Biztech news Woman convicted for using joke website to try to have ex whacked A woman in the US has been convicted for using the joke website rentahitman.com to try and have her former husband killed. 26/11/2021
Travel News Airbnb rival hopes to revolutionise holiday home rentals in Europe A new booking system from Expedia’s home rental platform is boosting availability across the travel industry. 15/09/2021
Russia Russia blocks access to 'Smart Voting' website linked to Navalny Russia's communications watchdog has blocked access to a voting website linked to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny over its ties to "extremist organisations". 06/09/2021
Russia Russia fines Booking.com record €14.9m for alleged market dominance Russia's regulators said Booking.com had abused its market dominance by preventing hotels from offering lower prices on other services. 27/08/2021
Stays ‘I did a home swap from Oxford to Spain and saved over €4,000’ We speak to a family of eight who have found a way to get free accommodation on holiday. 15/08/2021
Biztech news The self-destructing website that you can tell your deepest secrets to With unexpected beginnings, this self-destructing website caught the imaginations of hundreds of thousands of people during COVID. 02/08/2021
Russia Russia blocks nearly 50 websites linked to Alexei Navalny Russian authorities have restricted access to the website of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and dozens of other sites run by his close allies. 26/07/2021
Biztech news Global internet outages: Banks, airlines and other services affected Brief internet outages hit the websites and apps of dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies due in part to an issue with web services provider Akamai. 17/06/2021
Biztech news Hong Kong security law used to close overseas pro-democracy website Web host Wix was asked by Hong Kong police to shut down a website run by exiled activists. It has since reinstated it and apologised. 03/06/2021
Belarus TUT.BY: Independent Belarus media website blocked after raids Belarus' Ministry of Information has stated that they had restricted access to TUT.BY following an order by the country's general prosecutor. 18/05/2021
Travel News These are the best websites to help with safe travel planning in 2021 We’ve compiled a list of all the most useful sites to ensure you enjoy your long awaited 2021 holiday. 30/04/2021
France As France ramps up vaccine rollout, some find ways to jump the queue French authorities are trying to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations, but some people are tired of waiting and turning to new online tools to get a jab faster. 05/04/2021
Living The top 10 fashion brands with the dirtiest websites revealed Fashion websites in the UK were rated on their carbon footprints. How much does each homepage generate in CO2? 23/03/2021
Travel News Travel websites took the biggest traffic hit in 2020 After a year where travel ground to a halt, online traffic is back on the rise. 28/01/2021
Stays This website lets you see the world through other people’s windows Website WindowSwap means you can see snippets of the world without leaving the comfort of someone else’s home. 09/01/2021
The Cube Splinter-net? Is the internet fracturing along geopolitical lines? "There is a larger and disturbing trend where governments directly interfere with the internet, attempting to score short-term political points, without regard for the long-term damage," Konstantinos Komaitis, of the Internet Society, told Euronews. 11/09/2020
Hungary More than 80 journalists quit Hungarian news site after editor fired Press freedom is under the spotlight in Hungary after the editor of independent news site Index was fired. 24/07/2020
The Cube Germany denies removing Taiwan's flag from Foreign Ministry website The flag is absent from the Foreign Ministry's website under Germany's "One China policy", a decision Taiwan says it is "unable to accept". 16/07/2020
United Kingdom Are coronavirus lockdowns encouraging online gambling? Addiction specialists are worried that more people in the UK are placing bets while under lockdown, amid a surge in advertising for online gambling. 21/04/2020
United Kingdom Locked-down Europeans flock to British Museum's online collections Egyptian mummies without the crowds: traffic to the museum's online galleries has more than tripled amid coronavirus lockdowns. 16/04/2020
France 'Uber-ising medicine': Health chiefs slam sick note website in France A newly launched online service in France provides valid sick notes after a video consultation. Health chiefs are not happy. 09/01/2020
Italy Italy's website that tracks lawmaking is down — and no one knows why Established in April 2012 by the technocratic government of Mario Monti, the public portal has been used by successive governments to outline the progress of their policies through the legislative process. 27/06/2018
world news Paris and Rome most popular UNESCO sites on Wikipedia Good news for European tourism? Half of the 20 most popular sites are located in the EU. 08/01/2018
USA States using internet to threaten democracy on the increase A recent report by Freedom House highlights a growing number of regimes using the internet to disrupt democracy abroad and limit individual freedom at home. 14/11/2017
world news What does the world most want to learn how to do on Google? Google has revealed the top 10 most-searched questions across the world 05/09/2017
Ukraine Ukraine blocks Russia's answer to Facebook and Google Russia's Facebook and Google equivalents have been banned in Ukraine - hitting millions of web surfers. 16/05/2017
