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Pay later fintech Klarna added 25,000 new UK users a week by the end of 2018

Swedish fintech Klarna attracted 25,000 new UK users each week in the last three months of last year, as it celebrated a bumper 2018 that saw global revenue increase 31% to £445m.




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Watchdog announces new rules on 'buy now, pay later' products that will save users as much as £60m

'Buy now, pay later' firms will be banned from charging backdated interest on already repaid amounts of money from November, under new rules announced by the financial regulator




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Millions of credit card users are on course for rate trap as they fail to move provider

New research reveals that nearly half of all UK credit card holders -around 17million people nationwide - have never switched their card.




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M&S takes on Klarna by introducing its own payment installation service

M&S.com has partnered with Clearpay on the new service with the payment option due to be available to all UK M&S.com customers from mid-November.




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The pound's short-lived Boris bounce shows cautious optimism is wiser

For all the confidence-boosting talk of a Boris bounce for the economy, shares, and the property market, it is the pound that tells the real story.




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Group of Aussies recreate version of I Saw A Tiger from popular Netflix series Tiger King

The three friends recreated an Australian version of the popular song from Netflix docoseries Tiger King.




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Netflix users targeted by cybercriminals since COVID outbreak 

US cyber security company BrandShield says it has discovered more than 600 fake web domains containing the word 'Netflix' that try to scam users by taking their payment details.




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Ben Affleck's girlfriend Ana de Armas shares dirty blonde on-set snap of herself in Netflix's Sergio

Her new movie Sergio starts streaming this Friday on Netflix .




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Ana de Armas transforms into a blonde bombshell as she shares behind the scenes photos from Sergio 

The 31-year-old shared a sneak-peek into her makeover process via social media Friday, posting a hilarious photo of her touching up her roots.




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After Life fans binge-watch and praise Series Two within hours of its release

The new series was branded 'a phenomenal piece of art' by adoring followers, while one fan deemed the show: 'Heartfelt, heartwarming and heartily laughing'




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Idris Elba's DJ sitcom Turn Up Charlie is 'axed' by Netflix after just one series

The sitcom, created by the actor, 47, depicted a has-been DJ trying to turn his fortunes around.




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Weeds creator Jenji Kohan prepping a quarantine anthology series titled Social Distance for Netflix

Jenji Kohan, the creative force behind much-loved shows like Weeds and Orange Is The New Black, is working on a new concept for Netflix which is all about life in its current bizarre circumstance. 




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Controversial new documentary series will claim Princess Diana tried to kill herself four times

Princes William and Harry 'will be very upset and angry' about a new documentary planned for Netflix which claims that Princess Diana tried to kill herself four times, a TV source told The Sun.




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Ricky Gervais 'confirms' third series of Netflix hit After Life

The Netflix show starring Gervais as grieving widower Tony Johnson returned with a second series on Friday, prompting unanimously glowing responses from viewers.




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Rock Hudson and the true- life characters behind Ryan Murphy's new Netflix miniseries, Hollywood

New Netflix show, 'Hollywood' re-imagines an alternative history to legendary actors like Rock Hudson and Hattie McDaniel in the years before they make it big in Tinseltown.




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Ricky Gervais CONFIRMS After Life series three

The actor, 58, delighted fans as he took to Twitter on Wednesday to make the announcement.




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KUWTK fans go wild as the first two series of the show will be available on Netflix UK next month 

The seasons will be available to watch on the streaming platform from June 1, with the current installment - in its 18th edition - airing on E! and Hayu.




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Charlize Theron serves femme fatale as immortal warrior in first images from Netflix's The Old Guard

'From the first moment I read [Greg] Rucka's graphic novel, I felt like there was great potential to make this thing feel really very relevant and have it ask some real questions about humanity.'




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Ricky Gervais steps out after confirming After Life will return for series three

The actor, 58, kept it casual in a grey sweatshirt which he paired with baggy jogging bottoms and black trainers.




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Baby-Sitters Club first teaser: Netflix brings nostalgia as group excitedly answer CLEAR telephone

Netflix released the first teaser for the highly-anticipated reboot of the highly popular book-turned-television series as it introduced the new cast of characters.




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Red Bull driver Alex Albon talks life in lockdown and teaming up with City striker Sergio Aguero

EXCLUSIVE BY NATHAN SALT: While the onus usually falls on Max Verstappen, this weekend Alex Albon leads Red Bull as he and Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero race in the Virtual Spanish GP.




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Delhi's private hospitals under observation by officials

Delhi Medical Council (DMC), which keeps a close watch on the functioning of the hospitals in the city, receives at least 30 serious grievances every month.




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BJP may have won Gujarat, but Congress is not a loser

Rahul Gandhi and the Congress should take heart in the fight back against odds and prepare for 2019, writes V Narasimhan.




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Billy Gilmour reveals he was inspired by Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Cesc Fabregas and Sergio Busquets

For those of us fortunate enough to have watched Barcelona and Spain's great midfielders in their prime, there was a sense of an impossible standard being set for future generations.




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Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham eyeing summer move for Lazio star Sergej Milinkovic-Savic

The Serbia international is set to become one of Europe's hottest properties when the transfer market reopens for business after the suspension of football for the coronavirus pandemic.




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Man United, Chelsea and Tottenham offered hope Lazio may be willing to sell Sergej Milinkovic-Savic

ALVISE CAGNAZZO IN ITALY: For the first time, sporting director Igli Tare has admitted that it is up to Milinkovic-Savic if he wants to leave the Stadio Olimpico.




