19 h. ago Are smartphones eroding the experience of watching football?

Phones make everything easier but they have bred impatience and diluted the escapism of going to gamesBy Nutmeg magazineIn November 1980, I was 13 and making my way to Firhill from East Kilbride alone, arriving at the game to discover there was no manager in the dugout. It seemed very strange but, as I went on my own and was too shy to speak to anyone while I was there, it wasn’t until the next day that I found out via the Sunday Mail that Bertie Auld had resigned and gone to Hibs.The news was devastating. Bertie was my first manager, in charge for all the years I’d been a supporter, all of them in the Premier League. Now he’d gone and nobody had told me. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago UK emergency test alert sparks conspiracies from 'alien invasion' to 'nuke attack'

An announcement will be sent to almost every switched-on iPhone and Android device in the country at 3pm on Sunday, September 7, with the test set to last for 10 seconds

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69 h. ago ‘My cats are always grooming, chasing or cuddling’: Sagar Pavale’s best phone picture

The India-based photographer worked quietly so that he didn’t disturb this blissful momentSagar Pavale’s cats are sunseekers. Pavale, who lives in Bengaluru, India, had just finished some jobs around the house when he spotted the pair in their favourite spot, on a couch near a window.“They love it there, I think because it gets just the right amount of afternoon light,” Pavale says. “They often nap together, especially when the weather is calm. Kalya the black cat, who was four at the time, is a little reserved, but incredibly affectionate when he trusts you. The lighter one, Mani, was two. She’s playful and a bit mischievous. Despite the age gap, and the fact that they’re not littermates, they’ve formed a really strong bond. Kalya has a protective, big-brother energy about him, and they’re always grooming, chasing or cuddling.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago How to turn off Emergency Alerts on iPhone and Android ahead of UK test

People can alter the settings on their devices so that they do not receive the Emergency Alert

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3 d. ago Millions of UK mobile phones to receive test emergency alert on Sunday

Devices will vibrate and make a siren sound for 10 seconds at 3pm, with message confirming alert is a testMillions of mobile phones will vibrate and make a siren sound across the UK on Sunday afternoon during a test of a nationwide emergency alert system.Handset users will also receive a message on their screens reminding them the 10-second alert, which will happen at 3pm, is a test. There are about 87m mobile phones in the UK. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Millions of UK iPhone and Android users at risk of emergency alert scam this weekend

The Government is set to blast an emergency alert through everyone's phones at 3pm on Sunday, 7 September - but cybersecurity experts are warning that hackers are planning to use the test to trick people

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5 d. ago Government Emergency Alert System Test 2025: Here's when your phone will sound a siren

Around 87,000,000 mobile phones across Scotland and the UK will receive the warning this weekend.

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6 d. ago Motability Scheme and Blue Badge eligibility could be impacted by DWP PIP mobility review

The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed eligibility for the mobility part of Personal Independence Payment will be reviewed

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6 d. ago DWP confirms PIP review could impact Motability and Blue Badge entitlements

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed eligibility for the mobility part of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) will be reviewed alongside the daily living element, as part of the UK Government's welfare reforms

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9 d. ago ‘The surfers were methodical and mesmerising’: Ed Templeton’s best phone picture

The US photographer watched on enviously as young people enjoyed the artificial wave in the centre of MunichEd Templeton had woken up in Zurich, Switzerland, that morning, but by the early afternoon he’d arrived by train in Germany. He was visiting the city of Munich, and after dropping his bags at a central hotel, he walked to the city’s Englischer Garten. “It’s one of the biggest parks in Europe,” he says, and home to the Eisbach river’s famous artificial wave. “The surfers follow unwritten rules based on respect that are fascinating to watch. They line up on either side of the river and take turns. When one surfer falls off the wave and is swept away in the current, another jumps on, and everyone cheers each other on. It’s methodical and quite mesmerising. It takes great skill to jump from the wall into the wave, and manoeuvre back and forth in such a narrow space.”He took this image from a bridge, because “while the banks on either side of the river create a perfect amphitheatre...

