Samsung users have been left "creeped out" after receiving strange notifications. Galaxy phone users worldwide were hit with the notification, which read only: "1". The issue appears to have been caused by a bug, or a test within Samsung's system. But the unusual wording and the app that sent it led many to panic and worry their phone had been compromised. "Anyone else get that find my mobile push notification that just about gave me a heart attack?"

Virgin Media says its internet service is working as normal, despite reports of an outage. Numerous articles and consumer website uSwitch said that Virgin's broadband was being hit by issues and users were unable to get online. But the company says there is no major outage and that most people should still be able to connect as usual. "Our broadband services are running as normal – there is no national broadband outage affecting our network," a Virgin Media spokesperson said. Confusion around the outage was increased after Virgin Media customers were directed to its service status page.

The successor to Android Pie will simply be called Android 10, Google has announced, bringing to an end one of tech's most unusual naming conventions. A complete overhaul to the world's most popular mobile operating system was introduced by the technology giant in a blog post. Android's open platform has expanded to tablets, cars, watches and TVs, having first launched for smartphones in 2008. Google claims it is now used with more than 2.5 billion active devices around the world. "As we continue to build Android for everyone in the community, our brand should be as inclusive and accessible as possible," said Sameer Samat, Android's head of product management.

Virgin's internet service appears to have stopped working, with people unable to get online. The company's mobile data service appears to have broken for at least some users, who are unable to make calls or get online. The issues started around lunchtime, according to the website Down Detector. They were reported across the country, it said. While the Virgin Media Twitter account has been hit by a huge number of complaints, it has yet to respond to the problems publicly.