Billionaire boss of Le Monde newspaper, 52, admits he was a teenage spy who once hacked the mobile phone of President Mitterrand for his security service bosses Xavier Niel, 52, was caught hacking Canal Plus aged 17 after quitting education The Directorate for Territorial Surveillance hired him to harvest data on Renault He also hacked … Read more
Need more mobile data? Five of the best pay monthly SIM-only deals to take advantage of right now By Corinna Burton For Mailonline Published: 15:57 BST, 18 May 2020 | Updated: 16:01 BST, 18 May 2020 Need more mobile data but don’t want to upgrade your phone? With a SIM only plan, there are tons … Read more
The NHS coronavirus contact tracing app risks sidelining millions of people who don’t have a mobile phone when ministers roll it out nationwide. One in five Britons do not have a phone and therefore won’t benefit from the app, according to experts on an ethical panel overseeing its development. It’s likely these people will be … Read more
Locked-down smartphone users in the UK are sitting on 165 million gigabytes of unused mobile data worth a staggering £165 million, study claims Consumers stuck at home due to COVID-19 are using their WiFi instead of data Data use among non-essential workers has fallen from 2.4 to 1.9 GB a month More than two-thirds of users … Read more
O2 mobile network goes DOWN across much of the UK leaving thousands of customers unable to make or receive calls Issues started at 12:09 BST and are affecting O2 customers around the country O2 is investigating the issue and says data and texts have not bee impacted By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline Published: 13:40 BST, … Read more
The easiest way to avoid a whopping mobile phone bill when you’re on holiday is to switch off your device and start relaxing. But most of us will want to make calls, send texts, check emails, explore social media or use the internet to work out map directions or how to visit local attractions. How … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Mobile networks and internet providers in the UK are being urged to relax their data limitations as millions of Britons work from home amid the coronavirus pandemic. Network providers are currently offering customers increased data and unlimited access to NHS sites during this period of mass self-isolation. The coronavirus pandemic has shut down much of the … Read more
Government ‘asks O2 to hand over anonymous mobile phone location data to check whether people are following coronavirus social distances guidelines’ Data will stay anonymous and help ministers ensure people obey guidance Government are keen to ensure people keep their distance in social situations Some Twitter users are incensed, with one saying ‘I’ll leave O2 … Read more
Virgin Mobile gives pay monthly customers unlimited minutes and data boost for free to help them cope with working from home Virgin Mobile is giving pay monthly customers unlimited minutes to landlines It is also offering a 10GB data boost at no extra cost for a month The new plan will kick in on Monday … Read more