No one is exempt from hackers’ attacks – especially if you use a smartphone. Even if you’ve been super careful not to download any unauthorized apps or taken extra step of installing some privacy or security software like a VPN.

It goes without saying that data breaches can be really dangerous – if you think of the Pegasus scandal, for example. Cybercriminals may record your calls or chats, pinpoint your location and even activate your mic and camera.  

With spyware tools proliferating among authoritative regimes as well as common citizens – often, great IT knowledge isn’t even needed to do so – it’s very important to take care of your mobile digital hygiene and know how to secure your smartphone’s defenses from potential hacks, or what to do if there are signs telling your phone has been hacked.

In this article, we’ll cover both: what you should do to stop and prevent intruders to access your mobile data, and the steps you can take in the event of a hack.

These are some actions you should take to stay on top of your digital hygiene and protect your mobile data from malicious actors. 

1. Keep up with software updates

The first step to secure your phone from snoopers is making their job more difficult. Hackers often exploit software vulnerabilities to intrude into your data. 

So, even though the updating process can be long and eat up your memory, be sure to always use the most updated software version to mitigate the risks. 

2. Manage your app permissions

Even when your apps look safe, they may still be collecting a lot of your sensitive data. They can track your location, access your mic or camera. Sometimes new updates can make them more intrusive, too. 

Defending champ Jordan Spieth and 2021 Masters winner Hideki Matsuyama are among the big names set to battle out this weekend at the TPC San Antonio for the Valero Texas Open. Read on as we explain how to watch a Valspar Championship live stream online with or without cable this week, with golf fans in the US able to watch all the golf on ESPN+.

Spieth earned his first win in nearly four years at last year event, but after something of a mediocre season following his win, the Texan will be hoping to once again regain some form on home turf.

Its early April spot in the calendar makes the tournament a key indicator of form  in the run up to next week’s Masters. 

Among other big names getting in their final preparations before Augusta are Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler. And there’s an added incentive beyond the $8.6 million purse for those taking part in the 2022 edition, with the winner set to be crowned in what is the event’s centenary year.

Follow our guide as we explain how to watch a Valero Texas Open live stream online, so that you won’t miss a moment.

Learning how to pair a Roku remote is key to enjoying all the great content available on your Roku streaming device. As soon as it’s paired, you’ll be able to browse the Roku operating system and start checking out all the streaming apps you’re interested in downloading to your device.

Brand new Roku streaming sticks and devices come with a bespoke Roku remote in the box, so there’s no need to buy one separately unless you’re looking for a replacement or a spare. In addition, the layout of the remote is blissfully simple, featuring relatively few buttons compared to remotes that come with the best 4K TVs you can buy. This means the Roku remote is well-positioned as a device that’s accessible to a wide range of demographics.

But that’s not to say the Roku remote lacks in functionality. It’s purpose-built for browsing the Roku OS, has voice assistant compatibility and even features shortcuts to some of the best streaming apps like Netflix, Spotify and Apple TV Plus.

If you want to explore everything a device like the Roku Streaming Stick 4K has to offer, then, you’ll first need to know how to pair a Roku remote. Read on for our step-by-step guide.

Before we get started pairing the remote, you’ll first need to set up your Roku device by connecting it to the TV. That’s a relatively simple process by itself, and you can learn how to do so by reading our guide on how to connect a Roku streaming device to your TV.

If your Roku device has been connected successfully, upon first use, you’ll see the Roku logo splash screen followed by a language selection menu. This will be the first menu in which you’ll need to make a selection before you can gain full access to Roku OS. But in order to do so, you’ll want to know how to pair the Roku remote so you can begin interacting with the menu.

As shown in the above image, when you access Roku OS for the first time, you’ll be prompted to pair your Roku remote. First, remove the casing on the back of the remote, and ensure you’ve inserted the two AAA batteries required to power the remote. You’ll get a pair included in the box of a brand new Roku streaming device.

With that, we’re almost at the end of the process of pairing your Roku remote. We don’t want to put the protective casing back on the remote just yet, though. Once you’ve slotted the AAA batteries into place, you should see a blinking green light just below where you’ve placed the batteries. If this happens, check your TV screen, and if the “pairing remote” status has appeared, wait roughly five to ten seconds for the process to complete.

If the green light didn’t start blinking on your remote, look for a small, round button right next to the light. You’ll need to hold that button down for around five seconds, after which you’ll manually activate the pairing process.