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1 week ago Honor Magic V5 review: fantastic foldable phone that needs better Android software

Super-svelte body, fast chip, high capacity battery and big camera make it some of the best phone-tablet hardwareHonor’s latest foldable phone-tablet attempts to usurp Samsung as the leader of the pack with a super-thin body, massive battery and a ginormous camera lump on the back.The Magic V5 is an impressively thin piece of engineering, slimmed down to about 8.9mm thick when shut, with each half about the same thickness as a USB-C port. It feels very similar to a standard slab phone in the hand, but one you can open up like a book for a mini-tablet on the go.Main screen: 7.95in (403ppi) 120Hz OLED flexible displayCover screen: 6.43in (405ppi) 120Hz OLEDProcessor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 EliteRAM: 16GBStorage: 512GBOperating system: MagicOS 9.0.1 (Android 15)Camera: 50MP + 50MP ultrawide + 64MP 3x tele; 2x 20MP selfieConnectivity: 5G, dual sim + esim, USB-C, wifi 7, NFC, Bluetooth 6, GNSSWater resistance: IP58 and IP59 (immersion and high pressure jets)Dimensions folded: 156.8 x 74.3...

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1 week ago Time’s up for tinny tunes and blaring football highlights. London's headphone cavalry has arrived | Hugh Muir

The capital’s transport authority will erect signs aimed at noisy mobile phone users. Might the next stop be relative calm and a bit more civility?There is that scene in so many westerns films, of the kind forever playing on daytime TV, when all seems lost but suddenly the cavalry comes riding over the horizon.The cavalry came to save me this week and they were wearing the uniforms of Transport for London, which runs the buses and many of the railways in the capital. TfL, as it is known, wants all who play stuff on their mobile phones without headphones to get out of town by sundown. Or at the very least to stop it. Signs are going up to that effect. Yeehaw! Go get them!Hugh Muir is executive editor, Opinion Continue reading...

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1 week ago Best Pay By Mobile Casinos UK: Top Pay By Phone Casino Sites Ranked and Reviewed

We pick out the best Pay By Mobile casino sites in the UK and rank them in order

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2 w. ago Google Gemini upgrades add more autonomous AI to phones and watches

From anticipating useful data from your digital life to improving your photography, chatbot makes advancesGoogle’s latest Gemini AI upgrades attempt to anticipate what useful information you made need from your life to address a potential issue, make you to better photographer or become your personalised health and sleep coach.Shipping on the just-announced Pixel 10 Android phones, the new Magic Cue feature enables the chatbot to comb through your digital life and pull up relevant information on your phone just when you need it. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Google launches Pixel 10 with AI tools that anticipate users’ needs

Gemini’s new Magic Cue feature allows chatbot to scan digital life and pull up relevant informationGoogle’s latest Gemini AI upgrades attempt to anticipate what useful information you made need from your life to address a potential issue, make you to better photographer or become your personalised health and sleep coach.Shipping on the just-announced Pixel 10 Android phones, the new Magic Cue feature enables the chatbot to comb through your digital life and pull up relevant information on your phone just when you need it. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Google beats Apple's iPhone 17 release with surprise Android smartphone launch

Google is back with four new Pixel phones that have launched weeks before Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 17.

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3 w. ago Best phones in 2025: Top Android and iPhone mobiles reviewed

Looking to upgrade your smartphone? These are the top models to consider in 2025

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3 w. ago Tech expert's 6 mistakes to avoid if your iPhone or Android is more than two years old

There are many blunders mobile phone users are guilty of making - but they must be avoided to preserve your device

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3 w. ago ‘The stone is like a sign pointing the way for pilgrims’: Adelino Marques’s best phone picture

On the route of the Camino de Santiago, the Portuguese photographer spotted an impossible-looking rock Adelino Marques was taking a morning walk on the coast near his holiday home in Moledo, north-west Portugal, when he took this image. “It’s the northernmost beach in Portugal and is considered one of the most beautiful in the country,” Marques says. “It also has two unique features: a fort in the middle of the sea, which served as a defence against various attacks over the centuries and is now a national monument, and the hill you can see in the background of this image, Monte de Santa Tecla. It’s in the neighbouring country of Spain, but is nevertheless an icon of this beach.”In the foreground of the image is a rock that echoes the shape of the hill, with a stone “placed atop in a way that would seem impossible. Pilgrims pass through this area every day to walk to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, a pilgrimage that covers around 500 miles [805km] and takes about...

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3 w. ago Return of the flip phone: does Apple’s foldable iPhone signal a new era in design?

Experts say Apple’s foray into flip phones is sign that consumers want devices that optimise internet use Back in 2005, nothing felt more high-powered and sophisticated than ending a call by snapping shut a clamshell flip phone.Now, two decades since they hit peak popularity, they’re back – with Apple rumoured to be working on its first ever flip phone. Continue reading...

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