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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…

Udacity Creates Online Degree Program For Data Science
A new $37 million White House initiative designed to encourage data science work at American universities has kick-started some companies to assist in their goal of helping more people to get educated. One of these companies is education startup, Udacity and they have respond well, with a data science initiative of their... Read more
Pay For Virgin Galactic Space Flights With Bitcoins
Sir Richard Branson has got his fingers in almost all the pies, so to speak.  His Virgin Media company provides people all over the UK with award winning, superfast fibre optic broadband, capable of lightening speeds. The Virgin train and aircraft network can commute people all over the globe... Read more
Netgear Build Worlds Fastest NAS
There has been a good deal of news about network storage solutions of late and there are many players in the game.  The old school manufacturers usually have the knowhow when it comes to developing high quality, low cost products that are innovative and yet stable.  Take for example... Read more
Artist Builds An Invisible LED Shack
Architecture is not one of my strong points, I admit.  However, upon discovering this very clever and very weird construction, I just had to investigate the matter further. The Lucid Stead construction is a near-invisible shack, located in South Eastern California’s Joshua Tree desert-like national park. The designer/artist, Phillip K.... Read more
Xbox One Launches LOVEFiLM App
We all love movies, don’t we?  And whether or not we watch them on our TV, PC, Laptop, Tablet, Smartphone or Games console, we want the content to be the best quality audio with crystal clear visuals! Amazon knows this and in anticipation of a massive new customer base,... Read more
Instagram Finally Released On Windows Phone
Is it worth the wait? After all, it has been a long time coming but Instagram has finally released a native app for Windows Phone. The long suffering of you out there that use Windows phones (sorry I’m an iPhone man myself), will finally be able to share pictures in new and... Read more
New Kindle Paperwhite Has 300ppi
Amazon is now in the process of creating a new Kindle Paperwhite for release in the second quarter in 2014.  Amazon’s device will have a high-resolution 300ppi screen which will bring it back into competition with other e-reader devices like Kobo. The Paperwhite will also host some exciting hardware... Read more
Opera 18 For Android Released
Opera 18 for Android Brings a New Design and Dedicated Tablet Support with their  major update to the Android browser. Opera 18 for Android isn’t just a minor bug fix update. The new Opera browser is built on a code base from Chromium 31, so it should be fast and... Read more
Qualcomm Layoffs On The Horizon
Qualcomm has just announced it is to lay off some of its employees. These cuts are designed to streamline the chip maker’s workforce and are meant to “trim the fat”, making for a leaner manufacturing process. CEO Paul Jacobs told Morning Star about the company’s cost cutting measures in a recent interview,... Read more
World’s First Helium HDD Announced
I can think back to the time when I was but a small boy, playing my Commodore 64 being enthralled at playing such classic titles as Daley Thompson’s Decathlon and Manic Mansion.  I always wondered how many games I would end up with. What’s the latest game all my... Read more
NASA Launched Robot Mars Mission
NASA’s latest effort, the Maven spacecraft, was scheduled to blast off aboard an unmanned Atlas V Rocket Monday afternoon.  At 1.28pm EST from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, it did just so and flawlessly.  The Mavens spacecraft will carry eight scientific instruments to accomplish its mission.  The spacecraft will... Read more
Apple Reportedly Acquires Company Behind Original Xbox Kinect
Apple has always wanted to be the market leader in innovative products and sleek design.  The latest company acquisition has the Cupertino giant somewhat grinning with pleasure, maybe it is because they have found some of the hardware for their much fabled iTV ?  Who knows? But, it appears... Read more
New Website Lets You Track Sharks Around Maui
If you surf, then you know that Maui is one of the top places on the planet to go catch some serious waves.  This year, however, Maui has received a large amount of bad press, which is putting some, not so hardcore, surfers and water lovers, off.  After an unprecedented... Read more
London To Get Its Own Domain Name
With just over 8 million people living in it, London is the size of a small country.  But now London will also become important enough to have its own domain name; an amazing feat in today’s fast track and electronically savvy world. This week, a deal was signed by... Read more
Google Maps Global Forestry Changes
Between 2000 and 2012, Google’s Earth Engine crunched the data it had been gathering and displayed it in a web based application from researchers at the University of Maryland.  This gathered data from the satellite maps has shown a significant loss of forests. The University of Maryland’s Department of... Read more
Rolls-Royce To 3D Print Aircraft Engine Parts
Rolls-Royce, the name is synonymous with class, luxury and prestige.  The company has varied greatly from its early days, growing from the electrical and mechanical business established in 1884, through to making what many call the best car ever made (Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost) and on into becoming the leading... Read more
MakerBot 3D Printer Crowdfunding Effort For US Schools
Brooklyn based 3D printing company MakerBot this week launched a new initiative to put a desktop 3D printer in every school in the US, but it wants some assistance in doing so.  The company is calling out to teachers and donors to help make the goal a reality through a... Read more
Europe Approves In-Flight Electronics Use
By December, a new ruling from Europe’s Air Safety Agency could essentially allow electronic devices to be used at all points of flight.  Being warned to turn off your mobile phone may be a thing of the past.  The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has finally approved the use... Read more