And with that, you’ve successfully paired your Roku remote to your TV, and you can now continue the setup process and browse everything that Roku OS has to offer.

Sandor Martin (39-2) stunned the boxing world in his last fight, and with the Spaniard’s stock through the roof, he’s made no secret of his ambitions for his first major title. Hoping to bring him back down to earth is Jose Felix Jr. (38-5-1), a powerful fighter with a formidable history of knockouts. You’re in the right place. Here’s how to watch a Martin vs Felix live stream on DAZN all over the world.

Felix has won 38 of his 44 professional bouts, with 30 of those victories coming by way of knockout. Compare that with Martin’s knockout rate of 33%, and it’s clear that the 29-year-old Mexican has the power advantage.

But Martin’s stunning upset victory over Mikey Garcia last October was a showcase of superb skill, athleticism and resilience. The 28-year-old Spaniard out-boxing the former four-division world champion on his own turf, despite fighting at a heavier weight than usual.

Felix last got in the ring in August, when he was beaten by Tyrone McKenna in a thrilling clash that saw both men hit the canvas in a slug out. 

Tonight’s winner will take home the vacant WBA International super lightweight belt. Read on and find out how to watch a Martin vs Felix live stream from anywhere.

There are no DAZN free trials for Martin vs Felix on offer anywhere except for DAZN Japan. The good news, though, is that DAZN subscriptions are very reasonably priced – and even dirt-cheap in some places. 

Boxing fans in Australia and New Zealand are amongst the luckiest in the world, as they can get a Martin vs Felix live stream for just $2.99, while it costs just £7.99 to subscribe to DAZN UK. Click through to find out how much DAZN is where you live.

Pronounced ‘Da Zone’, DAZN is a sports-centric streaming service that launched in 2016 and is now available in over 200 countries all around the world including the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand.

Its offering varies by region, but as an idea, it owns the rights to the Premier League, Champions League, NFL, cricket, snooker, rugby union and more in Canada – one of its original and biggest markets.

It’s also seeking to challenge the pay-per-view boxing hierarchy, and is landing an increasing number of coups.

If you want to know how to save Wordle offline you’ve come to the right place. We’ve methods for saving Wordle to your iPhone, Android device, and PC.

There are good reasons for wanting an offline version of Wordle. If you’ve ever found yourself with that Wordle craving but you’ve just run out of data, you know the pain of Wordle hunger. Then there’s the impending threat of a Wordle paywall. Our favorite five-letter, six guess word game is now owned by the New York Times and, while it is currently still free to access, there’s the possibility that one day it will require an NYT subscription to play Wordle. 

There is a way to save the game offline, so you can Wordle to your heart’s content. Though, how easy it is to set up depends on the device you’re playing on. If you’re using a PC, it’ll be much easier than using a mobile phone. 

Read on to find out how to save Wordle offline and play the game without using your data.

If you download Wordle on your PC it doesn’t just let you play without an internet connection, it also future proofs you against a New York Times paywall. Included in the source code of the Wordle web page is a word list that includes hundreds of upcoming words – if you’re wondering how to cheat at Wordle, this word archive is the key to the method – so this downloaded version will update each day with the correct word, same as the online version. It will even track your win streaks.

It’s simple enough to set up, too. The first thing you have to do is open a web browser on your PC, right-click on a blank space within Wordle, and click ‘save as.’ Where there is a prompt for ‘save as type’, click on it and click ‘save as webpage, complete.’ By doing this, it gives you two elements on your PC. There will be a folder with files in it. Leave that as it is. The second is an HTML file. You double-click it, and there you have it. Wordle is offline.

Downloading Wordle to your mobile device isn’t as effective as it is on PC and it’s a little trickier, but it still lets you play Wordle on the go if you don’t have data.

For Android, go to the webpage, click the three-dotted menu, and select download. From there, you can play Wordle in the event it goes offline.

For iOS, tap the share button, press options next to the webpage URL, select the webpage archive button and click done. Tap save to files, choose a folder, and hit save. You will now also have access to Wordle. Keep in mind that you will have to find the file on your phone by doing it through this method. 

This doesn’t quite the same way as it does on PC. You’ll need to be online when you first access Wordle each day, after which you can turn off your wifi and when you open the downloaded file you’ll be able to play that day’s Wordle as normal.

Philips makes some of the best electric toothbrushes around, but is its Sonicare range good, and which brush the right one for you?

