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Ilexx/Getty Images While some consumers spend hours researching must-add Google Chrome extensions, most don’t consider which ones they need to delete. Following a seven-year cyberhacking campaign that infected roughly 4.3 million Chrome and Edge browsers with spyware, it might be time to do just that. Dubbed ShadyPanda by the cybersecurity research firm Koi Security, which first reported…

Growing customer use of artificial intelligence (AI) alongside the continued draw of live sports and major gaming releases has resulted in record levels of data consumption across the networks of Virgin Media O2, including an 8% rise in broadband usage and an 18% rise in mobile traffic. The analysis of traffic on the leading UK…

As the calendar turns the final pages on 2025, the information technology sector stands at a critical juncture regarding its environmental commitments. This year was not marked by technological breakthroughs solving decarbonisation, but by the decisive maturation of sustainability from a strategic differentiator into an operational and regulatory imperative. This transition involved a painful reckoning…

wisely/Shutterstock Google’s December 2025 security update patched 107 vulnerabilities for Android devices. For a complete catalog of all the issues, you can refer to the update notes hosted on the the Android Security Bulletin; including the two high-severity flaws listed at “critical” and “severe” levels. According to the bulletin, the patch will fix a critical security vulnerability…

Kevin Carter/Getty Images E-commerce giant Amazon is about to close out an impressive 2025 and is looking forward to an even bigger 2026. Fans of shopping at Amazon for groceries can look forward to an expansion of stores across the next year. Amazon is going all-in on its robotaxi service, not for deliveries, but to…

The government procurement chiefs at the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) are gearing up for the 2026 launch of the 15th iteration of the government’s G-Cloud procurement framework, having treated the purchasing agreement to the biggest revamp in its history. The framework’s value and length are both markedly larger and longer, respectively, compared with previous iterations…

Mobile connectivity across the UK is becoming faster and more responsive on average; a marked gap still persists between the quality of experience in urban and rural areas; and the gap between the best and worst-performing local authorities remains significant, according to research from Ookla. The analyst’s Speedtest Intelligence report for 2025 takes an overview…

The UK government has admitted that IT systems at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) were hacked in October, but insists the attack had a “low risk” of personal data being compromised. During a round of broadcast interviews today (19 December 2025), trade minister Chris Bryant said it was “not clear” who perpetrated the…

Joji/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Choosing the right HDMI cable for your smart TV or peripherals connected to your television should be a straightforward experience. Even though there are several kinds of standard HDMI cables, with the latest being the HDMI 2.2 introduced at CES 2025, you shouldn’t…

Alex Photo Stock/Shutterstock If you thought you could escape the “6-7” meme online, you’d better think again, as even Google has joined the phenomenon by incorporating a “6-7” Easter egg right into Google Search, where it often includes such references to notable events. The “Pluribus” Google Search Easter egg is one such example. Reported by 9to5Google,…