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Plan to jam bomb phone signals met with resistance in Ireland in the early 2000s
3+ hour, 58+ min ago (733+ words) Irish phone companies were "unwilling" to take part in an early 2000s scheme to temporarily block networks in a bid to prevent bombs being set off in Northern Ireland, according to previously confidential documents. Authorities in Northern Ireland and the UK…...
From Charlie Kirk to Labubus, as Google reveales most searched terms in 2025 | LBC
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (571+ words) UK web users were keen to find out more about Charlie Kirk and Ozzy Osbourne this year Charlie Kirk was the most searched-for term in the UK in 2025, Google has revealed. As part of its annual data reveal, the search…...
CloudFlare down again as latest mass internet outage hits sites including Vinted, Zoom and Deliveroo | LBC
3+ week, 1+ day ago (483+ words) The outage comes just three weeks after ChatGPT, Zoom and Elon Musk's X went down, with many sites unresponsive Website hosting service Cloudflare is facing yet another outage just weeks after the service brought many internet sites to a standstill....
Virgin Media fined £23.8m by Ofcom after thousands of vulnerable customers put at 'direct risk of harm' | LBC
3+ week, 6+ day ago (553+ words) Virgin Media has been fined "23.8 million by regulator Ofcom after putting thousands of vulnerable customers at "direct risk of harm" when moving them to digital landlines. The media company received the penalty after reporting incidents that breached the regulator's consumer…...
Smartphones put children at risk and leave parents torn. So we built a better one | LBC
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (917+ words) Kids deserve a safer way to step into the digital world, and parents deserve to feel confident handing over that first phone, writes Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts. Back in 2010, when I handed my 11-year-old twins their first smartphones, I was…...
Denmark to ban social media for under-15s as phones are 'stealing childhoods' | LBC
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (596+ words) Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says the government has "unleashed a monster", as Denmark moves to outlaw social media use for children under 15s. Denmark plans to ban social media apps for under-15s as PM says phones have 'stolen childhood'. Denmark's prime…...
Met Police bust international phone smuggling gang behind tens of thousands of stolen devices | LBC
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1024+ words) An international phone smuggling gang has been busted by the Metropolitan Police after officers seized thousands of stolen devices in the force's largest-ever operation to tackle London's phone theft crisis. Officers broke up the major criminal network, which was believed…...
Snapchat to charge users to store photos and videos | LBC
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (615+ words) Since 2016, users have been able to store and save their posts as part of the "Memories" feature. Until now, this feature has been free of charge, but today, Snapchat announced anyone with more than 5GB of data saved will be forced…...
Taliban plunges Afghanistan into 'total internet blackout' as it vows to 'prevent immorality' | LBC
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (710+ words) The UN mission to Afghanistan has warned the blackout "risks inflicting significant harm on the Afghan people" Afghans have been plunged into a communications blackout after the Taliban-run government cut internet and mobile phone services in the country. The Taliban…...
Warning as police brace for spike in phone-snatching following iPhone 17 release | LBC
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (890+ words) Police have told LBC they're bracing for another spike in phone thefts, after the release of the new iPhone. Officers with the British Transport Police (BTP) have arrested more than a dozen people in a week linked to previous crimes…...