First, the basics: all Sonicare toothbrushes use a sweeping motion (unlike the oscillating movement of many other brushes) and move up to 62,000 times per minute. The idea is that these high-frequency movements gently drive water between your teeth to remove plaque and food without hard brushing that can damage your gums.

Philips isn’t the only company whose toothbrushes are designed to protect your gums (higher-end Oral-B brushes automatically reduce speed if you press too hard) but you’ll find the sonic tech in the entire range of Sonicare brushes, from the simple DailyClean through to the DiamondClean 9000.

All Sonicare toothbrushes also have a two-minute timer, and will pulse to alert you by pulsing every 30 seconds so you know how long to spend brushing each quadrant of your mouth, but there are many differences across the range as well.

Here we’ve rounded up the key difference between the various Sonicare electric toothbrushes so you can make an informed choice and decide which is right for you.

The Sonicare DiamondClean 9000, 9300, 9500 and 9750 are Philips’s top-end electric toothbrushes  with Bluetooth connectivity so you can link the handle to the Philips app on your phone. That might sound like overkill, but it’s actually a very handy feature if you want to improve your brushing technique, giving you guidance to help you clean your mouth more thoroughly.

There’s also a pressure sensor to warn you if you’re pressing too hard with the brush, plus three brushing intensity levels and four modes.

When you connect a Philips ‘smart’ toothbrush head, brushes in the DiamondClean 9000 line will automatically pick the most appropriate mode, then you can dial the intensity up or down to suit your preferences. The handle also logs how long you’ve been using the head for, and warns you when it’s time for a replacement.

The regular Philips Sonicare DiamondClean is a stylish electric toothbrush that’s a particularly good choice for frequent travellers thanks to its carry case and 14-day battery life. Its smart charging puck is powered up via USB, so there’s no need to worry if your hotel bathroom doesn’t have a suitable power outlet.

It has five brushing modes (clean, white, sensitive, gum care and deep clean), but is only supplied with a single brush head.

Energy is the talk of the town and for good reason too. Rising prices and the looming climate threat means reducing energy consumption is creeping up priority lists for businesses and individuals alike. With data centers estimated to account for 1% of the world’s total energy consumption, websites have their part to play in this conversation. 

Performance and aesthetic will likely always trump other website priorities. After all, if a site doesn’t serve its purpose and appeal to the end user then what’s the point? But that’s not to say that energy consumption should be swept under the carpet. 

Of course, data centers hold a huge share of this responsibility. But website owners should be aware of energy saving factors and consider these when choosing or switching web hosting and website builder providers. We need to move away from energy guzzling solutions to a situation where more efficient, greener choices are the norm and not a sacrifice of budget or performance. 

You shouldn’t be burying your head in the sand when it comes to excess capacity. There will of course always be a need for flexibility in your infrastructure, allowing for spikes in traffic and a consistent user experience. Yet this shouldn’t be an excuse for having consistently unused resources. 

Ensuring you have visibility of your resources and keeping track of your usage is a great place to start. Even if you’ve had your hosting service for years and it is working well for you, you may still be wasting significant resource without realizing it. 

Dedicated server hosting, for example, offer great levels of security and if your website needs all the capacity, they can be a great option to ensure performance. But if you are seeing that your site is rarely using all the available resources of your server, you should consider a change. Cloud hosting offers a great, more energy efficient, alternative if this is the case. 

Rather than paying for the entire machine and the energy that’s needed to power it, in the cloud data will be stored across a number of servers that could be spread across locations. You can easily scale up and down the capacity you need, so if you know website visits are likely to increase tomorrow you buy more capacity to meet that. Good providers will allow you to do this in your dashboard making it an easy choice. 

Monitoring how much of your server capacity you actually use and understanding when this may spike over the course of the day, week or even year, will allow you to better optimize how much resource you actually need. This in turn optimises the energy your site consumes, all while saving you some money. 

To a certain extent, energy consumption associated with hosting is at the mercy of colocation and data center operators. In the industry, there are moves towards making data centers more efficient, greener environments and if website owners want to cut their energy consumption, they should be tuned in to how their chosen data center runs. 

Inefficient data centers can easily use as much energy on non-computing processing, like cooling the center, as it can to actually power its servers. The market is working hard to solve this imbalance with developments in cutting edge immersion cooling solutions, but not all centres are as dedicated to introducing this new technology as others. Check out if your provider is making moves in this area or has any plans to soon. 

