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Deepfake Safety: Five Things You Can Do Today

The generation of images, videos, and voices through artificial intelligence is evolving at a pace that demands we establish clear criteria and good habits to defend ourselves from the dangers of abusing these technologies. Deepfakes are already part of our everyday online life, so it is a very good idea…

Top Online Scams to Be Aware of in 2025

The internet is undoubtedly full of great content, hobbies, information, offers, products, and people, but there’s also a darker side to it. We might not realise it, but every day we’re exposed to threats and scams as we navigate the online world. Curiosity and trust can be exploited to lure…

Meet the new features for Avast Free AV and Avast Premium Security

With millions of active users worldwide, Avast stands as a benchmark in cybersecurity. Why? Because of the quality of its solutions, the reach of its tools and because it is a platform in continuous evolution. A platform that today, once again, places our security at the forefront by reinforcing every…

Samsung Planning for 560ppi Amoled Display For 2014
According to reports from OLED.at, Samsung is working on AMOLED displays with 560ppi for screens as small as five inches. Potentially next year’s handsets from the company could offer higher resolutions and more pixels per inch that what is currently available. If this report is correct then we could... Read more
New York To Washinton In One Hour With Japanese Maglev Train
The Japanese government has been showing off its maglev train system to former US politicians in the hope that it will encourage American companies to invest in this expensive technology and take it back home to the States. The group of Americans, who were from The Northeast Maglev advisory... Read more
Galaxy S3 Users Complain Over Jelly Bean Update
Following complaints from users, Samsung has pulled the software update for Galaxy S3 owners based in the UK. The update, which became available to weeks ago, is to upgrade the devices to Jelly Bean – version 4.3 of the Android operating system. The firm said it was investigating the... Read more
Rover The Robot Cow Herder

Rover The Robot Cow Herder

News November 19, 2013

Robots have been able to revolutionise operations in the army and have taken NASA’s space exploration to a new level but robots could be about to get a new assignment; herding cows. According to Australian researchers robots could be the future in herding cows. A four-wheeled device named Rover,... Read more
Google’s “Deep Learning” Computers Out-Smart The Creators
A Google software engineer has said that the company’s “deep learning” decision-making systems have been able to crack coding problems that the engineers who designed them can’t. Quoc V.Le made the revelation at the Machine Learning Conference in San Francisco on Friday, where he also outlined how Google are... Read more
Bloomberg: Samsung To Release Wrap Around Handset Next Year
According to Bloomberg, Samsung plan to release a handset that features a wraparound display at some point in 2014. The report says that the point of this three-sided display design is to allow users to read whatever is on the screen even when the device is viewed at an... Read more
Reduce A Bulky Wallet With The Coin Universal Credit Card
PayPal veteran Kanishk Parashar has founded a new company called Coin, which aims to build a better credit card. Unlike contactless payment technologies, which tried to change the way we use our cards, Coin is trying to reduce all the debit, credit, gift and loyalty cards that clog up... Read more
Ray-Ban Sunglasses Feature Sun-Powered Phone Charger
When the sun comes out, so does everyone’s sunglasses. Sayalee Kaluskar from India has come up with the genuis idea of pairing sunglasses with solar power, so the wearer can charge a mobile phone. The plan is to incorporate photovoltaic cells that are wired to a battery buried within... Read more
Google Invests $80 Million On Solar Panels
Google is to invest $80 million into solar-powered plants in a bid to secure power for its data centers in the future. The plan is to build six new solar farms in the American Southwest, possibly in the desert regions of Arizona and Southern California. Google, who are working... Read more
Beware, Smartphone Camera Can Reveal Your PIN
According to a team from the University of Cambridge, a PIN for a smartphone can be discovered through the camera and microphone. The programme, called PIN Skimmer, can identify the codes that have been entered on a number-only soft keypad. It works by observing your face via the smartphone... Read more
Microsoft-Branded Handset In The Pipeline
It has been confirmed that Microsoft is working on its own branded Windows phone. This confirmation comes two months after the company acquired Nokia for $7.2 billion. A senior executive at Microsoft said that part of the company’s strategy is to become a devices and services company but so... Read more
Google Patents Lie Detector Tattoo
Tattoos could be about to get a tech makeover. As well as being an outlet for artistic flair, Google wants to explore the idea of an electronic skin tattoo that could embed a microphone and lie detector into a users neck. Google owned Motorola Mobility has filed an application... Read more
Wireless Power One Step Closer!
A team from the Duke University have discovered a technology that can turn microwave signals into an electrical signal. They claim it is as efficient as solar panels. The device that the team produced used metamaterials, which are able to capture different types of wave energy and convert them... Read more
7 Great Outlook.com Tricks You May Not Know About Yet
Earlier this year Microsoft replaced Hotmail and all accounts were transferred to Outlook.com. Microsoft included a host of new features such as integration with SkyDrive and instant search. If you are still finding your way around, then take a look at seven of the features we picked out that... Read more
Wolverine Self-Healing Gene is Found
One Harvard researcher thinks he has found the gene that would enable us to regrow organs and regenerate limbs. Various genes in our bodies turn on and off and different times over the course of our lives. It is here that scientists are looking for the magical code that... Read more
Facebook Thumb to be Retired, New Facebook Like Button Coming Soon
Did you know that the Facebook Like and Share buttons are seen more than 22 billion times every day and embedded on 7.5 million websites? Pretty impressive you have to agree. Facebook has released these figures, along with the announcement that it is giving the online icons a makeover.... Read more
Instagram Blocks Images Selling Drugs
The photo sharing social network Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, has blocked searches for certain terms that are associated with the suspected selling of illegal drugs. As a result of an investigation, journalists found that there were many pictures and videos that had been posted of narcotics, which... Read more
Robotic Titan Arm Wins James Dyson Award
A team of four mechanical engineering students have won the 2013 James Dyson Award with their exoskeleton named the Titan Arm. The team from the University of Pennsylvania spent eight months creating the battery-powered robotic arm. They hope the invention will help people with back injuries to rebuild and regain... Read more