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IS an unreliable battery life and jam-packed storage making your iPhone more hassle than it’s worth? Try these three tricks to extend your battery life, and make the handset speedier than before. 1If your iPhone storage is rammed full, your device cannot cache properly – which can reduce the speed of the handset Unlock more storage To unlock more storage, you’ll have to delete some things. But that doesn’t mean your precious pictures and music have to be culled. Instead, you can try deleting the large attachments that people have sent you over iMessage. For example, lengthy videos of a…

A TEACHER who suffered a stroke in front of a classroom full of children said the pain was so severe it “felt like someone had pulled open his skull and poured boiling water into the crevices of his brain”. It also came as a major shock. Aaron Kent, 31, was a fit, healthy, sport-loving former military submariner with no prior health problems. 5Stroke survivor and teacher Aaron KentCredit: stroke.org 5The now-35-year-old fell ill in front of his studentsCredit: ITV Aaron had been leading a GCSE English lesson on Macbeth in October 2020 when the sudden agony struck. “The students were…

THE heartbroken dad of Brit Isabelle Thomas who plunged to her death from a Los Angeles hotel said he “has no idea why this happened”. The 39-year-old mum, the wife of the Killers of the Flower Moon producer Bradley Thomas, died after she fell from the Hotel Angeleno on Monday night. 6Isabelle Thomas plunged from a hotel in Los Angeles 6Isabelle pictured with her husband, Killers of the Flower Moon producer Bradley Thomas 6The Brit fell to her death from the Hotel Angeleno in Los Angeles 6Isabelle worked as a consultant and producer in the USCredit: 2012 Dave M. Benett…

SCIENTISTS in China have invented a clock that could change time as we know it. The brainy researchers built an optical clock that loses or gains one second every 7 billion years. 1Chinese scientists have built an ultra-precise clock that they hope will redefine the secondCredit: Science Photo Library This brings humans closer to redefining the second as a basic unit of time. The incredible accomplishment makes China the world’s second country to achieve such accurate timekeeping. The team, led by physicist Pan Jianwei, wrote in the peer-reviewed journal Metrologia earlier this month. They said the gadget paves the way…

ACID attacks can cause catastrophic injuries and victims require urgent medical attention. But would you know what to do if you found yourself caught up in an incident? Here’s the lowdown. 3 Acid attack victims need to be treated quicklyCredit: Alamy How should you treat acid burns? Before you do anything else, call 999 and ask for urgent help. Then, the most important thing you can do to prevent serious injuries is to carefully remove the chemical and any contaminated clothing and jewellery, according to the NHS. You can do this by peeling back any items from the skin and…

STUNNING underwater pictures appear to reveal the real-life Atlantis – with eerie ancient mosaics and moss-coated statues lying on the sea bed. Immersed in the sea due to the Earth’s volcanic activity, the lost city of Baia is a unique underwater archaeological wonder near Napoli, Italy. 6Moss-covered statues sit on the seabed in the lost city of BaiaCredit: Caters 6Some have compared the underwater city to AtlantisCredit: Caters 6Parts of what was once a busy city have miraculously remained quite intact under the seaCredit: Caters Stunning pictures clicked by photographer Franco Banfi during his dive reveal the secrets of the…

WORDLE has crashed for the fourth time in a matter of days, with some users saying the outage has dragged on even longer. Fans have taken to X (formerly Twitter) to voice their woes, with one calling this month the “worst January ever” thanks to this recent losing streak. 1The outage jeopardises some player’s highly-prized streaksCredit: AFP The New York Time’s daily word game sees players guess what the five-letter word of the day is within six turns, before waiting until the next day for a new puzzle. Players can earn streaks by completing the game every day. Some streaks have even passed the…

THE NUMBER of Brits sick with flu or norovirus in English hospitals have hit new highs for this winter, NHS figures show. Some 2,914 patients with the illnesses were taking up beds in total on any given day in the week up to January 28, up 73 per cent on the month before. 1NHS hospitals are under pressure with norovirus and flu cases at their highest this winterCredit: Getty Of those, 688 had the winter vomiting bug norovirus, up 80 per cent on the 376 recorded the month before and 75 per cent higher than the same time last year.…

A MEGA-brothel has been slammed by Dutch prostitutes for being an “erotic prison”. Erotisch Centrum is set to contain 100 prostitution rooms across five-storeys, two bars, and erotic entertainment venues – including a strip club. 7A five-story mega-brothel is being planned in the Zuid district in AmsterdamCredit: Moke Architechten 7A concept photot of the building showing the 100 prostitution rooms, two bars, and a strip clubCredit: Moke Architecten 7 The plans for a building solely dedicated to sex work was supposed to provide safe working conditions, but it has attracted a wealth of criticism claiming that it does the exact…

POKÉMON adds new ‘mons to Scarlet & Violet every so often, and a new strong beast is coming for a limited time. Available as part of seven-star Raids, players will need good strategy if they want to catch one. 1Empoleon will be avilable for everyone but only for a limited time.Credit: The Pokémon Company Empoleon will be the next target of seven-star raids, and will come with the Ice Tera type. This Generation 4 starter is an incredible Special Attack stat meaning that it will be difficult to counter. It also comes with the ability Competitive, so the usual strategies…