most common causes of frustrations are unexpected road closures and heavy traffic

Boredom strikes just 43 minutes into a family road trip, research says

Toilet stops and poor mobile signal were top road trip bugbears

Top 20 most common family road trip frustrations

Nearly a third are held back by slow internet

Small businesses waste 12 working days a year due to misfiring tech

(Photos: Pexels/Vodafone)

New tech keeps vulnerable Brits connected in power cuts, and it's free

Online safety is a 21st century priority - but do you REALLY need to spend money on a VPN service?

Best VPNs for beginners: for privacy, security and streaming

What are some of the most misheard lyrics from a number of our favourite Christmas anthems?

11 of the most misheard lyrics from the world of Christmas songs

The IGF was held under the theme of “Building Our Multistakeholder Digital Future”

Ad Feature 19th Internet Governance Forum calls for an inclusive digital future

Wi-Fi 7 is here

I tried Wi-Fi 7 and it has changed my life

Look out for great deals on broadband this Black Friday

The best Black Friday broadband deals in 2024

Supercar experience days can be much cheaper than you'd expect - thanks to Black Friday bargains out now

Cheap supercar driving experiences: Black Friday prices start at £15
Motoring journalist Gareth Butterfield seeks out some Black Friday bargains that are the perfect Christmas present for the petrolhead in your life
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The Sugababes perform Push the Button at Londons Kings Cross Station

Sugababes burst out of a billboard to perform an impromptu gig

Halloween decorations could be slowing your WiFi. Photo: nalinee - stock.adobe.com

7 ways Halloween decorations could slow down your WiFi

Wi-Fi 7 is coming to the UK. Photo: A Stockphoto - stock.adobe.com

This is the best Wi-Fi deal I’ve spotted in Prime deal

Wi-Fi 7 is coming to the UK. Photo: A Stockphoto - stock.adobe.com

A new type of Wi-Fi is coming to the UK - what to expect

Top tips for helping your kid start out on YouTube, from YouTubers

A poll of 2,000 adults found two thirds reckon the UK is the world’s best at ‘going nowhere fast’

Train and traffic delays cost travellers nearly three days a year

Internet trends that turned deadly. Photo: Adobe

4 popular internet trends that turned deadly

A paedophile who made plans to abuse a 9-year-old child has been jailed.

Between January and March 2020, 61-year-old Stephen Biles had been communicating online and over the phone with an adult, and discussed meeting in order to arrange for Biles to abuse the other adult’s niece at a hotel.

'Predator' jailed after making plans to abuse 9-year-old child

Clips from Skibidi Toilet shorts on YouTube. Photo: DaFuqBoom!/ YouTube

What is the deal with skibidi toilet - and if it is dangerous for kids

These are the 15 best cities to get a 5G signal on your phone in the UK according to OpenSignal. Photo: Justin TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images

15 best cities to get an internet signal on your phone

Regulators have fined BT £17.5m for failing to respond to the "catastrophic failure" of its emergency call system in June 2023 that lasted 10-and-a-half hours and affected 14,000 emergency calls from 12,392 people.

BT fined millions after "catastrophic failure" to respond to calls
Regulators have fined BT £17.5m for failing to respond to a more than 10-hour outage of its emergency call system last summer.
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Warning over new ransomware scam

‘Threatening’ new scam sees victims bombarded with calls

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Sky internet ‘down’ as users report issues across the UK

These are the top 10 most commonly believed beauty beliefs

Taylor Swift VIP Eras Tour UK package's (Getty)

What exactly does a Taylor Swift VIP package cost and include?

Toob is expanding into Locks Heath, Warsash and Park Gate - spreading across 12,000 homes.

Super-fast full-fibre broadband coming soon - where

Martin Allaway has been jailed after making plans to rape two children. He also downloaded more than 2,000 child abuse images, 166 of which were Category A – the most serious.

Gosport man jailed for arranging to 'rape two children'

Top tasks people struggle to do online

The average person completes 90 online tasks a day

Taylor Swift has announced she is performing at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium in 2024 as part of her UK Eras tour (Getty Images)

Taylor Swift Era’s tour: Every surprise song performed so far

Millions face a broadband shake-up - here’s how to check if you’re affected

Millions of BT and Sky customers face internet shake-up

Sky internet users have been left frustrated this morning

Hundreds of customers frustrated as Sky broadband goes down across UK

Phone users are being asked to check their devices are 4G compatible

Popular mobile phone provider to close down - how to keep your number

Up to one million people cancel broadband due to cost of living

One million people cancel broadband services due to cost of living

Long Boi has been pronounced dead after having been missing from University of York campus since mid-March.

Internet star and exceptionally tall duck Long Boi presumed dead

5 ways to avoid the King’s coronation & Royalists this weekend

5 ways to avoid the King’s coronation this weekend

Is Virgin Media down? (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Virgin Media customers report outage

Pedro Pascal joins the cast of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2

Concerned Spirit Airlines passenger captures moment worker tapes plane wing before take-off

Terrified passenger captures airline taping plane wing before take-off

Halifax’s online and mobile banking services are down leaving thousands unable to access their bank accounts

Halifax internet banking leaves users without access to accounts

Fernando Alonso addresses Taylor Swift dating rumours

Virgin Media has gone down again leaving thousands without internet

Virgin media outage - thousands left without internet

Helen Flanagan is one of the celebrities to return to I’m A Celeb

Two contestants named favourites to leave I’m A Celebrity first

Tommy Fury poses for a photo with their Title Belt after defeating Jake Paul during the Cruiserweight Title fight between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury at the Diriyah Arena on February 26, 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

Tommy Fury and Liam Payne to take part in Soccer Aid 2023

Vodafone services are down for thousands of users in the UK

Vodafone issues update after services go down across the UK

Margot Robbie stars in Barbie - one of the most hotly anticipated films of 2023.

Barbie Movie starring Margot Robbie drops full cast list

Twitter has been in turmoil since the platform was taken over by Tesla head Elon Musk.

Here’s why Twitter’s bird logo is now a dog

From Gorillas’ diet to eating bugs, here is some social media misinformation you should be wary of this International Fact-Checking Day.

Social media misinformation that’s bad for your health

Women stuffing seagull into bag ‘lacks context’

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