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Woman discovers her Reddit Secret Santa is Bill Gates who sent over a haul weighing 81 pounds

A woman, known as Shelby, hit the holiday jackpot participating on Reddit. The 33-year-old from Detroit got billionaire Bill Gates as her Secret Santa, who sent her 81 pounds of presents.




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Xiaomi security cams shunned by Google after flaw streams strangers' video feed to wrong person

Google revoked Xiaomi's ability to integrate with its Home app or Google Assistant after some devices started to mysteriously stream video feed from strangers' cameras.




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Bushfire heroes travel around Kangaroo Island rescuing koalas and packing them into their car

The teenagers filmed the inside of their car brimming with koalas in Kangaroo Island, south of Adelaide, and the clip was shared to Reddit on Sunday.




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Police officer is spotted pruning hedges instead of giving tickets

A New Zealand police officer is being hailed as a 'top cop' contender after being pictured pruning a bush to create better visibility for motorists heading towards an intersection.




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'Pure evil son' pranks his dad by taping his possessions to the ceiling every day until he noticed

The UK-based prankster chronicled his efforts on Reddit and by the final day he had taped and Blu Tacked a shoe, mobile phone clip, the television remote and even his father's reading glasses.




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Homeowner unleashes on 'lazy' Australia Post worker over bizarre delivery 

The Sydney resident took to Reddit on Thursday and shared a picture of their specialised letterbox with clearly labelled 'letter' and 'parcels' sections.




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People are arguing over the right amount of Vegemite to spread on toast

Vegemite lovers have been locked in heated debate over the perfect amount to spread on toast after a photo showing six options was shared on the social media forum Reddit.




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Funny mom paints on VERY dramatic makeup to recreate a drawing her daughter made 10 years ago

A Reddit user shared a photo of herself with an old watercolor painting her daughter made as a kid. She copied the way her daughter painted her, recreating the dramatic features on her own face.




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Reddit boss describes TikTok as 'spyware' and 'fundamentally parasitic'

CEO and co-founder of Reddit Steve Huffman called TikTok 'fundamentally parasitic' and urged people not to install 'that spyware on your phone' at a Silicon valley panel meeting.




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Bride who found out she was RELATED to her groom decided to go through with the wedding after all

In a Reddit post, a mother from the US revealed that she's had a huge fall-out with her daughter after ordering her to cancel the wedding and refusing to pay for it because the groom is her fifth cousin.




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Immunocompromised woman hospitalized with coronavirus after her mother 'refused to let her isolate'

Reddit user racingbarakarts shared photos of herself in the hospital, her official diagnosis, and her text message exchange with her mom on Wednesday.




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Players attend funeral procession in online game Final Fantasy after coronavirus kills gamer friend

Friends of the character known as Ferne Le'roy organised the funeral after his human player died from the virus. Mourners gathering in the desert city of Ul'dah on the game's Zalera server.




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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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Woman horrified at realizing daughter's name sounds just like lasagna

Reddit user namedmydaughterpasta opened up about her situation on the 'Am I the A**hole forum, explaining that she named her daughter Elizabeth Anya Jane.




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SALLY HAMILTON: Say hasta la vista to the costly fund managers 

While good old Arnie is back as the Terminator for the nth time - the same is unlikely to be said for fund manager Neil Woodford.




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SALLY HAMILTON: Credit unions must replace the loan sharks

These organisations are membership-based, many of which have operated for more than 50 years. They serve local communities or people who share a common bond.




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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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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: 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: 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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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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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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What is the country's most loved sex position? Love Island's 'Eagle' comes out on top

New research has shown that 11 cities in the UK, including Blackburn, Bournemouth and Bradford, named missionary as their all-time favourite as Valentine's Day approaches.




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The illegal tip that is visible from space: 'Dumping ground' in north London

The 'dumping ground' in Edgware, north London, (pictured) has been piled so high it can be spotted on Google Maps' satellite view.




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Melbourne lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson sues Google to unmask an anonymous reviewer

Barrister and solicitor Zarah Garde-Wilson, 42, believes the review was written by an a competitor and filed a lawsuit against Google in the Federal Court on Monday.




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Google Cloud manager is arrested after his wife, 41, is found dead during their Hawaii vacation

Harvard-educated Sonam Saxena, 43, reported his wife Smriti missing on Tuesday claiming the 41-year-old mother-of-two had vanished during a late night stroll on a secluded beach.




