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'Fatal' fake phone chargers sold by Amazon, B&Q, and e Bay - the signs to look out for
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (663+ words) Life-threatening phone chargers sold online by major retailers, including Amazon, B&Q, and e Bay, could electrocute users or explode. That is the warning issued by consumer group Which? following an investigation into USB phone chargers available from major retailers....
Amazon and B&Q sold phone chargers posing risk of electric shock or explosion
10+ hour, 8+ min ago (663+ words) Life-threatening phone chargers sold online by major retailers, including Amazon, B&Q, and e Bay, could electrocute users or explode. That is the warning issued by consumer group Which? following an investigation into USB phone chargers available from major retailers....
BT told to focus jobs in Blackburn in place of Warrington
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (480+ words) Hyndburn MP Sarah Smith and the council's Labour group have backed a union proposal to concentrate the staff of the East Lancashire BT offices scheduled for closure in the Blackburn telephone exchange. Last month, the telecoms giant confirmed that the…...
BT fined "12k in court after failing to carry out work at East Lancashire site
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (144+ words) British Telecommunications PLC has been fined a total of "12, 475 for failing to carry out work on its premises in Colne. BT did not comply with a Section 215 Notice under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, which was issued due to…...
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2+ mon, 2+ week ago (15+ words) Duo visit 30 mosques in 30 days to showcase their 'beauty and diversity'lancashiretelegraph. co. uk...
Whats App users urged to change this setting to protect against 'malicious' bug
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (314+ words) Whats App users are being urged to change one setting to protect against a bug that secretly downloads "malicious" media files to mobile phones. A Whats App "vulnerability" was discovered recently by Google's Project Zero team, where a malicious media…...
Cloudflare outage: Users report issues with X, Canva, Open AI, Chat GPT, Asda, Vinted
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (680+ words) More websites are being reported as having issues this afternoon, with Downdetector spikes for sites including Bet 365, Open AI, Chat GPT, Asda and Grindr, Vinted. This follows websites including X and Spotify which were hit by a major outage linked…...
Is X down? Social media users report app issues due to Cloudflare error
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (349+ words) Thousands of social media users have reported issues with X within the last few hours due to a major Cloudflare outage. On Downdetector, there was a peak of nearly 5, 000 reports, just before midday. However, although X seemed to stabilise for…...
Internet outages at Halifax, Lloyds, HMRC and more reported after AWS disruption
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (713+ words) Thousands of people across the UK have been reporting issues with online services this morning, including those used for banking, social media and shopping. The issues are believed to be linked to an Amazon Web Services outage. Some of the…...
Spotify users threaten to 'quit' app as accounts could be deleted under new rule
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (518+ words) Millions of Spotify users in the UK could have their accounts deleted if they fail to pass age verification checks under new legislation. New laws are now in place that are intended to protect young people on the internet, particularly…...