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Petrol prices drop to 64 cents per litre in some places as prices continue to plunge

Adelaide has the cheapest fuel in the country on average with prices falling to 89.5 cents per litre on April 1 for unleaded. Brisbane has the second cheapest price of 98.3 cents per litre.




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Italian duo display incredible rooftop rally between their homes during lockdown 

The footage, posted on Reddit and titled 'Can't play tennis in this quarantine? Think again' shows a woman rallying shots back and forth with her neighbour over their rooftops in northern Italy.




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Hospital worker reveals girlfriend's ex proposed to her in quarantine

US-based Reddit user Cloud587587 opened up about his girlfriend of nearly a month and a half and her troublesome ex in the 'Relationship Advice' forum on Monday.




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People admit the words and phrases they've been saying wrong their entire lives in a Reddit thread

An Australian woman said she still cringes about pronouncing the word 'lingerie' as 'linger-y' until she was 19, while an American woman grew up saying Parmesan as 'Farmer John'.




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Jordan Barrett denies bizarre sex tape claims with model Caroline Vreeland

Model Jordan Barrett has hit back at claims he has an online sex tape with former fling and New York socialite, Caroline Vreeland.




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SALLY HAMILTON: Forget Bodie and Doyle, try the pensions Professionals

1970s series The Professionals is still great TV - and reminds Sally Hamilton of her youth, when she failed to save. Like her, the nation is facing a huge challenge over pension provisions.




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How to stop YOUR pension savings from becoming an annuity horror show

Retirement is supposed to be a happy time, whether you are looking forward to filling it with a pipe-and-slippers or travel-the-world lifestyle. But in recent years it has become more complex and stressful.




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US Open 2019 betting tips, picks and odds: Tiger Woods can tame Brooks Koepka at Pebble Beach

BETTING GUIDE: The US Open at glorious Pebble Beach is nearly upon us. CHRIS CUTMORE runs through the betting market and offers some tips on where the smart money might lie.




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US Open 2019 Leaderboard- Live golf score updates from first round at Pebble Beach

The 119th US Open starts today at one of its most iconic venues, the glorious Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. You can keep up with all the latest scores right here.




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US Open 2019 Leaderboard - Live updates from second round at Pebble Beach

The 119th US Open continues at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Friday, with Justin Rose leading after a stunning six-under-par first round of 65. You can keep up with all the latest scores right here.




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US Open 2019 Leaderboard, LIVE - Latest updates from third round

The 119th US Open continues at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Saturday, with Justin Rose two shots behind overnight leader Gary Woodland.




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US Open 2019 - Final Round: Live golf updates and leaderboard at Pebble Beach

The 119th US Open continues at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Sunday, with Justin Rose one shot behind leader Gary Woodland in the final round. Get latest score and updates here.




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Adam Scott has back-and-forth with Senator Mitch McConnell's team after it uses gif of him

The 46-year-old actor did not take kind to the social media team for the Kentucky Republican using an image of him winking in character as Ben Wyatt on NBC's Parks and Recreation.




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Rory McIlroy misses Hollywood ending after Adam Scott clinched victory at Genesis Invitational

DEREK LAWRENSON IN LOS ANGELES: There was no Hollywood ending on Sunday for Rory McIlroy following his first week back as world number one.




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PETER HITCHENS: When police foot patrols stop, stabbings rise - it's that simple 

PETER HITCHENS: How quickly we get used to evil. Stabbings in the streets, once incredibly rare in this country, are now common in big cities and become more so every year.




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PETER HITCHENS: The killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was state murder.

PETER HITCHENS: Did World War Three begin last Thursday? I fear it may have. Assassinations can have limitless effects and when ordered by the US president, it is hard to see good.




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PETER HITCHENS: Don't dump Labour in the bin

PETER HITCHENS: Where political parties combine patriotism, a strong but just welfare state, good education, firm policing and tough defence, they tend to win elections.




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PETER HITCHENS: Boris Johnson is shoving retired British soldiers back into the firing line

PETER HITCHENS: A key part of the resurrection of 'power-sharing' in Northern Ireland is a pledge to revive a rather nasty deal called the Stormont House Agreement.




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PETER HITCHENS: Even I can see that HS2 is madness 

PETER HITCHENS: As a small boy, I actually cried when they tore up the railways. It was fury as much as it was sorrow. I could see it was wrong and stupid, but nobody else could.




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PETER HITCHENS: There IS a way to make our police safer - but it's NOT 50,000-volt Tasers

PETER HITCHENS: Richard, who has in the past mocked abuse of Tasers by police, has now changed his mind and concluded from this that all officers should be armed with these devices.




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PETER HITCHENS: I love what the BBC used to be, but I can't defend it any longer

I don't think I can defend the BBC much longer, PETER HITCHENS writes. For years, I've been one of the few conservative patriots I know who still stand up for the licence fee.




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PETER HITCHENS: Who let the IRA gangsters take over Ireland? We did

PETER HITCHENS: We worry whenever some tiny band of neo-Nazis win a few votes in a backward corner of Germany. But this is as nothing to what is now happening in Dublin.




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PETER HITCHENS: The unlikely villain behind all those nannying warnings is finally revealed 

PETER HITCHENS: As I cross the bridge to my platform a treacly, ingratiating male voice intones: 'When on the stairs, please use the handrail - and take care!'




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PETER HITCHENS: How the ultra-left silent revolution took over Britain 

PETER HITCHENS: The idea that criminals are bad people who need to be punished and deterred has been abandoned. Crime is now officially a disease to be cured by 'treatment'.




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PETER HITCHENS: Today, I'm publishing the document that could save us from war

It is my privilege to publish the defence of two scientists who could not abide the suppression of the evidence they had gathered regarding an alleged atrocity in Syria, writes PETER HITCHENS.




