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Deepfake Safety: Five Things You Can Do Today

Best Software Oct 7, 2025

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

Antivirus Jul 31, 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

Antivirus Jun 25, 2025

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…

New Moto 360 Update Doubles Battery Life‏

Mobile News October 10, 2014

Out of all the Android Wear smartwatches, the Moto 360 has been by far the most well received. The circular display and premium build differentiate from the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live, less interesting options. One of the biggest complaints on the Moto 360 is the battery... Read more

Destiny Bug Reveals Two DLC Packs On Disc

Gaming News October 9, 2014

Destiny has hit a bit of controversy in the past week, with questions on where the original 2013 story went after Joe Staten, the Creative Director for Destiny, left the studio to work at Microsoft Studios. To hit the icing on the cake for people who don’t like the... Read more

Sony Expects $1.2 Billion Loss from Smartphones this Year‏

Mobile October 8, 2014

Sony has had another hard year, as CEO Kazuo Hirai works on creating the “One Sony” motive across all platforms, their businesses in television, mobile and camera continue to slope down, losing up to $1.2 billion this year alone. The company is projecting a ¥90 billion ($1.2 billion) net... Read more

Amazon Announces Kindle Voyage as the Next E-Reader Line

News October 7, 2014

Amazon has announced the next step in the Kindle e-reader, named the Kindle Voyage. The successor to the Kindle Paperwhite, the Voyage comes with a few new features and a much clearer display, at 300PPI, it is the best e-reader display on the market. In the past year, Amazon... Read more

Sony Xperia Z3 Scores Best On Battery Life Tests

Mobile October 6, 2014

The Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact are critical for Sony, after losing $1.7 billion on mobiles this year, they need the newest flagship to work in the United States and Europe. It looks like the Japanese company has got one area spot on – battery life. In early tests,... Read more

HTC Working With Google On Nexus 9

Mobile News October 6, 2014

There has been plenty of evidence revealed in the past two weeks, regarding the Nexus X and Nexus 9. Google looks to be continuing the Nexus program in 2014, adding a new smartphone and tablet from Motorola and HTC. HTC will be head of the Nexus 9 design and... Read more

Google Chrome Hack Lets Android Apps Run On Browser‏

How To Internet News October 6, 2014

Android apps have always been confined to the mobile, but what if users were to enable the 1.3 million mobile apps to work on Chrome, Mac and Windows OS? This is what one developer has been able to achieve, going under the alias of “Vladikoff.” Vladikoff used App Runtime... Read more

BlackBerry Passport is the Company’s New Flagship‏

Mobile October 5, 2014

BlackBerry decided to step out of the consumer market in 2013, instead focusing their efforts on BBM and business customers. It has not been a great move for BlackBerry, while they incur lower losses under their new CEO John Chen, BlackBerry has also lost the tiny bit of mobile... Read more

Samsung Galaxy Note Faster 4 Launch in China to Beat Apple‏

Mobile October 5, 2014

Samsung is making some aggressive moves with the Galaxy Note 4, after losing share price due to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launch. The South Korean company was looking to announce the Galaxy Note 4 on October and later in China, but this will be escalated. SK... Read more

Microsoft Planning New Flagship Store In New York City

News October 3, 2014

Microsoft has announced it will be launching a flagship store in New York City. The store will hold all of Microsoft’s products and some from its third party partners in mobile, tablet and PC. This is as best a time as any for Microsoft to announce a flagship store,... Read more

Blizzard Cancels Project Titan After Seven Years Of Development

Gaming Internet News October 3, 2014

Blizzard have a reputation for dropping hyped up titles, even if they do not reveal a lot about the title. We are always reminded how much Starcraft: Ghost and Warcraft Adventures were loved by the community, even though both projects were cancelled way before final release. This week, CEO... Read more

CloudFlare Adds Universal SSL To 2 Million Websites For Free‏

News October 1, 2014

CloudFlare has over two million registered websites using their free cloud service. In an attempt to keep them on the service and draw in more free users, CloudFlare will now add Universal SSL to every new user account. SSL or secure socket layers offers a higher level of encryption... Read more

Windows 10 Announced by Microsoft in San Francisco

News Windows September 30, 2014

Microsoft has officially announced Windows 10, not Windows 9 like most people were expecting. It looks to be a rather big update and at the event in San Francisco, Microsoft only revealed small parts of the new update. Windows 10 will be available for all types of devices, anything... Read more

Oppo N3 Has A Radical Redesign In Newest Leak‏

Mobile September 29, 2014

Last year, Oppo was known as a startup Chinese manufacturer, but we have learned a lot about the company in 2014. For one, they own the startup OnePlus, who developed the OnePlus One, a favorite among Android fans. The Chinese manufacturer has two smartphones lines, the N and Find.... Read more

iPhone 6 Plus Has A Serious Bending Issue‏

Mobile September 29, 2014

Apple always has one or two problems with new updates to the iPhone design, the iPhone 4 had antenna issues and easily cracked with double glass, the iPhone 5 had faulty buttons and battery life and the iPhone 6…bends. The reports started coming from users who had the iPhone... Read more

Indian Spacecraft Reaches Mars’ Orbit On First Attempt

News September 27, 2014

India has become the first country to reach Mars’ orbit on the first attempt. The Indian spacecraft nicknamed Mangalyaan, which means “Mars craft” in Hindi or the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) as it is more formally referred to, was launched back in November 2013 and finally reached its destination early... Read more

Apple Announces 10 million iPhone 6 Sales In Opening Weekend‏

Mobile News September 26, 2014

Apple has announced 10 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus sales over the three day launch weekend. This beats the previous set record, by Apple, of 9 million sales. This comes two days after Apple announced four million sales within 24 hours of the two new iPhones, beating... Read more

Is HTC Going To Release A GoPro Rival?

Mobile September 26, 2014

HTC has been sending out invitations for its upcoming event scheduled for October 8th. The event, which will be held in New York, has been named ‘Double Exposure’ and now has the rumor mill back tracking. It was originally thought that HTC would use this even to release the... Read more