17 h. ago Nintendo backtracks on Switch 2 feature leaving some players worried

This feature would have been a game changer for people playing Nintendo Switch 2 in docked mode.

Sport

20 h. ago Sky Broadband deal beats BT and Virgin Media for this exact internet speed

Sky has made its best-selling broadband package even cheaper, meaning you can now snap up Full Fibre 150 Broadband for just £26 a month. But you'll need to be quick to take advantage of it

Economics

1 week ago Thousands at risk of losing mobile data this month as major service to be switched off

While the vast majority of customers will not have to take any action, Virgin Media O2 is directly contacting the small proportion of customers in the area who don’t currently have a 4G or 5G device about the change

Events

2 w. ago Virgin Media O2 unveils cheaper way to give customers more to watch

Virgin Media O2 is offering a much cheaper way to access channels - but it comes at a bad time for some users

Economics

3 w. ago Full list of broadband and mobile price rises including BT, Virgin Media, O2, Sky and Vodafone

Your broadband and mobile bill might be able to get more expensive come this April - but there are ways to cut your costs and secure yourself a better deal

Politics

3 w. ago Virgin Media O2 to switch off 3G leaving some customers without internet

Many of the UK's major mobile providers have gradually been axing all 3G services over the past few years

Economics

3 w. ago EE will pay you £300 to switch from Virgin Media and Sky broadband as April price hikes loom

The broadband experts are paying consumers to ditch their old internet providers - as they pick up the exit fee but its conditions are strict

Economics

4 w. ago Paging Dr Chimp: the medical secrets we can learn from apes, birds and even butterflies

Primates eat bitter bark to kill parasites, while sparrows use cigarette butts to keep ticks off their chicks. Could the wisdom of wildlife be the next frontier in medicine?In Mexico City, house sparrows and house finches are picking up cigarette butts and weaving individual fibres into the lining of their nests. When researchers first discovered the butts – while studying what plastics end up in nests – they assumed it was simply a fluffy material being used as insulation. But through a series of ingenious tests, they discovered that the butts were actually medicinal: the birds actively collected them because the toxin nicotine reduces mites and other blood-sucking parasites. The birds are treating themselves – and their offspring.It’s one of many fascinating examples of animals medicating themselves revealed in Doctors By Nature, a new book by the US-based Dutch academic Jaap de Roode. Apes deliberately swallow leaves to dislodge intestinal worms. Caterpillars switch diets to repe...

Politics