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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…

Hemingwrite: A New Computer for Writing
I don’t know if you do much writing during the day, but in this technological world we live in, it’s hard to write without getting distracted. I love my Macbook, but it’s connected to my iPhone, which means that every time I get any kind of a notification on... Read more
These Tommy Hilfiger Solar Jackets Charge your Phone
Back when I was in junior high school, if you wanted to wear the popular clothing, you needed to wear something designed by Tommy Hilfiger. His clothing designs always seemed slightly different than the other brands, and he had a nice logo. And while I owned my fair share... Read more
Apple Wants your Phone to Fly Instead of Fall to the Ground
Smartphones are wonderful little pieces of technology, aren’t they? At the end of the day, they add up to about the equivalent of carrying around a tiny computer in your pocket all day, which is saying quite a lot. For as valuable as they are, though, they sure are... Read more
Amazon to Try Out Bicycles for Delivery
You just never know what Amazon has up their sleeve. First, they tell us they’re closer and closer to having drones deliver our packages to us, and now, they let us know they’re testing out a bicycle delivery system in New York City. Is it just me, or does... Read more
TGI Friday’s Drone Cuts Photographer’s Nose
You never know what could happen when you sit down to eat at a restaurant. You could get really bad service, you could get food poisoning, your food could end up tasting awful, someone could mess up your bill – the possibilities are near endless. Or, none of those... Read more
Has Bigfoot Finally Been Found in the UK?
If there’s one thing that never seems to slow down, it has to be Bigfoot sightings. Every week, it seems, I see or hear about someone else finally finding the elusive Sasquatch. There are even cable television shows now dedicated to finding him or her. You think if Bigfoot... Read more
Get Spotify Premium for 3 Months for $0.99
In this day and age, you’ve probably already found yourself a music streaming service you really like, but if not, Spotify is offering a pretty awesome deal for the time being. From now until the end of the year, they are offering their Spotify Premium service basically free for... Read more
This Smart Toothbrush Works with your Smartphone
It never ceases to amaze me how everything is getting the “smart” upgrade these days. We’ve got smartphones, smart cars, smart watches, smart TV’s, smart thermostats – and now we’ve also got a smart toothbrush. I’ve seen electric toothbrushes for years which claim to clean your teeth quite a... Read more
Woman Tracks Her Stolen Phone to Starbucks & Gets Kicked Out
You know what they say – no good deed goes unpunished. A woman from Houston, Texas, recently learned that lesson the hard way after she tried to help a teenager who she thought actually needed her help. This past Monday, a teenager randomly knocked on the door of her... Read more
Australian Stores are Banning GTA V
It’s no surprise to anyone by now that the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) games are incredibly popular right now and that stores sell them in droves, especially since GTA: V has just been “re-released” on the PlayStation 4 among other consoles. Just as the game’s popularity is no surprise anymore, neither is... Read more
Sprint Wants to Cut your Smartphone Bill in Half
If you’re someone who wants to save quite a bit of money on your smartphone bill and is tired of having either Verizon or AT&T as your service provider, Sprint has just announced a pretty tempting offer. Beginning this Friday (12/5/14), if you bring in a copy of your current bill... Read more
Hashkey Makes Hashtags Easier than Ever in the UK!
If you haven’t noticed, hashtags (#hashtags) have become incredibly popular over the past few years. At first, I’d only see them on Twitter, but now, I seem to see them on Facebook and just about everywhere else I visit as well. Sometimes, they make sense, and sometimes, well, they... Read more
Bid on A Microphone Used by the Beatles
You just never know what you may find in an online auction site in today’s world; sites like eBay have completely changed the game. If you want an item badly enough (and are willing to pay for it), the sky’s pretty much to the limit. Think about it for... Read more
Obama Pushes $263 Million For 50,000 Police Body Cameras
If you haven’t heard about all of the civil unrest happening in Ferguson, Mo (and other areas as well), you haven’t had the TV on or opened up a newspaper lately. As a citizen not too terribly far from Ferguson, I can tell you that it’s just about all... Read more
Microsoft is About to Delete Clip Art for Good
I may be getting older, but I can still vividly remember when I used Microsoft’s Clip Art feature for just about anything I was doing. If I needed a quick picture of something, I’d just type in what I was looking for in the search box, and after a... Read more
Helios Headphones Get Charged by the Sun
I love listening to music with headphones; I just think it sounds so much better. However, it seems like every time I grab my headphones to put them in my ears, they are jumbled together in 50 different knots. Whether this is due to my 3-year-old messing with them... Read more
Creed Singer Cries Out For Help Using Facebook
As someone who was a teenager/young adult within the past couple of decades, I spent my fair share of time listening to Creed’s music. In fact, songs like Higher and With Arms Wide Open were some of the biggest songs on the radio during my high school tenure. I owned every CD... Read more
Kindles are Getting a Needed Update!
If you’ve ever tried to “lend” a Kindle book to anyone, than you know how incredibly frustrating of an experience it can be. Even though it’s technically possible to lend an e-book, most e-books, especially the popular ones, are not available to be lent. Take my word for it,... Read more