Victoria Woollaston

Victoria has been writing about tech and science since her days at WebUser in 2009. More recently she edited the MailOnline’s Science and Tech section, where she broke a story about a caterpillar that looks like Donald Trump, and ran WIRED’s UK website. Her favourite stories are those about batteries, tunnels, language, penguins and maps. If you have a pitch involving all five, you’re onto a winner.

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 24, 2022

    Watch F1 Online: Where to Watch F1 Live Online in the UK (and for Free)

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on March 30, 2022

    How To Install & Use a VPN on an Amazon Firestick

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on March 20, 2022

    How to Stop Kodi from Buffering: The BEST Fixes for a Stable Stream

    Install Google Play on Amazon Fire TV Stick
    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on January 28, 2022

    How to Install Google Play on an Amazon Fire TV Stick

    How to screenshot on a Mac: Here’s how to capture your screen on a MacBook or Apple desktop
    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on October 2, 2021

    How to Screenshot on a Mac: Capture Your Screen on a MacBook or Apple Desktop

    Delete Apple ID
    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on September 29, 2021

    How to Delete your Apple ID: Remove your iPhone, iPad or Mac from your Apple account

    How to get Overwatch League Tokens and Overwatch League skins
    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on July 24, 2021

    How to get Overwatch League Tokens and New Overwatch Skins

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on September 10, 2020

    How to access the dark web: What is Tor and how do I access dark websites?

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on June 22, 2020

    Instagram now lets you mute people from your feed and Stories – here’s how

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on June 8, 2018

    A Bill Gates-backed firm just found a cheap way to make diesel from thin air

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on June 7, 2018

    The £399 Sonos Beam is an Alexa-powered smart speaker for audiophiles

    Dr Virginia Apgar Google Doodle reveals what is the Apgar score
    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on June 7, 2018

    How Dr Virginia Apgar saved the lives of thousands of babies with the Apgar score

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on June 6, 2018

    Amazon UK to create 2,500 jobs across the country over the next six months

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on June 5, 2018

    And the award for the UK’s most innovative town goes to…Luton

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 31, 2018

    Google and E.ON bring Project Sunroof to the UK to help homeowners switch to solar

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 30, 2018

    You’ll soon be able to hire one of 300 electric cars to help you get around London

    Fortnite players hit by free V-Bucks scam on YouTube videos and sites
    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 30, 2018

    The free V-Bucks hoax: Fortnite scammers are using YouTube and phishing tricks to steal logins and private data

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 25, 2018

    Essential’s Andy Rubin reportedly puts his company up for sale

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 25, 2018

    Samsung ordered to pay $539 million to Apple for patent infringement

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 24, 2018

    Down with meetings! Studies confirm appointments make us less productive and mess with our workflows

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 23, 2018

    Amazon Spring Bank Holiday deals: Amazon cuts the price of its Echo, Fire TV Stick and Fire tablet ranges

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 22, 2018

    Samsung is opening a new AI centre in Cambridge

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 20, 2018

    “Dismissive and deceptive” dealerships may be deliberately underselling electric cars

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 15, 2018

    This monster black hole eats the mass of our own sun every two days and is the fastest-growing quasar ever seen

    Maria Reiche Nazca Lines Google Doodle
    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 15, 2018

    Maria Reiche – the eccentric “governess” of the mysterious Nazca Lines – is honoured in today’s Google Doodle

    NASA Mars InSight lander mission
    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 5, 2018

    Watch the Mars InSight launch live online as NASA begins its next mission to the Red Planet

    Star Wars Day deals
    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 3, 2018

    May the fourth be with you! The best Star Wars Day LEGO deals

    Google's first VR Doodle Back to the Moon in honour of George Melies
    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 3, 2018

    Google’s first VR Doodle is a glorious animated story of love and magic in honour French illusionist Georges Méliès

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 1, 2018

    Facebook F8: Facebook launches dating service and Clear History tool at its annual developer conference

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 1, 2018

    You can now help find a cure for cancer simply by charging your phone

    AI can spot signs of autism in brain scans of babies
    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 1, 2018

    AI can spot signs of autism in babies as young as three months from brain scans

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 30, 2018

    Amazon Fire TV Cube release date and price: Amazon’s mysterious new streamer is officially unveiled

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 30, 2018

    Google Doodle honours Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss – “one of the greatest mathematicians of all time”

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 27, 2018

    How to boost your Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus battery life

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 27, 2018

    Amazon Prime is about to get more expensive: Prime price rise comes despite Jeff Bezo’s firm doubling profits

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 25, 2018

    Flaw found in hotel room keys could have given hackers access to ANY room anywhere in the world

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 24, 2018

    Spotify launches new free tier that lets you listen to songs on-demand, as many times as you like

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 24, 2018

    Google made $31 billion in the first three months of 2018 despite ad values slipping

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 23, 2018

    A new “tangled” form of DNA has been uncovered in living cells

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 23, 2018

    TSB customers are now being targeted by phishing scams following last week’s IT collapse

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 23, 2018

    Happy St. George’s Day! Google marks the occasion with a colourful doodle showing George and the dragon

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 22, 2018

    What does 10GB of data REALLY get you?

    How to setup Amazon Echo and solve Amazon Echo Wi-Fi setup problems
    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 20, 2018

    Alexa Announcements comes to the UK: Intercom feature lets you broadcast messages to every Echo in your home

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 18, 2018

    Watch: This robot can build IKEA furniture in under 10 minutes without human help

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 17, 2018

    Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic waste

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 16, 2018

    On the hunt for alien life: NASA’s planet-hunting TESS satellite begins its mission

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 12, 2018

    You can now get a four-month Sky Sports Pass on Now TV for £70 to watch a summer of golf from the US Open to the Ryder Cup

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 12, 2018

    Gmail redesign: Google starts rolling out offline mode to users – here’s how to get it

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    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 10, 2018

    Prehistoric sea monster from the UK among the largest animals to have ever lived

    Apple iPad 2018 review
    Posted by Victoria Woollaston on March 27, 2018

    Apple iPad (2018) review: B+ for effort and execution