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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…

Avegant Glyph: Hi Res Display For $499

News December 29, 2013

Avegant had designed a retinal head-mounted display a while ago, which was not for general public release. Even when it looked like this, people were interested, because of the technology the device used and the far-reaching applications of device. The company’s latest disclosure has me excited and I can’t wait to... Read more

LG Pocket Photo2 Announced

Internet December 28, 2013

Lots of people may not have known that LG had a Pocket Photo Printer; in fact you may be one of those people. I like to think I m not too far behind things when it comes to the latest tech, but I hate to admit it, I had... Read more

Jolla Phone Released in Europe

Mobile December 28, 2013

Jolla is a firm that was formed by previous Nokia employees in Finland, shortly after Nokia announced it was going to kill its Meego operating system and fly with Windows Phone 7 instead. The upshot of these events is Jolla’s Sailfish OS. Sailfish OS is based on Meego, but it... Read more

250K Devices Infected By Cryptolocker Ransomeware in UK Alone

News December 27, 2013

A research team specialising in security has revealed that the form of Ransomeware, Cryptolocker, could have managed to infect anywhere between 200,000 to 250,000 devices and could also have collected over £600,000 ($980,000, AU$1,000,000) in the virtual currency Bitcoin. Dell’s SecureWork’s specialist counter-threat unit has scrutinised the infection rates... Read more

Cubli The Robotic Cube Can Walk & Jump

Internet December 26, 2013

Swiss researchers at Zurich’s ETH Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, have built a cube-shaped robot that can walk around and balance itself on its edges or corners. The Cubli is able to accomplish these feats because it has three internal spinning wheels, which provide a gyroscopic balancing force. The... Read more

Cargo Zeppelins To Arrive By 2016

Internet December 26, 2013

A Luxembourg-based airfreight company, Cargolux, has announced their plans to revive the ill-fated airships for more mundane purposes. The Cargolux company’s next generation of Zeppelins will be designed to be the new cargo carriers and the first fleet of 22 airships are expected to begin their operations over Europe,... Read more

Oracle Buys Responsys For $1.5bn

Internet December 25, 2013

The rumours floating around regarding the Responsys buyout have been confirmed. Oracle will buy cloud-based marketing company Responsys for $1.5bn. Oracle has finally reached an agreement to obtain the cloud marketing company, for $1.5bn (£945m), as they continue to build up their cloud services portfolio. The deal also continues a... Read more

5 Minute iOS 7 Jailbreak Released

Mobile News December 25, 2013

It never takes hackers too long to figure out how to bypass Apple’s security rich features of their latest iOS and provide the world with details of how to Jailbreak their nice and shiny iPhones. And iOS 7 is no exception. The iOS7 Jailbreak has finally arrived and it... Read more

RSA Denies NSA Back Door

Internet December 25, 2013

Security software provider RSA has “categorically” denied that it knowingly and wilfully included a flawed formula for generating random numbers in its BSAFE product as part of a agreement to provide a “back door” for the National Security Agency (NSA) to access data sheltered by the encryption software. RSA... Read more

Cut The Rope 2 Released On iOS

Mobile December 23, 2013

If you like the original Cut the Rope, you are going to love this! Your favourite green monster Om Nom is back in Cut The Rope 2 and obviously he is still hungry for more candy. Software developer, ZeptoLab, on Thursday, gave iPhone and iPad gamers a treat by... Read more

Tomb Raider Launched On iOS

Mobile December 23, 2013

The original Tomb Raider game was released over 17 years ago, way back in October 1996, for the PC and PlayStation. It was an action-adventure game, developed by Core Design and was published by Eidos Interactive. The main character was a female Indiana Jones type of adventurer, called Lara Croft.... Read more

Vuzix M2000AR To Fit Standard Glasses Frames

News December 22, 2013

Smartglass designer and video eyewear maker Vuzix have announced what they say is a “major optical breakthrough that will dramatically improve glasses-based wearable technology.” The new optics engine, called Waveguide, was jointly developed with Nokia. This enables smart eyewear technology being able to fit into standard glasses frames, as... Read more

The Kano Build-It-Yourself Computer For Kids

Internet December 22, 2013

Kickstarter project Kano has managed to raise funding in excess of $1.5M on the crowdfunding website. The Kano is built on top of the Raspberry Pi and is a build-it-yourself computer which was launched on Kickstarter with the aim of raising $100,000 in crowd-funding to push 1,000 of its Kano kits to the... Read more

University Researchers Print 3D Speakers

Internet December 21, 2013

There have been numerous reports in the media regarding really useful and clever designs and applications for 3D printing. So it was only a matter of time before the use of 3D printing stretched into the music world. Researchers at Cornell University in New York have successfully designed and... Read more

London Gets First Pure Electric Buses

Internet December 21, 2013

Transport for London has started to incorporate its first zero emissions pure electric buses. The single deck buses will run a trial period connecting Victoria, Waterloo and London Bridge from Thursday 19 December, along the central 507 and 521 routes. Two buses will be trialed in December, with a... Read more

Amazon Kinesis Hits Public Beta

Internet News December 20, 2013

Amazon has a new data streaming analytics platform, called Kinesis and it is now in public beta. The service allows developers to build real-time applications without managing the complexity of multiple clusters. But though it has been regarded as a new type of real-time app platform, it also has a few... Read more

Bitcoin Prices Plummet

Internet December 20, 2013

The price of bitcoin has plummeted in the wake of an announcement from China’s largest bitcoin exchange that it would no longer be accepting new Yuan deposits. BTC China said, that due to action by a third-party payment provider, YeePay, it could no longer accept deposits in the Chinese... Read more

HP Chromebook 11 Charger Recall

Internet December 19, 2013

Google has informed all HP Chromebook 11 owners to return their chargers, after nine users reported melting and overheating during use. The product recall affects all HP Chromebook 11 laptops purchased before December 1 2013. HP and Google pulled the laptop from store shelves in mid-November, approximately 1 month after the... Read more