Google Store is set to ban stalkerware apps but leaves a loophole for hackers to launch services

Google has officially banned stalkerware from the Play Store. Stalkerware apps allow users to spy on someone’s phone, tablet or other devices without their knowledge or consent, allowing hackers to track children, employees, spouses, or even complete strangers.  The tech giant announced the ban, which goes into effect on October 1, in an update Wednesday to … Read more

Nicky Hilton sports ruffled snakeskin dress in New York after branding sister Paris ‘greedy’ in doc

Nicky Hilton sports ruffled snakeskin dress for a photo shoot in New York… after branding sister Paris ‘greedy’ in new YouTube documentary By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 22:21 BST, 17 September 2020 | Updated: 22:21 BST, 17 September 2020 She’s making the most out of a unique New York Fashion Week. And Nicky Hilton … Read more

New book Eat The Buddha by Barbara Demick tells the tragic story of the people of Tibet

POLITICS EAT THE BUDDHA  by Barbara Demick (Granta, £18.99, 272pp) The very word ‘Tibet’ has romantic, resonance.  The ‘Roof of the World’ conjures the vast snowy wastes of the High Himalayan plateau, populated by yaks, nomadic herders, yetis and Buddhist lamas in russet robes, capable of levitation and clairvoyance. Alas, there is a very different … Read more

Earl Spencer’s book The White Ship reveals how Henry I’s heir William drowned trying to save sister

HISTORY  THE WHITE SHIP by Charles Spencer (William Collins £25, 352 pp) On a cold but clear November night in 1120, almost exactly 900 years ago, a ship sailed out of Barfleur harbour on the Normandy coast, bound for Southampton. Everyone on board was cheerfully drunk but perfectly optimistic.  The tide had turned and was with … Read more

Nene Leakes reveals she’s done with The Real Housewives Of Atlanta after 11 seasons with on the show

Nene Leakes reveals she’s done with The Real Housewives Of Atlanta after ‘exhausting’ negotiations… following 11 seasons on the show Nene was part of the show’s first set of stars, starting during season one in 2008 She briefly left the show, skipping season nine only to return the next year  In her YouTube announcement Leakes … Read more

Branson’s £300m Virgin blank cheque: British tycoon to expand empire

Branson’s £300m Virgin blank cheque: British tycoon reveals plans to expand his empire buying new businesses By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:54 BST, 17 September 2020 | Updated: 21:54 BST, 17 September 2020 Sir Richard Branson has proposed a so-called special purpose acquisition vehicle – or ‘spac’ Sir Richard Branson has revealed … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Novacyt sales up tenfold amid battle to beat Covid

Being a fast mover in the battle to beat Covid has paid off for Novacyt, a biotechnology tiddler listed on AIM that few retail investors had heard of at the start of the year. Things have changed dramatically since then, after the French group’s Southampton-based subsidiary, Primerdesign, developed one of the world’s first coronavirus tests … Read more