Boris Johnson is under growing pressure to stop non-essential construction workers heading to building sites as Britain attempts to tackle the spread of coronavirus. The Prime Minister has faced calls across the political spectrum for more stringent rules so workers are not placed at risk, and public transport is not overwhelmed. Mr Johnson, who will … Read more
Persimmon starts ‘orderly shutdown’ of its construction sites, bans most face-to-face meetings with homeowners and axes a dividend Housebuilder warns it faces a ‘material slowdown’ in new sales Interim dividend for shareholders in axed, but final dividend is postponed Sales sites shut from Thursday and face-to-face contact with customers cut By Jane Denton For Thisismoney … Read more
Some of Britain’s largest housebuilders chose to shut down their construction sites despite the Government granting them permission to stay open. Official advice has exempted builders from a lockdown that is seeing all non-essential shops close and social gatherings banned in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Work can continue as normal … Read more
Online hotel booking sites do not deliver the bargain prices claimed in their glossy TV ads. Eight in ten UK rooms were cheaper or came with incentives such as a free breakfast if a booking was made directly over the phone, according to research by Which? Websites such as Booking.com and Expedia claim to search … Read more
Netflix and chill with friends while in isolation using the streaming site’s ‘party’ feature that lets you both watch the same content and chat in real-time Netflix released a Chrome extension years ago for group viewing in real-time However, the feature lets users watch the same movie or show and chat The feature is resurfacing … Read more
The most-visited U.S National Park Service sites in 2019 revealed: Golden Gate National Recreation Area is No1 followed by Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains In total, there were 327.5million visits to National Park Service sites across the United States during 2019 There were 15million visitors to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which … Read more
Legitimate-looking links from OneDrive, Google Drive, iCloud, and Dropbox slip by standard security measures. IBM social engineer easily hacked two journalists’ information A member of IBM’s X-Force Red team hacked two CBS reporters for three weeks. Find out what information she gathered, as well as what phishing entails. Bad actors have added a new snare … Read more
How confident are you with the security of your WordPress deployments? If you’re not 100% confident, you need to make use of the wpscan tool. Image: Jack Wallen Considering how prevalent the open source WordPress blogging platform installations are, chances are good that you have a deployment or two to manage. Generally speaking, this is … Read more