Networks Tutorials & How-Tos

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Posted by Alex Lee on March 28, 2018

Firefox’s smart browser extension stops Facebook from snooping on your browsing

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Posted by Vaughn Highfield on March 21, 2018

How Nintendo made shooting squids a success with Splatoon

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Posted by Edward Munn on March 21, 2018

After making a fortune selling out to Facebook, WhatsApp’s co-founder is now urging everyone to delete the social network

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Posted by Alan Martin on March 19, 2018

Cambridge Analytica and Facebook: What happened and did the company shift many votes?

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Posted by Alan Martin on March 14, 2018

Why YouTube’s plan to educate conspiracy theorists with Wikipedia is weak, lazy and just won’t work

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Posted by Tim Danton on March 9, 2018

Microsoft Surface Book 2 15in review: A larger screen, more power – and a much higher price

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Posted by Alan Martin on March 7, 2018

BlackBerry sues Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram for patent infringement

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Posted by Vaughn Highfield on March 1, 2018

Twitter Bookmarks finally lets you save tweets without liking them

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Posted by Alex Lee on February 27, 2018

Vero: Is Vero a viable Facebook alternative? Here’s what it’s all about

Android Go phones and how it compares to Android Oreo and Android One
Posted by Alex Lee on February 26, 2018

Android Go: What is Android Go and how is it different to Android One?

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Posted by Jonathan Bray on February 25, 2018

Nokia 8110 4G review (hands-on): The banana phone/Matrix phone is now available for £49

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Posted by Jonathan Bray on February 23, 2018

Samsung Galaxy S9 review: Very nearly brilliant, with a new lower price

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Posted by Jonathan Bray on February 23, 2018

Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus review: A great phone with minor flaws

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Posted by Jonathan Bray on February 23, 2018

Sony Xperia XZ2 review: The nearly man of modern smartphones

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Posted by Alex Lee on February 22, 2018

Tinder security flaw could have let hackers access accounts using just a phone number

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Posted by Alan Martin on February 22, 2018

Encrypted chat app Signal gets a cash injection from WhatsApp co-founding billionaire, Brian Acton

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Posted by Libby Plummer on February 21, 2018

Facebook launches its first tech startup incubator

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Posted by Alex Lee on February 20, 2018

Instagram influencers really want you to know how much they love Xiaomi

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Posted by Robert Irvine on February 16, 2018

Dark websites: The best sites to get started with on the dark web

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Posted by Edward Munn on February 15, 2018

Facebook admits its spam texts to two-factor authentication phone numbers were caused by a bug

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Posted by Alex Lee on February 14, 2018

One million users sign Snapchat update petition, here’s how to delete your Snapchat account for good

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Posted by Alex Lee on February 14, 2018

Gmail’s contextual Smart Reply AI is coming to Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter – here’s how to get it

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Posted by Alphr on February 12, 2018

Bridging​ ​the​ ​generation​ ​gap​ ​between​ ​pupils​ ​and​ ​teachers

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Posted by Alan Martin on February 8, 2018

Facebook removes boast that it helped the SNP win big

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Posted by Alex Lee on February 5, 2018

AI taught to recognise hate speech to fight Twitter trolls

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Posted by Alex Lee on January 30, 2018

World Cup football kits are now available in Bitmoji

Battery life tips: Boost phone battery life
Posted by Evan Gower on January 25, 2018

Eight simple ways to boost your phone’s battery life

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Posted by Alex Lee on January 19, 2018

Microsoft’s new drawing bot is a robo-Salvador Dali – even if it doesn’t mean to be

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Posted by Vaughn Highfield on January 19, 2018

Die With Me is the app that lets you chat with strangers as your phones die together

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Posted by Edward Munn on January 17, 2018

“Skygofree” trojan can intercept your WhatsApp messages

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Posted by Evan Gower on January 12, 2018

Best iPad and iPhone apps UK 2018: Travelling, dating, learning and more on iOS

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Posted by Emma Sims on January 9, 2018

Japanese scientists just created an AI that can “read” human minds

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Posted by Evan Gower on January 5, 2018

iOS 12 features: iOS 12 running on half of all Apple devices

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Posted by Edward Munn on December 20, 2017

Retro games: How to play classic video games on PC, smartphone and tablet

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Posted by Alan Martin on December 14, 2017

No, 73p of Russian Facebook spending wouldn’t shift a Brexit vote, but it’s dangerous to take that at face value

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Posted by Thomas McMullan on December 6, 2017

The science of doping: What counts as doping and how is it detected

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Posted by Alex Lee on December 5, 2017

Code First Girls wants to teach 20,000 women to code by 2020 – and it could give the UK an edge after Brexit

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Posted by Vaughn Highfield on December 4, 2017

CryptoKitties is the Ethereum cat collecting game that’s seen over $1m in user spending

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Posted by Victoria Woollaston on December 1, 2017

Free Kindle books: How to buy and borrow free Kindle books in the UK

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Posted by Vaughn Highfield on November 21, 2017

How to stop over 400 sites logging everything you type: A complete list of every site using session replay scripts

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Posted by Alan Martin on November 15, 2017

Democracy hacked: How 30 governments sought to bend elections through social media

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Posted by Victoria Woollaston on November 13, 2017

Neurons are seen exploding across the brain “like fireworks” in the most detailed map ever made

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Posted by Edward Munn on November 7, 2017

This teeny-tiny Android phone is the size of a credit card

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Posted by Alan Martin on November 6, 2017

Paradise Papers list reveals Apple set up a secret tax bolthole in Jersey

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Posted by Alan Martin on November 2, 2017

Congress reveals Russian Facebook ads that disrupted the election

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Posted by Thomas McMullan on October 31, 2017

Apple AI has been cataloging your “brassiere” photos

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Posted by Evan Gower on October 30, 2017

Best Oculus Rift games 2018: 10 great games to play on your VR headset

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Posted by Alex Lee on October 20, 2017

Dos and don’ts for better battery life

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Posted by Thomas McMullan on October 20, 2017

The inventor of the Facebook Like: “There’s always going to be unintended consequences”

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Posted by Alan Martin on October 19, 2017

Twitter can automatically hide neo-Nazis and white supremacists, but chooses not to