Tag Archives: Online

The internet kicked off the week the way that many of us often feel like doing: by refusing to go to work. An outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) rendered huge portions of the internet unavailable on Monday morning, with sites and services including Snapchat, Fortnite, Venmo, the PlayStation Network …

On Sept. 11, Michigan representatives proposed an internet content ban bill unlike any of the others we’ve seen: This particularly far-reaching legislation would ban not only many types of online content, but also the ability to legally use any VPN. The bill, called the Anticorruption of Public Morals Act and …

The Myanmar military says it has captured one of the most notorious scam compounds on the border with Thailand, as it reclaims key territory it lost in the ongoing civil war. KK Park, south of the border town of Myawaddy, has been synonymous with online fraud, money laundering and human …

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently experiencing a major outage that has taken down online services, including Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, and more. The AWS status checker is reporting that multiple services are “impacted” by operational issues, and that the company is “investigating increased error rates and latencies for multiple …

Jason Arunn MurugesuNorth East and Cumbria Supplied The father said changes to the family reunion scheme would cause “everlasting” damage Plans to make it more difficult for refugees to bring their families to the UK will cause them “everlasting” damage, a former asylum seeker says. The man, who fled West …

Osmond ChiaBusiness reporter Watch: Bangladesh’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport engulfed in flames Business leaders in Bangladesh fear losses of more than $1bn (£750m) after a devastating fire broke out in the logistics section of the country’s main airport on Saturday. Clothes and raw materials were among the goods destroyed, which …

Mark SimpsonCommunity correspondent, BBC News NI BBC Ali Totten and Cecilia Daly have offered reading suggestions Bus and train passengers are being encouraged to read or listen to more books on their journeys in Northern Ireland. Many people scroll through social media on their smartphone while on public transport rather …

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If you’re a pop culture or movie fan, chances are you’ve heard some of the lore behind the scariest horror movies ever made. Stories about how actor Gregory Peck’s airplane was struck by lightning when he was en route to shoot The Omen, the film about a child presumed to …

Simon FinlayLocal Democracy Reporting Service Getty Images A leaked video appears to show Linden Kemkaran swearing and telling councillors from her party to “suck it up” The leader of a Reform UK-led council has threatened to expel the “cowards” who leaked footage of a heated online meeting. A video published …

Dawn Littler Frankie the Cavapoo has not been seen since 2022 A midwife is offering a £15,000 reward for information leading to the discovery of her missing dog Dawn Littler, 51, from Whitefield in Bury, is offering the cash to anyone who can help find her female Cavapoo, Frankie – …

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All 1,287 Betfred shops could disappear from the UK High Street if Chancellor Rachel Reeves hikes taxes on gambling firms, the company’s co-founder and chairman has told the BBC. Fred Done, who set up Betfred in 1967 with his brother, said a closure of that size would put 7,500 jobs …

Sophie ParkerWest of England Bristol Zoological Society The gorillas at the closed Bristol Zoo Gardens in Clifton are waiting for a move to a larger site A zoo has said intruders are posing a risk to its gorillas after a video circulated online from someone who had broken in and …

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill over an incident that led to a partial lockdown at a school where three people were previously stabbed An allegedly threatening message was made against a pupil at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, on Friday. In …

A US woman who allegedly asked her twin to take responsibility for a deadly crash with an Amish buggy has been sentenced to four years in prison. Police said Samantha Petersen was high on methamphetamine after work when she rear-ended a horse-drawn buggy near Spring Valley, Minnesota, in September 2023. …

A funder of YouTube content creators including the Sidemen has landed £80m in new backing from investors including a firm chaired by George Osborne, the former chancellor. Sky News has learnt that Viewture, which was established in 2020, will next week announce new debt and equity funding packages led by …

A group of 59 South Koreans detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in online scams have been repatriated in handcuffs. The group arrived at Incheon Airport on Saturday morning, several days after South Korea sent a team to Cambodia to discuss scam centre kidnappings of its nationals. They are among …

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Hugh SchofieldParis correspondent LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP Defence lawyers said Cédric Jubillar had just found out his wife had begun an affair when she disappeared A murder trial without a body which transfixed France has ended with 38-year-old painter-decorator Cédric Jubillar convicted of killing his wife. Throughout the four-week trial, Jubillar maintained …