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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…

Ubisoft Looking For Far Cry Future Ideas In New Survey
Ubisoft changed the formula on Far Cry 3, going from a rather serious first-person shooter to a playground full of new and weird characters and weapons. Far Cry 4 continued the trend of wacky characters and a different setting, but for the next installment Ubisoft is asking the fans... Read more
Can A Photo Of Your Hand Unlock Your iPhone?
One of the things I was most excited about when I got my iPhone 5s early last year was the TouchID feature. As you probably well know, this feature allows an iPhone to be unlocked with the fingerprint of its owner. (It also authorizes purchases, apps, etc.). My experience... Read more
Toshiba To Release SDHC Memory Card With NFC
Always having their heads in the game,Toshiba has just rolled out a new kind of memory card that also incorporates a technology that hasn’t yet been made available before. This new memory card is a SDHC card with integrated NFC functionality. Toshiba are going to release this storage gadget... Read more
Nike Confirms Back To The Future Power Laces Are Coming
If you’ve been on the internet for more than a couple of minutes in the past month, you’ve probably seen all kinds of articles detailing what the movie Back to the Future: Part 2 got right about the year 2015. (If you’re out of the loop, which hopefully you’re not,... Read more
Lost iPhone Data? Perform A Rescue Yourself With iFonebox
Don’t you just hate it when you lose your data? I mean, you ‘think’ you’ve backed up what you consider mission critical information, but when it comes to the crunch you know that you will have inevtably missed something! Time for iFonebox to step up on your behalf. iFonebox... Read more
Pacif-i: A Smart Pacifier For Your Baby
Okay; I do believe I’ve seen it all now. I live in an incredibly exciting point in time, and just in my lifetime I’ve seen the advent of cell phones, cordless phones, dvd/blu-ray players, next-generation video-game consoles, the internet, iPods, iPads (and most other Apple gizmos), HD TV’s, Bluetooth,... Read more
PlayStation Now Available On January 13 With Subscription Service
Sony has been working on the PlayStation Now beta for a few months, fixing some of the kinks on the service, and adding a new subscription option, for customers who don’t want to rent a video game. The streaming service will launch on January 13 across the U.S. and... Read more
Mercedes Benz Unveils ‘Luxury in Motion’ Autonomous Pod Concept
Car manufacturers have come in force to Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015, showing off new self-driving software, Android Auto and CarPlay integration and generally getting involved with the event for once. Mercedes Benz decided to take it a step further, announcing a new concept for a self-driving car that... Read more
Volkswagen Announce Android, Apple Car Integration At CES 2015
Volkswagen has announced a partnership with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay at CES 2015 earlier this week, in a move to interest both iOS and Android owners wanting to take advantage of software in the car. It has not been detailed how a user changes from CarPlay to Android... Read more
Sharp Shows Off 8K Display At CES 2015
Sharp seems like the only television company looking beyond 4K, unveiling another 8K display at CES 2015. There are several ‘Beyond 4K’ TVs, which Sharp is showing off at CES 2015. Sharp showed one that could run at 4K or higher than 4K, changing from42-million (standard 4K) to 66-million... Read more
Coinbase Releases A Redesigned Bitcoin Wallet App
Coinbase, the Bitcoin wallet app is now looking fresh and sleek after the app’s latest redesign. Along with the new design, the app also has a flurry of new and improved updates. This new makeover has come to both iOS and Android and it mostly appears to give users... Read more
Apple Sued Over iOS 8 Storage Space
I was all kinds of excited to update my iPhone to iOS 8 the day it was finally released over the air. So, when my phone finally told me the update was available for download, I immediately tried to download it but was met with a problem. The problem?... Read more
LAPD Smart Tasers Connect To Video Recorders
Recently President Obama made a call for more police to wear body cameras. In response to the Presidents’ request Los Angeles Mayor, Eric Garcetti has vowed to bring approximately 8,000 cameras to the LAPD. If this was the end of the story, then it wouldn’t really make waves in... Read more
Protect Your Head With A BulletSafe Baseball Cap
With the amount of crime and unpredictability in the world around us, concern for personal safety seems to be at an all-time high, especially for those who work in the law enforcement field. Of course bullet proof vests, etc. already exist to protect the body from bullets, but what... Read more
PlayStation Vue coming to PS3 and PS4 first
Sony has updated information on the PlayStation Vue, the new cloud-based TV service coming this year. The service has been in beta for PS3 and PS4 over December, as Sony tries to flush out some of the bugs before the big launch, early this year. Sony did not give... Read more
Dish Network announces Sling TV at CES 2015
Dish Network announced a new “sort of al a carte” internet TV service at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2015 this week, following a new partnership with Netflix to bring the service to Dish satellite TV owners. The new internet TV service is named Sling TV, and is available for... Read more
Netflix reportedly clamping down on VPNs
Netflix is only available in a few countries, but it still manages to run into licensing issues, due to movie and TV companies not wanting their programs in regions other than the United States. According to Torrent Freak, Netflix is starting to ban virtual-private networks (VPN) and other services that bypass... Read more
iPhone 6 Series Now Available SIM Free in the US
As of the 7th January 2015, Apple will start offering their SIM-Free, unlocked iPhone 6 and 6 plus in the United States.  These new versions will be available on Apple’s own online store as well as retail locations across the United States. However, not much has changed. The newest... Read more