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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…

Spin For iOS Real Time HD Interactive Video
Net Power & Light have just announced the launch of Spin, which they say is the first mobile video communications experience capable of delivering truly immersive real-time ‘together’ experiences.  On closer inspection, I for one, am inclined to believe their claims.   NPL seem to be truly dedicated to delivering... Read more
Verizon HTC One Update To Reduce Glitches
Recently HTC started rolling out Android 4.3 to Canada.  Now Verizon has just released documentation for its own upcoming HTC One update. And before you all start salivating the update does not include Android 4.3! Version 1.10.605.10 is all about making the HTC One run smoother with no/less glitches and... Read more
SlowCam Brings Slow Motion Video To iPhone 5
That new iPhone 5s is a pretty nifty piece of kit by any stretch of the imagination, but it is an expensive one, especially if you are not due for an upgrade. If the $600+ price tag is more than your finances can feasibly cope with, how about getting... Read more
Ads Coming On Gmail For Android
Well you could say we had it coming.  Nothing in this world stays free for long and it looks as though finally Google has got us where it wants us, right in the advertisers sights!  News has emerged that those really nice people over at Google will now be... Read more
European Union Calls for micro USB Charging to be Mandatory in all Mobile Devices
The European Union is stirring towards a requirement for micro USB to be mandatory in all mobile devices going forward, thus clearly gunning for technology giant Apple.  While nearly ever mobile company has adopted micro USB as the default charging option on devices, this was not done without some... Read more
Orbital Sciences Are Second Private Firm To Resupply The ISS
More than four years after winning a contract, alongside SpaceX, to resupply the International Space Station, Orbital Sciences has finally docked its Cygnus capsule with the space outpost. The achievement makes it the second private outfit to have run a resupply mission to the station, with Elon Musk beating them to... Read more
XiaoMi Mi3 Snapdragon 800 Tegra 4 Version On Track Variant Delayed
XiaoMi announced their newest flagship, the Mi3, on September 5th. They are going to be producing the Mi3 with two different chipsets. The Tegra 4 version will be carried by China Mobile with TS-CDMA connectivity. XiaoMi is also constructing a Snapdragon 800 variant designed to run on China’s WCDMA/GSM network.... Read more
Watchdog Outlines New Rules On Kids & In-App Purchases
Watchdogs have begun to set out new rules for disallowing games from tricking kids into racking up huge bills via in app purchases. The Office of Fair Trading has set out eight guidelines governing in-app purchases and the punishment for breaking these guidelines is by way of fines for... Read more
Twitter Introduces An Alert System During Emergencies & Disasters
Twitter have said recently it will help users receive special alerts from government agencies and aid agencies during emergencies. Users who sign up for this service will receive smartphone notifications via the Twitter app as well as SMS text messages, assuming they agree to handover their cell phone numbers,... Read more
Tesco Hudl Tablet Is Priced At £119
Shopping giant Tesco launches a seven inch tablet computer very reasonably priced at £119; the name of this low end piece of kit is the Hudl.  The supermarket retailer is in high hopes that the colourful Android-operated gadget will attract customers who might not have been able to afford... Read more
McAfee’s Decentral Anti NSA Device For Under $100
John McAfee is a very unusual man.  He was previously employed by NASA, in the 1980’s he began developing software to combat computer viruses and in 1987 he started up McAfee Associates, his Anti Virus Company.  He is now 68 years old and still very active in the technology... Read more
SpaceX Launches New Falcon 9 Rocket
The SpaceX Company has given themselves no easy task in their mission to provide us mere earth dwellers with the ability to, as they say, enable people to live on other planets.  The company was founded back in 2002 with a view to revolutionise space technology.  Those very clever... Read more
Large Hadron Collider Explored In Google Street View
There have been lots of news stories about the famous or some may say infamous Google Street View.  Whatever your opinion, the technology behind Google’s Street View is fascinating and really useful.  If you are a bit of a science buff or maybe just a tad nerdy, then you... Read more
Oracle Openworld New Hardware, Faster Databases
Software giant Oracle has kicked off its annual OpenWorld conference in San Francisco with a big keynote speech by CEO Larry Ellison, during which he said the company has significantly boosted the speed at which its databases can run. In a 90-minute presentation, Ellison went on considerably about how... Read more
HP Chromebook 14 is The First Chromebook With Intel Haswell
Say hello to the new HP Chromebook 14: Hewlett Packard’s new laptop is the first of the Chromebook series with an Intel Haswell processor.The UK model will only have 3G, but there is a 4G version available in US markets. Selected deals in the US can get consumers up... Read more
AirBnB Selects Ireland For Europe Headquarters
Ever increasing online vacation-rental service AirBnB is planning to set up its European headquarters in Ireland, joining other U.S. technology companies Google and Apple, which take advantage of the country’s low corporate tax rate.  Europe is the largest market for AirBnB’s web site, which lists anything from a furnished... Read more
Facebook Tests Auto-Play Video Ads
Social networking site Facebook is testing videos that play automatically on mobile versions of its service, thus firing things up to turn the 1.15 billion-member club into an attractive venue for lucrative, television-esq video ads. The videos will be silent when they appear in a user’s newsfeed, but then expand and... Read more
Twitter IPO Ready

Twitter IPO Ready

Internet September 14, 2013

Social media giant Twitter is very much mainstream in most people’s lives today and has come to chronicle everything from world events to personal opinions.  On Thursday this week it announced that it intends to make its stock market debut.  The filing was revealed in a tweet on the... Read more