‘TSB gave me access to someone’s £35,000’
On April 23, 2018 by LuciusImage copyright Matthew Neal Image caption Matthew Neal got a shock when he logged onto his TSB account A TSB customer was given access to someone else’s £35,000 savings account, £11,000 Isa, and a business account when he logged onto his account last night. Matthew Neal had simply wanted to check how much he’d spent
Man fined for hate crime after filming pug’s ‘Nazi salutes’
On April 23, 2018 by LuciusMedia playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMark Meechan believed his sentence set a “really, really dangerous precedent” A man who filmed a pet dog giving Nazi salutes before putting the footage on YouTube has been fined £800. Mark Meechan, 30, recorded his girlfriend’s pug, Buddha, responding to statements such as “Sieg Heil” by
A UK journalist is suing Facebook for defamation over fake ads
On April 23, 2018 by LuciusA high-profile British journalist and entrepreneur has announced he plans to sue Facebook for defamation over fake adverts published on the site. Martin Lewis, founder of consumer help site MoneySavingExpert.com, announced he’s issuing High Court proceedings for a “campaigning defamation lawsuit against Facebook.” According to a statement, Facebook “has published over 50 fake Martin Lewis
Giant inflatable T-rex pops the question during London marathon
On April 23, 2018 by LuciusProposals come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes it happens during a romantic stroll through the countryside. Other times it might be in a more public setting, like a restaurant or a football game. Maybe on holiday. Or, alternatively, it might take place during the London marathon while one half of the relationship is dressed
Family-owned Smugmug acquires Flickr, rescuing it from the sinking post-Yahoo ship
On April 22, 2018 by LuciusFlickr exists, in part, because I needed a photo-sharing tool to help me woo my long-distance girlfriend, who later became my wife, and whom I’ve been with now for 15 years — so I have watched the service’s long decline and neglect at the hands of Yahoo, and then its sale to the loathsome
Verne Troyer, Mini-Me star from ‘Austin Powers,’ is dead at age 49
On April 22, 2018 by LuciusHe was 49.Image: Ian West/Getty Images By Jack Morse2018-04-21 21:11:07 UTC Actor Verne Troyer died on Saturday at the age of 49. Troyer was perhaps most famous for his roles in the Austin Powers film series, where he played Dr. Evil henchman Mini-Me. An Instagram post to his official account broke the sad news.
Donald Trump suggests he may pardon Jack Johnson because — c’mon, you know why
On April 22, 2018 by LuciusWhile past presidents were mourning former First Lady Barbara Bush at her funeral in Houston today, President Trump was on his phone in Mar-a-Lago, having his usual Twitter meltdown. In between excoriating James Comey and tossing around conspiracy theories about Mr. Peepers, President Trump decided to suddenly announce he was considering a pardon for Jack
HQ Trivia: The free app giving away thousands of pounds
On April 22, 2018 by LuciusImage copyright HQ Trivia How do you win thousands of pounds straight from your phone for free? For many, the answer is the popular quiz show app HQ Trivia. The game came to the UK in early 2018 after being released in the US the year before. The free app live-streams 15-minute quiz shows throughout
Jeremy Hunt threatens social media with new child-protection laws
On April 22, 2018 by LuciusImage copyright Facebook/AFP/Google Image caption Jeremy Hunt has written to a number of internet companies, including Facebook and Google Jeremy Hunt has threatened social media firms with new laws if they don’t do more to protect children online. In a letter to companies including Facebook and Google, the health secretary accused them of “turning a
2,000+ awesome hieroglyphs, coming soon to Unicode
On April 21, 2018 by LuciusUnicode pioneer Michael Suignard has submitted a “Revised draft for the encoding of an extended Egyptian Hieroglyphs repertoire” in Unicode, trying to replicate the expressivity of the 7,000 hieroglyphs used in Greco/Roman times. His taxonomy includes over 2,000 awesome, well-sorted glyphs, including the all-important “phallus” and “liquid issuing from phallus”.
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