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1 in 8 Brits who use internet dating have been targeted by romance scam
One in eight Brits (12%) who have tried internet dating have been targeted by romance or phishing scams, research by cybersecurity company NordVPN can reveal. These cons see fraudsters match with another user and then try to drain their bank account, either by dangling the promise of a romantic relationship or encouraging them to share personal details. …
Meta named as the least trusted technology company
Forbes Advisor names Meta the technology company Brits trust the least with their data, with nearly half (48%) holding the view it is untrustworthy Paypal is the most trusted technology company, with almost half (47%) claiming they trust the payments platform with their data Nine in ten Brits (90%) are concerned about their data being hacked…
Illegal Christmas lights sold on AliExpress, Amazon, eBay and Wish
Christmas lights bought from online marketplaces are being sold illegally and in some cases putting users at risk of electric shocks or fires, a Which? investigation has found. The consumer watchdog tested Christmas tree lights at the cheaper end of the price range - all £15 or under - bought from online marketplaces AliExpress, Amazon,…
Made.com faces final curtain, Next buys IP and website
Made faces The Final Curtain Online furniture retailer Made.com has gone into administration, leading to hundreds of job losses and customers in the dark over refunds. The administrators PWC said there will be 399 job losses, most of which are redundancies announced today. 79 employees who had resigned and were working…
Made.com ‘on verge of administration’, reports claim
British online furniture retailer Made.com has suspended taking customer orders after talks to find a buyer failed, pushing the group towards administration, reports Yahoo! The company said on Tuesday that talks with potential buyers had been terminated and warned that if further funding could not be raised before its cash reserves were fully depleted it…
Trustpilot removed nearly 2 million fake reviews in 2021
Trustpilot claims it removed nearly 2 million fake reviews in 2021, out of around 46.7 million which were left on its platform during the period. The consumer website claims to have invested heavily in fraud and anomaly detection software which has sped up and enhanced the process of identifying and removing fake reviews. Using this…
5 Must-Follow Tips to Build an Amazing Website Easily
Source: Pixabay There are many reasons you might want to build a website. The online marketplace is thriving – growing 28% in 2020. You may have a side hustle that you’re turning into a fully-fledged career, you may have aspirations to be taken more seriously professionally, or you may want a…
Amazon.com becomes fifth most visited site globally
Data presented by Buy Shares shows that e-commerce platform Amazon.com was the fifth most visited website globally in September 2020. The website attracted 5.2 billion visitors. The research ranked the top ten most visited websites in September. Google.com emerged top with 105 billion visitors. YouTube.com ranked second with 36.4 billion visitors, followed by Facebook.com with 25.3 billion…
REVEALED: The World’s Busiest Websites
A new report from Fasthosts.co.uk reveals the busiest websites on the internet; from search engines to social media platforms, news sites to entertainment and everything in between. Unsurprisingly, Google is crowned the world’s busiest website on the internet. In just one hour, Google receives 116,892,361 visits, the equivalent of the population of London 13 times over.…
Best web hosting providers according to Reddit
Reddit is a revered content sharing and website rating platform where people discuss a variety of topics. It has more than 300 million monthly active users and enjoys around 14 billion screen views every month, making it one of the most popular social news aggregation sites worldwide. If you’re looking for a good web hosting…