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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…

Defraggler Updated

Defraggler Updated

News April 19, 2014

A large amount of defrag tools that are available on the market only allow you to defrag an entire drive.  Defraggler lets you specify one or more files, folders, or the whole drive to defragment.  The software does this by using the exact same techniques that Windows uses. So, using Defraggler... Read more
US Military To Build Stealth Motorcycle
Stealth technology has been around for some time now.  The military have used the technology in its varying forms on all sorts of vehicles from jet fighters to submarines.  But I do not think that anyone has yet to construct a stealth motorcycle.  Well, apparently all that is about... Read more
Download Firefox 29 Beta
With Mozilla Firefox as your web browser of choice, you can surf the web easily with a simple User Interface that is easy to manage.  If you couple that with great browsing speed and strong security capabilities then you will see why Mozilla Firefox has consistently featured in the top... Read more
Teen Arrested For Hoax Terrorism Tweet To American Airlines
A 14-year-old girl from the Netherlands thought that I was a good idea to play a joke with American Airlines by sending a terror threat via Twitter. The tweet read “Hello my name’s Ibrahim and I’m from Afghanistan. I’m part of Al Qaida and on June 1st I’m gonna... Read more
Glow in The Dark Highway
A couple of years ago, back in 2012, there was a concept that was created by a Dutch designer Dan Roosegaarde, which suggested that glow in the dark road markings should be used in place of street lights. The goal was to create the roads to be more interactive whilst at the same... Read more
Google Acquires Titan Aerospace Before Facebook Does
Google has bought Titan Aerospace. Yes, you heard that correctly.  The very same Titan Aerospace that Facebook wanted to acquire.  Google have snatched the firm right from under Zuckerberg’s nose.  Last month Facebook  was allegedly in talks to buy Titan Aerospace for approximately $60 million.  The disclosure of the... Read more
Album Download Cost Woman £2600
Everybody loves music, but the way we consume our mellifluous sounds has changed over the years.  Long gone are the days of 8-Ttrack tapes and vinyl and even the sale of compact discs are sliding rapidly downhill.  We are firmly fixed in the digital age.  Sure there are still... Read more
Solar Lamp For Developing Countries
Currently in the world there are more than one billion people in the world that still use the traditional oil lamp.  It is considered less effective, more expensive and more dangerous than other forms of cleaner illumination; such as the solar lamp that has been developed by start-up LEDsafari.... Read more
Download The Latest Version Of WinSCP
WinSCP, the popular  open source FTP and SFTP client for Windows has just been updated to WinSCP 5.5.3.  The software has many features, including; Legacy SCP protocol support and the software integrates with Pageant (PuTTY authentication agent) for full support of public key authentication with SSH.  Batch file scripting... Read more
ISS To Send Video Laser To Earth
NASA has created an interesting method to transmit data across vast distances, such as the ISS to the Earth.  The Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) system was due to be launched to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX-3 mission, but the mission was scrubbed due to a helium... Read more
Kolibree Smart Toothbrush
Kolibree is a smart electric toothbrush, which was unveiled at the International CES back in January this year.  The makers of the smart product have now just launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise finance for mass production and worldwide distribution. We all seem to interconnect most of our devices and accounts these days,... Read more
First Atomic Watch Crowdfunded
Finally, a clock that will keep accurate time!  The National Institute for Standards in Technology (NIST) has developed a clock that will keep accurate time up to 300 million years.  No more will precision be a problem.  An atomic clock of such magnitude could never be reproduced…or could it?... Read more
New Scientific App Created To Track Plant Virus
Scientists have created a new citizen science app for iOS and Android users that is able to track the declining incidence of papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) in Honolulu.  The scientists also believe that there is a possible increase in the incidence of PRSV-resistant genetically engineered (GE) papayas. Dr Scot Nelson... Read more
US Air Force Testing Google Glass For The Battlefield
Google Glass is now being tested for use in battle.  The research team, Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided Kowledge (BATMAN),  who work for the US Air Force, is currently beta-testing the technology for military use.  So far, testing has had positive results. One of BATMAN’S software developers, Andres Calvo, said... Read more
Google Glass Available to Buy to US Public For One Day Only
Google Glass is the next big thing in wearable tech.  Only programmers, celebrities and famous/infamous people have been able to get their hands on the much-coveted device, until now that is.  On April 15 2014, anyone who resides in the United States will have the opportunity to become a Google... Read more
Sky TV To Trial Fibre Optic
Sky television keep telling the public to ‘Believe in better’ and this time it looks like they have taken their own advice.  Sky is starting to provide their TV packages, landline telephone services and super-fast broadband (capable of up to 300Mbps), through a fibre optic line instead of a... Read more
Wearable Processor With 30 Days Battery Life
A start-up company based in India, called Ineda Systems, has officially announced a “wearable processor unit”.  This may well kick off the race to find dramatically better battery life for wearable devices. The wearable tech market has yet to truly explode.  This is in contradiction to the way that some... Read more
Scientists Genetically Modify Trees To Make Greener Paper
For years now we have been advised to re-cycle and re-use our products whenever we can, and it’s a good thing isn’t it?  We all want to live in a sustainable world and be able to pass on to our children a better environment for their future. The environmental... Read more