Mobile phones

Younger users have created their own emoji-based slang, language experts sayplaceholder image

The top 10 emojis used differently between generations

Presenter and tech expert Georgie Barrat has teamed up with Smart Energy GB to test the reliability of our favourite techplaceholder image

Old tech Brits miss the most - include cassette tapes and MP3 players

Even with new legal safeguards, parents have a role to play in keeping children safe onlineplaceholder image

1 in 10 kids have seen adult content online – safety talks at any age

According to analysis by Mobiles.co.uk these are the worst tourist attractions for phone signal in the UK. Photo: Astarot - stock.adobe.complaceholder image

The 10 ‘dead zones’ where it is hardest to get a phone signal

People receive emergency alert text during test in 2023placeholder image

Emergency Alert to be sent to millions of phones in UK

The 10 worst signal dead spots where you will get poor phone signal in the UKplaceholder image

Is Three network still down? Latest after major outage

Has your phone signal been worse recently? Photo: PheelingsMedia - stock.adobe.complaceholder image

Shock reason your phone signal is ‘abysmal’ right now

Current guidelines in both the UK and France allow young children to use screens for an hour or two each dayplaceholder image

Experts say screen time causing 'permanent damage' to children under 6

Drug dealer dumps gun and cocaine then asks police “can I call my dad?” during arrestplaceholder image

"Can I call my dad?" - dealer dumps gun and £16k cocaine in a bush

From AI companions to targeted ads, the web can exert a huge 'digital influence' on young usersplaceholder image

What parents must know about 'digital influence', and its risk to kids

More than 50% of children were actively using screens during dinner, the study foundplaceholder image

9 questions to get kids talking, as screens 'kill family dinner chat'

There are ways parents can help their children be safer and more aware on social mediaplaceholder image

5 ways parents can help kids be social media safe, from a psychologist

Teen stares at phone while stood on level crossing. Network Rail placeholder image

Teen stops on level crossing to text on mobile phone

Ofcom's collection of new law changes are aimed at keeping children safer onlineplaceholder image

How Ofcom’s new online safety changes will protect your child

The UK's technology secretary says he will be watching how TikTok's curfew for young people plays outplaceholder image

What a potential 'social media curfew' could mean for parents

Major health organisations like WHO and the NHS have screen time recommendations for parentsplaceholder image

How much screen time experts say your child should have at every age

Drug dealer lobs bin bag of heroin over fence during police raidplaceholder image

Drug dealer throws £10k cocaine over a fence as cops raid home

Emojis and the different understandings generations have of them is a key plot point in 'Adolescence'placeholder image

Emojis with hidden meanings parents should know - and whether to worry

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56 of the best photos take you back to Birmingham in the 1990s

Gareth used a company’s online quote service to see if he could save some moneyplaceholder image

How I saved £140 a month on bills during ‘Awful April’

Changing our clocks twice a year is a custom which dates back more than a century. Image: Adobe Stockplaceholder image

Does the clock go forward on your phone automatically

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New tech keeps vulnerable Brits connected in power cuts, and it's free

Sir Trevor McDonald, 85, was encouraged out of retirement to announce The Big Nationwide Thank Youplaceholder image

Sir Trevor McDonald announces £600m Nationwide 'Thank You' fund

New app 'Parent Geenee' can limit how your child uses different apps at home, school - or even at friend's hosuesplaceholder image

The new app that lets parents customise what apps kids use, and where

A man who twice failed to provide a PIN code for his mobile phone after being stopped at Belfast International Airport has been given a suspended prison term. Picture: pixabay (generic image).placeholder image

The £3 SIM deal that can save you money when you go abroad

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The best time to sell your old iPhone before the iPhone 16e drops

The iPhone 16placeholder image

New 2025 Apple iPhone SE launch date confirmed

Discord will let you 'ignore' users in new featureplaceholder image

Popular messaging app will now let you ‘ignore’ users

These questions can get your child really thinking about their phone useplaceholder image

3 ways to discuss problem screen time with your kids

The House of Commons' Education Committee took a deep dive into the effects of screen time on children last yearplaceholder image

11 ways phone use impacts children, from school to mental health

Common red flags include passing up on spending face-to-face time with friends, or secretly staying up late on phones or computersplaceholder image

The 20 common signs that your child is having too much screen time

Woman on a smartphone in a snowstorm. Photo: ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Imagesplaceholder image

How phone signal and WhatsApp is affected by snow

The 10 worst signal dead spots where you will get poor phone signal in the UKplaceholder image

UK's worst mobile signal spots named

Michael Harrison made the world's first mobile phone call just after midnight on January 1, 1985placeholder image

‘I made the UK's first mobile phone call in 1985'

A driver was caught eating cereal at the wheelplaceholder image

Drivers filmed eating cereal and typing on tablet on motorways

The Explorer 100 is small and light enough to carry aroundplaceholder image

Black Friday: This Jackery power station is at its lowest ever price

'Sticky Bandits' gang who named themselves after the Home Alone crooks - stole £2.6 million worth of machines and metals - mostly targeting businesses while they were closed over the festive period.placeholder image

Caught On Camera: ‘Sticky Bandits’ burglars leave 'Merry Xmas' tag

The Google Pixel 9placeholder image

'Cheapest ever' Google Pixel 9 deals arrive for Black Friday 2024

The best Black Friday phone dealsplaceholder image

The best mobile phone deals for Black Friday 2024

Young people could miss the chance for invaluable hands-on learning if phones are completely banned from schoolsplaceholder image

'Banning phones in schools might do kids more harm than good' Amber Allott

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