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.

Posted by Victoria Woollaston on November 19, 2023

How to Install Google Play on an Amazon Fire TV Stick
16881387660_c0bdc450a7_b
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 1, 2023

How To Install & Use a VPN on an Amazon Firestick
Google Doodle pH scale game
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on September 7, 2022

Google Doodle games: Test your pH scale knowledge with this interactive Doodle about S.P.L Sørensen
Watch F1 live online for free
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 24, 2022

Watch F1 Online: Where to Watch F1 Live Online in the UK (and for Free)
how_to_stop_buffering_fix_kodi
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on March 20, 2022

How to Stop Kodi from Buffering: The BEST Fixes for a Stable Stream
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
how_to_access_the_dark_web
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on September 10, 2020

How to access the dark web: What is Tor and how do I access dark websites?
instagram_focus_portrait_mode
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on June 22, 2020

Instagram now lets you mute people from your feed and Stories – here’s how
snip20180608_19
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on June 8, 2018

A Bill Gates-backed firm just found a cheap way to make diesel from thin air
Sonos Beam
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
Amazon UK jobs
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on June 6, 2018

Amazon UK to create 2,500 jobs across the country over the next six months
shutterstock_562155895
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on June 5, 2018

And the award for the UK’s most innovative town goes to…Luton
snip20180531_24
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 31, 2018

Google and E.ON bring Project Sunroof to the UK to help homeowners switch to solar
1453234203-original
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
essential-phone-9
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 25, 2018

Essential’s Andy Rubin reportedly puts his company up for sale
Apple Samsung patent battle
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 25, 2018

Samsung ordered to pay $539 million to Apple for patent infringement
diary-edited
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 24, 2018

Down with meetings! Studies confirm appointments make us less productive and mess with our workflows
Amazon Spring Bank Holidays Deals
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
shutterstock_683800897
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 22, 2018

Samsung is opening a new AI centre in Cambridge
best electric cars uk 2016
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 20, 2018

“Dismissive and deceptive” dealerships may be deliberately underselling electric cars
shutterstock_505282684
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
Facebook F8 conference Mark Zuckerberg
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on May 1, 2018

Facebook F8: Facebook launches dating service and Clear History tool at its annual developer conference
snip20180501_15
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
51jvoiaixol
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 30, 2018

Amazon Fire TV Cube release date and price: Amazon’s mysterious new streamer is officially unveiled
snip20180430_8
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 30, 2018

Google Doodle honours Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss – “one of the greatest mathematicians of all time”
samsung_galaxy_s9_and_s9_3
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 27, 2018

How to boost your Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus battery life
amazon_prime_now_has_over_100_million_subscribers_and_shifts_tens_of_millions_of_alexa-based_devices_-_2
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
shutterstock_662547355
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
spotify_started_with_pirate_music_book_claims
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
Google logo
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 24, 2018

Google made $31 billion in the first three months of 2018 despite ad values slipping
snip20180423_131
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 23, 2018

A new “tangled” form of DNA has been uncovered in living cells
shutterstock_397366006
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 23, 2018

TSB customers are now being targeted by phishing scams following last week’s IT collapse
snip20180423_129
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
snip20180425_135
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
Robot building IKEA Stefan chair
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 18, 2018

Watch: This robot can build IKEA furniture in under 10 minutes without human help
shutterstock_595022984
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 17, 2018

Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic waste
tesslavaplanet31_print
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 16, 2018

On the hunt for alien life: NASA’s planet-hunting TESS satellite begins its mission
92a0ae79ad024e78923101eb4f688ad1
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
how_to_reset_your_gmail_password_-_1
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 12, 2018

Gmail redesign: Google starts rolling out offline mode to users – here’s how to get it
167232_web
Posted by Victoria Woollaston on April 10, 2018

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