Manic Street Preachers, Ed Sheeran and Camila Cabello are among the headline acts at Concert for Ukraine, a two-hour live fundraiser for the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. The show gets underway tonight in the UK. To make sure you have the best seat in the house, follow our guide to watch a Concert for Ukraine live stream for free – no matter where you are today.

The telethon was pulled together in just a fortnight, and as such, the Concert for Ukraine line up has been pretty fluid. Becky Hill, Snow Patrol and Paloma Faith are among the other big-name performers taking part, but we wouldn’t be too surprised if there were a couple of unexpected guest appearances on the night.

We’ve listed the official Concert for Ukraine line up just below, with every performer set to belt out one or two numbers with an underlying message of support and solidarity.

The performances will be interspersed with short films, and viewers will be urged to donate money throughout the evening. Here’s where to watch Concert for Ukraine for free online.

Donating is really easy, and your first port of call is dec.org.uk. That has loads of information about how to donate and where your money will go.

You can donate directly online at that site (don’t forget to add Gift Aid!) or, alternatively by:

For a full list visit www.dec.org.uk/many-ways-to-donate

If you’re abroad, you won’t be able to stream Concert for Ukraine on ITV as you’ll find that the ITV stream is geo-blocked. And it doesn’t appear that it will get a wide broadcast across the globe.

Unfortunately, the only way we can really think to get around these geo-restrictions is to use a VPN, which will fool your laptop, mobile or streaming device into thinking it’s back in the UK and thus will let you watch the concert on the ITV Hub.

Right now, we think the best VPN for streaming is the service ExpressVPN, which is fast, easy-to-use and works on a wide breadth of devices including Android and iPhones, the Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox, PlayStation and more. Once installed, locate a server in the UK and watch as if you were back in blighty!

The OnePlus 10 Pro is about to launch – for the second time, but this time it’s a global launch rather than just one for China.

The event kicks off on Thursday March 31 at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm BST, or at 1am Friday 1 AEDT, and if you’d like to watch it live you can – we’ll explain how below.

You might understandably be wondering whether it’s worth tuning in though, given that we already know all the specs of the OnePlus 10 Pro, but there are still a few things that we don’t know, including how much it will actually cost.

So if you’ve got your eyes on OnePlus’s cutting-edge 2022 flagship then it’s worth seeing exactly what the company has in store – and how much it will set you back.

We’re expecting OnePlus to host a video on YouTube for the launch live stream via its official YouTube channel, though at the time of writing only the company’s Indian-region YouTube channel has a listing.

It’s possible that the video will also be viewable on the company’s website, as there’s a page dedicated to the OnePlus 10 Pro launch, but it hasn’t yet been confirmed whether you’ll be able to tune in from there.

Whether you tune in live or not, make sure to keep an eye on TechRadar too, as we’ll be running a live blog and covering the launch in full, complete with our expert analysis.

The Apex Legends next-gen update is nearly here, the game finally moving from its native PS4 and Xbox One apps to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions. 

Players on newer consoles have been calling out for an upgrade for a long while now, with the free-to-play game beginning to feel like a bit of an outlier compared to other popular service games that have updated to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. However, that’s now at an end, as players will now get to enjoy the benefits of bespoke updated versions of Apex Legends. 

That said, this seems to be a soft launch of sorts with some upgrades players might’ve been hoping for, such as 120hz gameplay, not coming at release. Instead, that and several other features are being promised for later. 

However, there are still plenty of reasons to download the application. Here’s how to go about that, and what benefits will actually be available to you. 

The way to get your hands on the next-gen version of Apex Legends will change depending on which console family you’re on. Those on Xbox consoles will have it relatively easily, while those on PlayStation have a couple more steps to go through. 

According to Respawn Entertainment, this process should be largely automated. Thanks to Smart Delivery, the best version available of the game is automatically delivered and installed for you.

The only thing you might want to do is check for an update on the game. This should queue up the update so it begins downloading right when it releases. Otherwise, you can relax – it should all be done for you. 

On the PlayStation side of things, you will have to jump through a couple hoops but it should be relatively easy. 

Once the new update is live and downloaded, go to your Apex Legends hub on your PS5 dashboard. Then cursor down to the ‘…’ button next to ‘Play Game’. You then want to go to ‘Select Version’ and choose the PS5 which will begin the installation. Respawn then suggests deleting the PS4 version of the game. 

One thing to do, if you are reading this before the launch of the PS5 version, is go to the game icon on the dashboard, press the start button and then select ‘Check for Updates’. This should queue the update for when it releases.