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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…

iOS 8 Release Date Revealed

iOS 8 Release Date Revealed

Mobile September 10, 2014

9/9/14 was a historic day for Apple. Not only did they announce two new iPhones to be available on September 19th of this year, but they also unleashed the Apple Watch. If those two announcements weren’t big enough in their own right, Apple decided to make the announcements from... Read more
Driver Using Facebook Kills 89 Year Old Woman
It seems you can’t drive anywhere these days without seeing at least one distracted driver on the road with you. People do all kinds of crazy things while driving, such as: applying their makeup, texting their entire contact list, reading a book (or an e-book), flossing their teeth, and/or... Read more
Vermont Coffee Shop Bans Laptops & Their Business Booms
If you’ve been inside of any kind of a coffee shop within the past few years, you’ve probably noticed they all have something in common – and I’m not talking about the coffee. It seems like wherever you go, at whatever time of the day or night, people are... Read more
Garth Brooks Finally Releases His Music Digitally
Country music fans everywhere now have a huge reason to collectively rejoice – Garth Brooks has finally got with the times and released his music digitally! One of the most successful musical artists of all time, Brooks has also been one of the last big-name artists to hold out... Read more
Using More Data? Facebook May Be To Blame
If you’ve recently found yourself using more and more data on your smartphone, the culprit may indeed turn out to be none other than everyone’s favorite social media app, Facebook. It’s never a good feeling when you look at that monthly bill and see that you’ve exceeded your monthly... Read more
AARP Creates RealPad Tablet For The Older Generation
If you’ve ever tried to teach someone who you consider to be “older” how to use certain pieces of newer technology, then you know the process can be frustrating and hilarious at the same time. What seems so easy to us “young folks” seems like some form of rocket... Read more
Here’s How You Can Watch Apple’s Big Media Event Live
While it would be an awesome experience to witness Apple’s big media event on 9/9/14 in person, for many of us that’s not even close to being a reality. Apple hasn’t forgotten about us, though, and they’re providing a way for everyone who’s interested to watch everything that happens... Read more
People Are Already Camping Out For New iPhone
Wow. We are less than a week away from Apple’s big reveal on September 9th, and while many people are excited, some people are extremely excited. While that’s the date we expect Apple to officially reveal two new iPhones and possibly the first iWatch, apart from rumors and speculation, there’s not... Read more
Cortana Can Predict NFL Games On Windows Phone
With the NFL getting ready to officially start their season soon, I thought I’d let you know of a nifty little perk of owning a Windows Phone. With all the talk in the air of iPhones and Androids, the Windows Phone can sometimes get left in the dust. That’s... Read more
MSN Messenger Being Retired in October
Whatever name you know it by, Windows Live Messenger, or its former name, MSN Messenger, you should know it’s closing up shop on October 31st of this year. If you remember back about 15 years ago, it was MSN Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) that always seemed to... Read more
Will Robots Kill Us All In The Future?
With all the advances in technology and artificial intelligence happening around us every moment of the day, what will life look like in the next 100 years? Just within the past year we’ve seen so many advances in autonomous cars, robotic employees, the possibility of a robot army –... Read more
Apple Creating a Mystery Building for September 9th Event
There’s a lot we still don’t know about Apple’s big media event that’s coming up in just 8 days. Oh, we have lots of theories about what’s going to happen, such as 2 new iPhones being revealed, the iWatch finally being announced, the official release of the new iOS... Read more
Kid Kicked Out Of Preschool Due To Mom’s Facebook Post
Be careful what you put on Facebook. That’s the lesson a mom in Florida is learning as some of her posts have recently caused her 4-year-old son to get in some hot water. Yes, you did read that correctly – a toddler’s in trouble due to something his mama... Read more
Now’s The Time To Sell Your Old iPhone
As September 9th and the expected reveal of two new iPhone models inches ever closer to us, your chances at getting a really good price on your used iPhones are steadily decreasing. It only makes sense – why would someone pay top dollar for something that’s not the latest... Read more
Robot Printer Brings Papers To Your Desk
The ability to print documents from a computer (or phone, tablet, whatever) is great in today’s world. But you know what, unless you have a printer right there on top of your desk, chances are you’re still going to have to get up out of your office chair to... Read more
Apple Confirms September 9th Event
Finally! After months and months of speculation, Apple has officially confirmed their “big media” event that’s going to happen on September 9th of this year. While this date has been long-rumored to be a big Apple event, Apple had neither confirmed or denied it, until now that is. While... Read more
HP Forced To Recall 6 Million Power Cords
It’s not been a very good past couple of days for Hewlett Packard (HP). They’ve recently had 29 reports of some of their power cords which had been charred and/or melted while plugged in. Amid these reports, some of them reported people being burned by the cords, and quite... Read more
Target Data Breach Much Worse Than First Thought…
Remember the huge data breach that happened at Target late last year? Yes, the one where their POS system was hacked and customer’s names, addresses, credit card numbers, etc. were freely handed over to criminals. Yes, the same one that pretty much made every person who’d physically shopped at... Read more