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The game's supporters tell us it's a great way to get into online gaming and also taking regular exercise, but on the other side of the coin you'll have heard about some of the negative aspects, like the potential to cause a road traffic accident by...
1 August 2016
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An alleged text message from Apple On Saturday, a friend of mine received a text message allegedly from Apple, to tell her that her “iapple account has been frozen”, and instructing her to visit a website – via clicking on a link – to...
11 April 2016
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NatWest has released details of some of the most unbelievable scams seen in the last year to remind everyone that scammers are going to increasing lengths to target customers. Each of the cases presented in this article was brought to the...
4 April 2016
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Baby’s first iPhone? The truth may not be that far off. Last year, The Daily Mail reported that more than 50 percent of parents said they had bought their kids a phone before their tenth birthday. And by high school age, the number is even...
8 March 2016
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Websites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn put us in touch with ‘friends’ we’ve never seen in person. And a lot of us look for partners online too. These days a third of all relationships begin that way. That’s a lot of happy...
26 February 2016
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Identity fraud is rising in the UK: January statistics show that financial fraud is up 8% since the end of last year, and there were five million cases of fraud in 2015 alone. With fraudsters finding ever more inventive ways to try and steal your...
25 February 2016
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Next Tuesday - 9th February - sees the return of Safer Internet Day. Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre, the aim of Safer Internet Day is to promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for...
4 February 2016
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More and more teenagers and young people are getting involved in cybercrime. Many do it for fun without realising the consequences of their actions – but the penalties can be severe. Cybercrime isn’t a victimless crime - it is a serious...
7 December 2015
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