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How you can get your hands on the stunning Australian bikini Kourtney Kardashian in Sardinia

Made in one size only, the Sydney-made swimwear is stitched without side seams to flatter waistlines of all shapes and sizes. Kourtney's two-piece costs $165 - but it's already selling out.




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Boy, 11, died two days after junior A&E doctor failed to spot he was suffering heart failure

Clayton Hague-Winterbottom had an enlarged heart which was picked up on a chest X-ray - a sign of a struggling heart - but Dr Rida Fatima discharged him from Royal Oldham Hospital last year.




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Alphabet unveils AI camera system that monitors fish populations with the goal of feeding humanity

A blog post describes project Tidal, which is a part of Alphabet's 'X' division that develops 'moonshot' projects. Tidal is creating a computer vision system that uses AI to monitor fish health.




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The apps that help home-bound workers smarten their appearance

With more companies telling employees to work from home because of the coronavirus, MailOnline has taken a look at some of the best and worst AR apps to smarten you up during a video call.




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Facebook tool that transfers user data to Google launches in the UK

A Facebook data transfer tool that allows all users to move photos and videos from Facebook to Google Photos has launched in the UK. The GDPR-compliant tool launched in Ireland last year.




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Young people are capitalizing on cheap flights because of the coronavirus 

Their need to travel comes as more than 1,000 people in the US have tested positive for COVID-19 across 38 states and the District of Columbia, and 31 people have died.




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Ministers launch a crackdown on Google, Facebook and Amazon to curb dominance online

Ministers have launched a crackdown on Google, Facebook and Amazon to curb the US technology giants' dominance online. Plans will be drawn up over six months in a drive to boost competition.




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Architect, 41, struck off for fake one-star Google reviews of companies run by rivals and exes

Andrew Guy, 41, from Hampshire, was struck off by the Architects Registration Board after he targeted eight firms with negative reviews, including two run by women he had dated.




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Google delays launch of its US coronavirus self-screening website until later this week

Supposed to launch yesterday, the site - a collaboration with the US government - is intended to act as a COVID-19 resource hub with general and local information.




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Google launches 'SOS Alert' for coronavirus in search results

Google has launched an SOS Alert for the coronavirus that makes information about the virus from the World Health Organisation easily accessible at the top of search results.




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Google searches for 'universal credit', and 'furlough' soar in Britain

Britons have been using Google to look up the Government's guidance on helping firms with furloughed workers to keep them employed but without working.




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Where they refuse to stay home: Arkansas has four counties where people are going out MORE

The data, released on Friday by Google, uses aggregated, anonymized data harvested from from Google Maps to track recent changes in population movement.




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Google unveils virtual braille keyboard that makes phones accessible without additional hardware

Though hardware solutions allow those who are visually impaired to type on mobile devices, a virtual keyboard offers users a quick way to type without having connecting a physical keyboard.




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New NHS phone app unveiled by Matt Hancock which warns your friends when you've got coronavirus

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the 'contract tracing' software would allow people who become unwell to warn those they had been in touch with 'over the past few days'  so they can 'act accordingly'.




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Google CEO Sundar Pichai donates $1million to support families struggling in the coronavirus crisis 

The donations from Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Google.org are going to GiveDirectly, a charity which provides cash to needy families in the San Francisco Bay area.




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Oatlands tragedy victim Charbel Kassas found out his cousins had died on Google

Charbel Kassas, 11, is talking and walking despite spending more than two months unconscious in Westmead Children's Hospital following the shocking crash in Sydney on February 1.




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Fly-tipping ground has so much rubbish it can be seen from space

The site is piled high with household items with hundreds of car tyres, piles of clothes, suitcases and doors scattered across the disused road off the M4 in Newport, south Wales.




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A new poll suggests 60 PERCENT of Americans are unable or unwilling to use coronavirus-tracking apps

According to a recent survey, three out of five Americans are either unable or unwilling to use contact tracing technology that uses a phone's Bluetooth signal to track the spread of COVID-19.




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Google tells its employees they won't return to company office until at least June 1st

Google has told its employees the company offices will remain closed until at least June 1st because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and when it does reopen it will likely be in stages.




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Google makes its video conferencing service Meet free in a bid to unseat popular rivals like Zoom

Meet was previously only available to customers who paid for Google's G Suite, but the service will be free without restrictions until Sept. 30 in a bid to challenge rivals like Zoom.




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Government scientist hints NHSX is useless unless users get Covid test results within 24 hours

Underscoring the need for speed, the Oxford scientist said a fast turnaround could 'make the difference between an epidemic starting to resurge towards the second wave or not'.