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PETER HITCHENS: Legalise cannabis? Let's ask the five victims of a crazed London knifeman first 

PETER HITCHENS: If Jason Kakaire had screamed 'Allahu akbar!' as he went about his bloody work, you would have heard of him, and he would have been debated in the House of Commons.




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PETER HITCHENS: Britain is infected... by a bad case of madness

PETER HITCHENS: I have serious doubts about whether our Government has any idea how to slow the spread of this virus. I suspect it quietly reached these shores long before anyone noticed.




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PETER HITCHENS: Is shutting down Britain REALLY the right answer?

PETER HITCHENS: Here I am, asking bluntly - is the closedown of the country the right answer to the coronavirus? If we have this wrong we have a great deal to lose.




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PETER HITCHENS: This Great Panic is foolish, yet our freedom is still broken and economy crippled

PETER HITCHENS: As I watched the Prime Minister order mass house arrest on Monday night, I felt revulsion, anger and grief - as anyone brought up when this was a free and well-governed...




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PETER HITCHENS: The deep velvet quiet of our cities is as terrifying as a fire bell in the night

PETER HITCHENS: How is it to be paid for? Oh, everyone says, the Government will pay. But when will it sink in that when we say 'the Government' we mean us?




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PETER HITCHENS: Matt Hancock is trying to run the UK like my 1950s prep school 

Until I started travelling in the Communist world, my main experience of living under tyranny was my time at a boarding school on the edge of Dartmoor, 60 years ago, PETER HITCHENS writes.




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PETER HITCHENS: Have five weeks of mad lockdown panic actually done us good? 

PETER HITCHENS: The report from the Office for Budget Responsibility has made clear that the damage done by crashing the economy is deep and dangerous. It may last for many years.




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PETER HITCHENS: Don't be fooled by the sunshine - there are only dark days ahead 

PETER HITCHENS: I have come to hate this beautiful weather, the loveliest spring for 50 years.




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PETER HITCHENS: We're destroying the nation's wealth - and the health of millions

PETER HITCHENS: Why do I bother? For six weeks I have been saying the Government's policy on Covid-19 is a mistake. Most people do not agree, and many are angry with me for saying so.




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Anti-virus company Avast 'winding down' subsidiary that sold millions of users' sensitive web data

Avast announced its decision to wind won 'Jumpshot', a subsidiary that drew public scrutiny following a report by Motherboard and PCMag revealing how it tracked users data.




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Ring adds new privacy dashboard days after company is found sending data to third-parties

The company announced that it has added a new privacy dashboard to its app that allows users of its home security cameras to more easily customize their security and privacy settings.




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Fired trader says 'prostitute' he stayed with at Davos was actually Eric Schmidt's girlfriend

Daniel Michalow, 37, left, left D.E. Shaw in 2018 and has now launched legal action suing the company for defamation and seeking millions in damages. Eric Schmidt with wife Wendy, right.




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Super Bowl viewers blast placement of sad 'Loretta' Google ad about an 85-year-old man with dementia

People had very strong reactions to Google's 'Loretta' Super Bowl commercial 




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Google apologizes after Photos bug accidentally leaks private videos to strangers' accounts

The bug affects users who attempted to back up their photos between November 21 and the 25 last year and caused 'some videos in Google Photos [to be] incorrectly exported to unrelated users' archives.'




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NICKY MORGAN explains her plan to decriminalise nonpayment of TV levy

NICKY MORGAN: Decriminalisation of TV licence evasion was previously looked at by David Perry QC. It has now been five years since the Perry Review.




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Justice Department intensifies antitrust probe into Google

On Tuesday, several state attorneys general investigating Google met with Justice Department officials to coordinate their efforts to probe the search and advertising giant.




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Google, YouTube and Twitter send cease and desist order to facial recognition app Clearview AI

Using Clearview AI police can upload a photo of an unknown person they would like to identify, and see a list of matches culled from a database of over three billion photos.




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Parent hack sees mayonnaise remove crayon from walls

Jessica Hard, from Medford in Oregon, discovered she could remove crayon marks from her wall by wiping Best Foods - or Hellman's - mayonnaise over the scribbles.




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Ring prompts users to share videos of 'neighborly moments' that show people doing good deeds

Ring introduced a 'neighborly moments' tag to its app which usually serves as a means for sharing 'suspicious' or apparently criminal behavior caught on camera with users and police.




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Stranger Things star Gatan Matrazzo single-handedly raised awareness about rare bone disease

A new study has found that Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo raising awareness of his rare genetic bone disorder increased Google searches of the condition by more than 90%.




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Smart speakers listen to users up to 19 times per day because they hear random words heard on TVs

A Northeastern University study found smart speakers were randomly set off to listen to users by words spoken on television sets that were in the same room as many as 19 times per day.




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Millennials turning backs on cooking and DIY shows in favour of how-to guides on YouTube

Millennials are turning their backs on leisure interest programmes such as those hosted by Nigella Lawson, pictured, in favour of online how-to guides and tutorials.




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Rugby league could be taken OFF free-to-air TV and shown on streaming services

NRL executives have reportedly flown to the United States this week to meet with Amazon, Google and Facebook to discuss screening matches on their platforms.




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Google asks US government for permission to continue working with Huawei

Google has applied to the US government for permission to continue to provide the Chinese smartphone provider Huawei with its services, along with 'hundreds of other companies'.




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YouTube reduces conspiracy videos but struggles to rein in climate change denial and more

The study analyzed 8 million video recommendations over the past 15 months and used an algorithm that rated videos on a scale of 0 to 1 for likelihood that it pedaled conspiracies.