The Government is considering giving energy networks the power to switch off a household’s energy supply without warning or compensation for those affected. A series of ‘modifications’ to the Smart Energy Code have been proposed by officials and look set to pass into law by next spring. These include giving networks the right to decide when they … Read more
Britain slipped down the global broadband speed table, going from 34th place in 2019 to 47th this year – a result of a slow pure fibre network rollout, experts say. The Worldwide Broadband Speed League gathers data from more than 570 million speed tests in 221 countries or territories around the world to create a … Read more
Back in February, before the rest of the world were put on lockdown, the U.S. Commerce Department gave Huawei a 45-day reprieve. It was continued but it has officially lapsed which could bring problems to the operation of rural telecoms networks in the country. The reprieve officially expired last week Thursday which could pose some … Read more
People who enjoy embarrassing or angering others are more likely to find social networks like Facebook and Snapchat addictive, study shows Researchers studied how much time was spent on Snapchat and Facebook Also looked at what sort of interactions motivated people to use the sites Found those who spent a large amount of time on … Read more
Cate Blanchett’s production company Dirty Films scores lucrative deal with FX Networks following the runaway success of her series Mrs. America By Jabeen Waheed For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:57 BST, 11 July 2020 | Updated: 00:48 BST, 12 July 2020 Cate Blanchett’s production company Dirty Films has scored a first-look TV deal with FX … Read more
Hackers used ransomware to take over parts of UC San Francisco’s network and extorted $1.14million in exchange for returning access to their files University of California San Francisco lost control of some of its files in a hack Ransomware was used to encrypt files and UCSF agreed to pay for their return UCSF hasn’t said … Read more
With car showrooms given the green light to open from 1 June, these are the brands with the best-rated dealer networks in the UK Prime Minister announced on Monday that car showrooms can open next month Owners have been rating dealers based on the services they provide Some 18,000 What Car? readers provided satisfaction ratings … Read more
Chip and Joanna Gaines’ DIY Network makeover is already paying dividends. The TV personality couple, who are at the forefront of the network’s rebranding to Magnolia, scored four out of DIY’s Top 5 all-time ratings spots with their preview programming on Sunday, according to The Wrap on Tuesday. Over 2.3million viewers watched the Fixer Upper stars’ … Read more
The UN has called on internet providers to shore-up networks and boost their capacity to help prevent the coronavirus pandemic from having a long-lasting effect. The UN’s advisory body has set out an ‘Agenda for Action’ to ensure networks that ‘the whole world is relying on’ during the health crisis are robust, resilient and within … Read more
UK mobile networks including O2, EE, Vodafone and 3 go down leaving millions of British workers struggling to work from home amid coronavirus pandemic The networks went down from about 9am GMT as people began logging on The outage comes as thousands of British workers begin working from home O2 says it is aware of … Read more