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Brits spend nearly four days a year handling ‘life admin’ for others on their phonesplaceholder image

Brits spend nearly four days a year on phone life admin

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Half of landline users unaware of national switch-off deadline looming

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HOLIDAY TIP: Stay connected abroad with a Holafly eSIM – buy here

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Ad Feature HONOR Launches Magic V6 foldable phone

The new Giffgaff deal runs for a limited time - but it could save you £180placeholder image

Giffgaff cuts unlimited data SIM by £180 with no long contract

Giffgaff has reduced the cost of its unlimited data plan to just £14 a month for a limited time placeholder image

Giffgaff launches 'cheapest ever' unlimited data plan for £14 a month

Pet owners store an average of 176 snaps of four-legged friends on their device.placeholder image

Pet owners store more snaps of furry friends than loved ones

HONOR CEO James Li unveils robotic innovation at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, including the HONOR Robot Phone and HONOR's first-ever humanoid robot.placeholder image

Ad Feature HONOR Advances AI Vision with Robot Phone, Humanoid Robot and Magic V6

Energy bills can be bundled in with other bills and made much cheaper placeholder image

This UK bill-bundling service offers up to £150 just for switching

Woman on a smartphone in a snowstorm. Photo: ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Imagesplaceholder image

How phone signal and WhatsApp is affected by snow

Vinted has infuriated users with a change to sizesplaceholder image

Vinted makes major change - leaving users furious at 'chaos'

Vinted users are not happy with this big change to sizes! 😡👀

Matthew Mohan-Hickson

Date clocks go back this month and why clocks change on a weekend.placeholder image

Feature you need to turn on your phone before clocks change

Customers are facing problems making and receiving calls placeholder image

Major phone network ‘down’ as customers face mobile and broadband woes

Date clocks go back in October - why clocks change on a weekend and if your clocks will update automatically.placeholder image

The date clocks change and if the time will go back on your phone

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Vodafone hit by major outage with internet and phones services down

“Clutter can affect not just your space, but also your energy and peace of mind."- Dilly Carter placeholder image

The average Brit hangs onto 17 items they never use - just in case

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TikTok gets major ban update as huge development emerges

A file photo of a test of a public alert system on a mobile phone. Mobile phones will ring out with an alarm this September as the Government tests its emergency alert system.placeholder image

Will there be another Emergency Alert in the UK - what’s been said

A file photo of a test of a public alert system on a mobile phone. Mobile phones will ring out with an alarm this September as the Government tests its emergency alert system.placeholder image

The exact time Emergency Alert text is sent to millions and what to do

A mobile phone receives the nationwide public alert system test signal on April 23, 2023.placeholder image

The people who need to opt-out of Emergency Alert test this weekend

The next emergency alert system test is due to take place in the UK in September 2025. placeholder image

Everything you need to know about Emergency Alert test

People receive emergency alert text during test in 2023placeholder image

The confirmed date you will receive an Emergency Alert text

Digital Awareness UK co-founder Emma Robertson (bottom left) says September is the perfect time to start setting screen time expectationsplaceholder image

Why now is the best time to talk about screen time with your kids

The next emergency alert system test in the UK is set to take place this September. placeholder image

The unmissable Emergency Alert sound to expect when the text arrives

The next emergency alert system test is due to take place in the UK in September 2025. placeholder image

How to turn off emergency alert text before you ever receive it

Some everyday items we all own could be dirtier than a toiletplaceholder image

The everyday gadgets that are dirtier than a toilet - we all own one

Creating healthy bedtime habits and encouraging time spent outdoors can both help kids cut back on screen timeplaceholder image

9 tips for curbing your child's screen time - before school returns

Could you have one of the most common passwords? (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)placeholder image

The common passwords most likely to put you at risk of being hacked

Experts have revealed the most common passwords that people use 😨

Matthew Mohan-Hickson

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iPhone users urged to turn on this security feature immediately

People receive emergency alert text during test in 2023placeholder image

The exact date and time Emergency Alert text will be sent to millions

Children spending too much time online are exposed to a wide variety of risks, experts sayplaceholder image

10 online risks parents must be aware of these summer holidays

Mistakes that could be killing your phone battery. Photo: STRINGER/AFP via Getty Imagesplaceholder image

The app that might be draining your phone battery the most

UK flights are facing more disruptions after an air traffic control issueplaceholder image

6 best apps for checking flights as UK travellers face disruptions

TikTok is planning a number of safety changes that give parents more insight into how their children are using the appplaceholder image

3 new safety features coming to TikTok that parents need to know about

Technology secretary Peter Kyle says the Government is 'seriously considering' a few different measures to limit children's screen timeplaceholder image

Two-hour social media limit 'being seriously considered' for all teens

Emergency Alert test to take place in September 2025placeholder image

Emergency Alert test date confirmed as 'siren' text to be sent again

7 gadgets you may recognise if you grew up in the 1980s. Photo: Scott Gries/ImageDirect/ Getty Imagesplaceholder image

7 throwback gadgets you definitely owned in the 1980s

Younger users have created their own emoji-based slang, language experts sayplaceholder image

The top 10 emojis used differently between generations

Presenter and tech expert Georgie Barrat has teamed up with Smart Energy GB to test the reliability of our favourite techplaceholder image

Old tech Brits miss the most - include cassette tapes and MP3 players

Even with new legal safeguards, parents have a role to play in keeping children safe onlineplaceholder image

1 in 10 kids have seen adult content online – safety talks at any age

According to analysis by Mobiles.co.uk these are the worst tourist attractions for phone signal in the UK. Photo: Astarot - stock.adobe.complaceholder image

The 10 ‘dead zones’ where it is hardest to get a phone signal

People receive emergency alert text during test in 2023placeholder image

Emergency Alert to be sent to millions of phones in UK

The 10 worst signal dead spots where you will get poor phone signal in the UKplaceholder image

Is Three network still down? Latest after major outage

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

Shock reason your phone signal is ‘abysmal’ right now

Current guidelines in both the UK and France allow young children to use screens for an hour or two each dayplaceholder image

Experts say screen time causing 'permanent damage' to children under 6

Child health experts are calling for no screens at home or school for this age group 📺

Amber Allott

Drug dealer dumps gun and cocaine then asks police “can I call my dad?” during arrestplaceholder image

"Can I call my dad?" - dealer dumps gun and £16k cocaine in a bush

From AI companions to targeted ads, the web can exert a huge 'digital influence' on young usersplaceholder image

What parents must know about 'digital influence', and its risk to kids

More than 50% of children were actively using screens during dinner, the study foundplaceholder image

9 questions to get kids talking, as screens 'kill family dinner chat'

There are ways parents can help their children be safer and more aware on social mediaplaceholder image

5 ways parents can help kids be social media safe, from a psychologist

Teen stares at phone while stood on level crossing. Network Rail placeholder image

Teen stops on level crossing to text on mobile phone

Ofcom's collection of new law changes are aimed at keeping children safer onlineplaceholder image

How Ofcom’s new online safety changes will protect your child

The UK's technology secretary says he will be watching how TikTok's curfew for young people plays outplaceholder image

What a potential 'social media curfew' could mean for parents

Major health organisations like WHO and the NHS have screen time recommendations for parentsplaceholder image

How much screen time experts say your child should have at every age

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Drug dealer throws £10k cocaine over a fence as cops raid home

Emojis and the different understandings generations have of them is a key plot point in 'Adolescence'placeholder image

Emojis with hidden meanings parents should know - and whether to worry

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