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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…

The Top Business Apps You Need For Your Phone and Tablet
Thanks to smartphones and tablets, the working world is no longer restricted to the office desk and instead is available at the touch of a button. These brilliant business apps will get the job done, whatever your business needs and ensure you keep things running smoothly 24/7. TurboScan Image... Read more
Breakthrough In Quantum Hard Drives
A team of Physicists are in the process of developing a prototype quantum hard drive that has the capability to improve storage time by a factor of more than 100. The team’s record storage time of six hours is a huge step forwards towards a secure worldwide data encryption... Read more
Men Who Post Lots Of Selfies Might Be Psychopathic
Guys – do you take lots of selfies and post them online? It’s no secret that we as a society are slightly obsessed with the whole selfie craze right now, and people will go to incredible lengths to have the perfect selfie body. It doesn’t matter where we are,... Read more
Spinal Implant Could Help Paralysed Walk Again
Researchers have come up with a new implant that attaches directly onto the spine. This implant could help some paralysed people to walk again. The new implant is so successful because it imitates the soft tissue around the spine, so that the body does not reject it, as it... Read more
Amber Alerts Are Coming To Facebook
Since most everyone is on Facebook multiple times throughout the day, it might as well be used for something other than obsessing over what’s going on with your friends, right? On Tuesday of this week, Facebook announced that they will soon begin displaying Amber Alerts in their user’s News... Read more
Anonymous Begin ‘Operation Charlie Hebdo’
The group of hackers known as Anonymous have declared a war on Islamic extremists after the attack on Paris-based satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo last Wednesday. Anonymous, announced their operation, codenamed #OpCharlieHebdo, on Wednesday after the attack took place. A Twitter account with the same codename, @OpCharlieHebdo, shared a video... Read more
How To Play Games On Your Chromecast
While most of you probably bought a Chromecast to watch streaming videos on your television, the clever little device is capable of so much more. Have you considered the possibilities of playing games using your Chromecast? If you have a smartphone, tablet or laptop, and if you’ve got a... Read more
Netflix Premieres House Of Cards Season 3 At Golden Globes
Netflix showed the premiere of House of Cards Season 3 at the Golden Globes, following an acceptance speech by Kevin Spacey for the Best Actor in Drama for Frank Underwood on House of Cards. In his acceptance speech, Spacey took the persona of Underwood, claiming “This is the beginning... Read more
Xiaomi Announces Redmi 2
Xiaomi announcements might not mean much in the U.S., but in China they are treated like Apple announcements, with millions on Weibo talking about the recently announced Redmi 2. Selling over 60 million smartphone units in 2014, Xiaomi is currently the largest smartphone seller in Mainland China, recently expanding... Read more
Need A Feature Rich Music System? Try Vox
VOX is a feature-rich music player, which allows you to store all of your music in one place. It can play pretty much every type of music file, everything from lossless files like FLAC, ALAC and WAV, to compressed files like MP3 and AAC. VOX is compatible with different audio... Read more
Alcatel One Touch Smartwatch Costs $149, Will Work With iOS
Alcatel One Touch announced more information about the WATCH at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015 in Las Vegas, following a teaser earlier in the week. The WATCH will run Alcatel One Touch’s own software, instead of confining itself to Android Wear. The software will work with iOS and... Read more
Nissan and NASA Collaborate On Driverless Car
The Japanese car manufacturer Nissan and cutting edge technology specialists NASA are working together to advance the technology behind cars that drive autonomously. NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California and Yokohama-based Nissan Motor Co. announced on Thursday of this week, a research-and-development partnership for autonomous vehicle systems... Read more
Thieves Arrested For Tunneling Into iPhone 6 Warehouse
How far would you go to get your hands on a few iPhone 6’s? Would you maybe work a few extra shifts to get Apple’s latest and greatest smartphone? Would you just bite the bullet and sign up for another 2-year contract (or installment plan, whatever you want to... Read more
Need To Use 2D and 3D Modeling? Try Blender
Blender is an integrated application that enables the creation of a broad range of 2D and 3D content. Blender provides a broad spectrum of modeling, texturing, lighting, animation and video post-processing functionality in one package. Through it’s open architecture, Blender provides cross-platform interoperability, extensibility, an incredibly small footprint, and... Read more
Man Straps 94 iPhones To Body To Smuggle Them Into China
Man, this is just a crazy week when it comes to people wanting to illegally get their hands on iPhones. Earlier in the week, Techbeat reported about a group of 3 men who tunneled into an iPhone warehouse in Beijing where they ended up stealing 240 brand new iPhone... Read more
10 Reasons Why Men Should Try Pinterest
Pinterest has become my go-to place for when I need ideas on pretty much everything in life. I love searching for new hairstyle ideas, fashion or dream holidays. However it seems that Pinterest has a name for being a “girl thing”. Perhaps it’s the fact that you have to... Read more
Man Braves Freezing Water To Rescue Drone
People sure do care a lot about their devices, and they will do just about anything to keep them safe or to get them back if they’ve been stolen. (Why else is there a Find my iPhone feature, among others, if we weren’t supposed to go and track them... Read more
McDonalds Restuarants In UK Offering Wireless Charging
You know the sound of impeding doom, right? The small bleep that echoes from your smartphone as the battery indicator light clicks to red/flashing. If you are not heading back to the office and you have no portable battery or charging cable/plug to hand? You day is about to... Read more