Category: Internet
REVEALED: Top 20 companies which collect most data
In light of Google pushing its Chrome cookie ban to 2023, a brand new study by pCloud has researched the websites with the most cross-site trackers to analyse which popular businesses are tracking you. When you browse from website to website, cross-site trackers follow you, collecting data on where you’ve been and what you’ve done. This…
Parents to spend up to £1300 on activities to keep kids entertained this summer
New Vodafone research reveals parents will spend up to £1,300 on activities and day trips to keep their children entertained during the summer holidays. It also suggests that more than half (54%) of parents are worried about keeping their children occupied and 31% are concerned about how much time their children will spend online. The…
Brits spend up to 51% of time in front of screen, claims study
A shocking new study by Uswitch has analysed how much time Brits are spending in front of a screen and the effects this can have on their wellbeing. The study reveals that the UK is spending a whopping 386 minutes (6.4 hours) using the internet every day - almost equivalent to an average shift at work. The study…
Sir Tim Berners-Lee auctions web source code as NFT
Sir Tim Berners-Lee is auctioning his original source code for the web in the form of a non-fungible token, as digital collectables continue to fetch millions of dollars despite recent cryptocurrency sell-off, writes the Financial Times. The non-fungible token (NFT) is described by Sotheby’s as “the first historical artefact” linked to the computer scientist's invention…
5 largest Internet companies hit 1.7 million employees, 60% increase in year
The digital transformation fuelled by the COVID-19 pandemic has sped up the growth of the world's largest internet companies. Today, these tech giants employ more people than ever and generate revenue counted in tens and hundreds of billions of dollars. According to data presented by BuyShares.co.uk, Amazon, Alibaba, Alphabet, Facebook, and eBay - the world's largest…
1 in 4 would fall for ‘safe account’ scam, claims report
A recent survey conducted by KIS Finance has revealed worrying statistics regarding safe account scams. The survey asked 2,000 participants whether they know what a safe account scam is and, more importantly, whether they think they would fall for it and transfer their money to a scammer. Over a quarter (25.7%) of people said that…
GoDaddy adds Instagram integration
GoDaddy has announced new features allowing customers to create content and share it directly to Instagram in just a few clicks. GoDaddy’s Websites + Marketing tools now support scheduling and publishing posts directly to Instagram – making it easier and faster for small business owners to be everywhere that matters online. This new feature makes GoDaddy…
UK adults spent more time online during lockdown than those of other nations
UK adults spent more time online on computers, smartphones or tablets in 2020 than those in other European countries, according to Ofcom’s annual study into the nation’s online habits. Its Online Nation 2021 report looked at an unprecedented year, when communication, entertainment, culture, retail, work and education moved more online. UK adults spent more than…
Huge internet outage hits Gov.UK and worldwide media outlets
Anyone trying to log in to gov.uk this morning may well have been greeted with the message "503 Service Unavailable". It is one of a number of websites that have gone down around the world. Others include news outlets such as The Guardian, Financial Times, Independent, New York Times, Evening Standard, and Bloomberg. Sky also…
More than 3 billion internet users now use Google Chrome
According to the recent Atlas VPN team findings, nearly 3.3 billion internet users (or 41% of the population) now use Google Chrome, making it by far the most popular internet browser. The second most popular browser is Safari, with a total of 944,576,100 internet users. iPhone or Mac device users mostly work with the Safari browser as Apple developed…