Default message encryption for Facebook, Instagram not coming until 2022

To say that Facebook has faced its fair share of privacy and security issues the past few years is probably an understatement. Despite all that, it’s still a pretty popular social media platform, especially its Messenger and Instagram apps. But if you’re expecting that they will be releasing privacy features like default end-to-end encryption, don’t … Read more

Microsoft is replacing Calibri as its default font after 14 years

Bad news for Calibri fans! Microsoft announces that it is replacing its default font after 14 years – but which one of its five potential replacements do YOU prefer? Calibri has been the default font since it replaced Times New Roman in 2007 Now, Microsoft says it’s time to ‘evolve’ to one of five new typefaces  … Read more

British Gas is the first of the Big Six to announce its hiking its prices for default customers

British Gas is the first of the Big Six to announce it’s hiking prices for millions of default tariff customers in April after the price cap announcement The Big Six provider is the first to announce its hiking its prices in April  It is increasing costs in response to the energy price cap announcement  Default … Read more

Buy now, pay later: Don’t let shoppers sign up by default, MPs say

Britain’s biggest retailers should take buy now, pay later services off their websites and prevent shoppers from signing up for debt financing at the checkout by default, MPs have said, after the £2.7billion industry was found to pose ‘significant’ potential harm to shoppers. A review into the booming sector published earlier in the week found … Read more

More than 1.4m firms are given more time to repay Covid ‘bounce back’ loans over default fears 

More than 1.4million businesses are given more time to repay Covid ‘bounce back’ loans over fears of economic catastrophe Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a ‘pay as you grow’ scheme Almost £4.5billion has been loaned under the Government scheme so far New measures will allow businesses to extend loan terms from six to … Read more

YouTube finally brings default video quality preferences (still in beta)

Watching YouTube videos on your mobile device can sometimes be tricky, especially if you’re watching out for your data consumption. If you don’t understand the video quality settings, you might end up using all your data allowance on the app because you didn’t understand that 1080p consumes a lot of bandwidth as its the highest … Read more

Warning of ‘lockdown by default’ as Hancock faces fury over testing shambles

Giving evidence to the Liaison Committee, Boris Johnson bluntly acknowledged that there is ‘not enough’ capacity for screening Boris Johnson admitted the government’s coronavirus testing system cannot cope today amid fears the UK faces ‘lockdown by default’ with schools forced to shut and workers unable to return to offices. The PM bluntly acknowledged that there … Read more

Warning of ‘lockdown by default’ as Hancock faces fury over testing shambles

The testing fiasco is on the brink of dooming the country to a de facto lockdown with keeping schools open ‘unsustainable’, ministers were warned today. Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock are facing fury after the system descended into a shambles, with millions of people struggling to get checked. The Health Secretary was humiliatingly forced to … Read more