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2016 throwback trend: Why Instagram and TikTok are obsessed with the last decade
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (1078+ words) We've become obsessed with 2016. Why? Call it pre-chaos nostalgia, says Amira Arasteh If your Instagram and TikTok feeds have recently been flooded with grainy screenshots, overexposed selfies and suspiciously well-curated "2016" carousels, you're not imagining it. From old festival snaps and…...
Apple’s spyware warning explained and why restarting your iPhone still matters
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (572+ words) iPhone users are once again being warned and this one is hard to ignore. If your device is not running the latest version of iOS, you could now be vulnerable to new spyware attacks targeting its devices. If you haven't…...
Track athlete chases down London phone thief and retrieves mobile - watch
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (491+ words) This is the moment an American tourist had her phone snatched on the streets of London " before she managed to chased down the thief and reclaim it herself. Elizabeth Lopez Aguilar, 24, was filming a TikTok while on holiday in the…...
Divorced artist loses fight to keep £1.5m London home 'handed to her on WhatsApp"
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (1463+ words) A divorced artist who claimed her ex-husband signed over their "1.5million home to her via WhatsApp after they split has lost a High Court "test case" fight to keep it. London-based painter Hsiao Mei-Lin, 54, married Icelandic financier Audun Mar Gudmundsson, 54, in…...
Extraditing TikToker on private jet for £16,000 ‘only viable option’ – police
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (1086+ words) Extraditing a TikTok influencer on a private jet that cost Surrey Police nearly "16,000 was the only viable option, the force has said. Harrison Sullivan, 24, known as HSTikkyTokky on TikTok, had to be repatriated to the UK last summer after he…...
My screen time is 37 minutes per day. Here’s how yours can be too
1+ week, 3+ day ago (767+ words) Forget a dumbphone or "friction-maxxing. The secret to breaking up with your phone is simple It started with a simple question: what would my life look like were it not tethered to a smartphone? Two months ago, I realised this…...
Has posting on social media become incredibly embarrassing?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (623+ words) Isn't it refreshing to be phone free!" somebody shouts as we descend into the underbelly of Shaftesbury Avenue. It's a thudding Friday night at Lost, London's hottest club night in years, which has taken over the former Odeon Covent Garden....
London council warns 100,000 households' personal details could have been stolen in cyber attack
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (626+ words) Kensington and Chelsea Council has written to 100,000 households warning their personal details may have been taken in a recent cyber attack. The town hall urged residents to follow National Cyber Security Centre advice and warned criminals could use the information…...
Mobile phones of migrants and asylum seekers to be seized in crackdown on small boats Channel smuggling gangs
2+ week, 2+ day ago (760+ words) Mobile phones of economic migrants and asylum seekers are being seized to catch individuals involved in "small boats" smuggling gangs operating Channel crossings. Border guards, police and crime investigators are using new powers from Monday to search phones and SIM…...
'London is not what it was': How social media accounts are changing the narrative of the capital
2+ week, 3+ day ago (888+ words) The number of social media posts promoting the narrative that London is "dangerous" have spiked in the past year, despite a reduction in violent crime. Warning against the "dangerous" and "lawless" city, the posts are increasingly appearing on platforms like…...