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Violent solar storms are being generated closer to Earth previously thought 

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles used satellite data to show that storms form when solar winds interact with the Earth's magnetic field.




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NASA turns off its Spitzer space telescope after 16 years of service

After more than 16 years studying the universe in infrared light since its launch in 2003, NASA has switched off the Spitzer Space Telescope, bringing its mission to an end.




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Greta Thunberg signs up for BBC TV documentary series focusing on her 'international crusade'

The 17-year-old Swedish climate change activist will explore what actions can be taken to limit climate change in the series produced by BBC Studios, the corporations' commercial arm.




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NASA's Mars 2020 rover is fitted with a LASER that vaporizes rock to search for signs of life

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars 2020 rover is heading to the Red Planet armed with a high-powered laser that can vaporize rocks from up to 20 feet away to search for life.




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Chinese company Xiaomi collecting private browsing data of millions of people via its web browser

Researchers studying a web browser loaded into the company's phones found that it was tracking nearly all of a users' web behavior including visited websites and search queries in Google.




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Fossil remains of 22 Ice Age SLOTHS the size of elephants found preserved in asphalt in Ecuador 

The specimens - which included 15 adults, 5 juveniles and two newborns or fetuses - were unearthed from the Tanque Loma site on the county's Santa Elena peninsula.




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Google and Apple show samples of COVID exposure apps and forbid use of apps' location services

As reported by The Verge , the tech companies have provided samples of what eventual app interface systems could look like though they won't be developing the apps themselves.




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Twitter tests warning message in iOS that asks users to re-think potentially 'harmful' replies

According to the social platform, it is conducting a test for users on iOS that will use its AI to scan replies before they're posted and give users a chance to re-think or revise them.




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Tinder set to add video chatting next month so users can date virtually under coronavirus lockdown

TInder made its biggest announcement since launching in 2012 - it is adding video chatting to the app. The feature aims to help millions of users date virtually while under coronavirus lockdown.




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Instagram glitch lets iOS users post unusually long photos that create 'endless' scrolling

Once posted, the towering images - instead of being cropped portrait-style to fit the app's interface - require users to scroll for an inordinate amount of time in order to see the next image in one's feed.




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Zoom buys security service in bid to address safety concerns and introduce end-to-end encryption

Keybase will help the Zoom build end-to-end encryption designed to safeguard user data and privacy and bolster its current security measures which it incorrectly claimed included full encryption.




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Clues to life on Mars have been found in the Chilean desert

A NASA rover has collected micro organisms from three feet into the ground in Chile's Atacama desert to give scientists a clear picture of what kind of bacteria they might expect to get from Mars.




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Lasers, X-rays and infrared are helping to discover the secrets of ancient Egyptian mummies

Scientists have exposed very thin slices of ancient Egyptian mummy bones to light at different wavelengths in an attempt to discover how the people of the time would live, eat and spend their daily lives.




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Remarkably well-preserved wreck of a 2,000-year-old Ancient Roman 'sewn ship' unearthed in Croatia 

The vessel was unearthed from the Porta de Mar archaeological site on the ancient waterfront of the town of Poreč, where it had sunk near an ancient pier.




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Music streaming service Deezer is developing a new AI to identify explicit song lyrics

The music streaming service Deezer is developing an AI tool to analyze lyrics and help determine whether new songs added to its library should be flagged as explicit.




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Locked-down smartphone users in the UK are sitting on unused mobile data worth £165 million

UK consumers stuck at home during lockdown are using a fraction of the data that they would usually, relying on home WiFi instead, comparison site Uswitch has reported.




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Tinder testing out a new video feature that aims to match users via a live-streamed game of trivia

While the details of how the game will work are sparse, picture from The Verge suggest that it will be live and may even include a chat feature in which a 'live audience' can watch along.




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Microsoft unveils Xbox Series X gameplay and new 'badge' for when games run best on the console

In a live-streamed event on Thursday the gaming titan showcased in-engine gameplay of several upcoming titles for the Series X, Microsoft's upcoming next-generation console.




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WeChat monitors international users' text messages to identify content to censor in China 

WeChat is monitoring messages sent by international users to help identify content that might need to be preemptively censored in China and maintain a database of blacklisted content.




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BLACK DOG: David Cameron gets his just desserts - from Farage bankroller Arron Banks 

BLACK DOG: As he prepares to emerge from his shepherd's hut and break his silence on Brexit with the publication of his delayed memoirs, David Cameron can expect some flak.




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Mobile users unwittingly clicking on sites that push monthly fees

At some point on October 15, 2015, possibly in the dead of night while waiting for my then one-year-old to go back to sleep, two clicks on my mobile phone cost me £615, says JOANNA TWEEDY.




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Energy auto-switching sites don't always give users the best deals with some paying £70 a year MORE

Energy auto-switching services are not always giving users the best deals, with some comparing only 15 out of around 70 possible energy suppliers, new research has revealed.




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How to get Disney Plus streaming service in UK for the lowest price

As coronavirus spreads, people are increasingly being forced to stay inside, meaning many will be likely to watch hours of TV when they are not working. We look at the best streaming deals.




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Landlords can still serve eviction notices during the coronavirus outbreak

Last week the Ministry of Housing promised a 'complete ban on evictions' for those unable to work due to the coronavirus pandemic.