How to Use 2-Factor Authentication with Ease
Blame it on the passwords. One commercial that is currently running on national television states that there is an attempted identity theft every 3 seconds. That’s 20 attempts per minute, 120 per hour and 2,880 each day. IT experts state that 80% of data breaches are due to a stolen or weak password. With all…
Top 5 Video Games That Feature Gambling
The Legend of Zelda, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, Grand Theft Auto, SoulCalibur, Super Mario Galaxy, Red Dead Redemption, and Metroid Prime. These are some of the best video games ever created that still top charts to this very day, even though they’ve been around for quite some time. These days, however, having a gambling feature…
Average adult spends over 5 years of their lives doing admin, claims study
The average adult will spend a total of five years and five months of their lives just doing admin, according to a new study.Researchers who polled 2,000 adults found they typically spend 21 hours and 36 minutes a week doing admin in their jobs. On top of this, a further eight hours and 48 minutes…
Book review: Always On by Rory Cellan-Jones
Smartphones haven't just replaced several consumer devices in one, they've also had a profound effect on society, helping to prevent the spread of everything from covid to cancer. Blogger and editor of Where Are We Now? Simon Poulter reviews BBC Technology Editor Rory Cellan-Jones' new book, Always On: Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone…
Brits reveal films they can’t wait to see at cinema. James Bond tops the list
Brits have revealed the films they can’t wait to see on the big screen when they reopen with James Bond’s No Time to Die, Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible 7 topping the list. A study of 2,000 adults found one in four plan to return to the cinema before the end of May,…
Very few cities have ‘Plan B’ for weather extremes, warns CDP
Climate change is happening already and brings with it growing threats from floods, storms and heatwaves. However, a new report from charity CDP has concluded very few cities are prepared for the weather extremes that may be on the way. It has discovered that as many as 400 million people could be living in cities that…
6 in 10 Brits claim they are ‘rubbish at staying in touch’
Six in 10 Brits admit they are ‘rubbish’ at staying in touch with friends and family - taking days, weeks or even months to return calls and messages. Research into 2,000 adults found a quarter said they never know what to say, while 19 per cent struggle to find the time. And for a…
Over £39 billion of items left in online baskets last year, claims study
Commitment-shy shoppers have abandoned £39.4 billion worth of items in what has been dubbed online ‘fantasy baskets’ in the last 12 months – more than doubling since 2018. A study of 2,000 adults found high delivery costs (37 per cent), cyber window shopping (26 per cent) and lengthy authentication processes (24 per cent) are key…
3 in 4 parents think pandemic had negative impact on child’s wellbeing
Three-quarters of parents believe the pandemic has had a negative impact on their child’s mental wellbeing, according to a study. Researchers who polled 500 mums and dads of children aged 6 to 11 found 35 per cent have observed higher levels of anxiety in their kids during lockdown. A third (32 per cent) have witnessed…
Future homes will comprise underground greenhouses and pet-sitting robots, claims study
Connected underground greenhouses to grow food, robots to look after pets and children, and drones to call people in for meals - these are all predictions for future homes, claim experts. A new report predicts that click and deliver homes – where houses will be designed from the comfort of your sofa and craned onto…
