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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…

Friends is Coming to Netflix
Happy New Year’s Day! I don’t know how big you are into the whole New Year’s resolution thing, but I’ve found one you might be able to keep: watching all 10 seasons of Friends from the comfort of your couch with no commercial breaks. As of January 1st, 2015,... Read more
How to Create Custom Ringtones for your iPhone
When you get your brand new iPhone, un-box it and start to play with it, isn’t it great to start messing around with all your settings, set your apps on your home screen, just how you like them, you know, things like that?  Then you come to setting up... Read more
7 Fantastic Features in iOS 8
By now you’ve probably had enough time to have a good poke around iOS 8 and get to grips with some of the cool new features that Apple have added. However some features are easier to find than others, so here is a guide to our favorite ones to... Read more
Blackphone Making A Secure Tablet
A little over nine months have passed since the joint venture between privacy specialists Silent Circle and the team which brought people the first Firefox OS hardware; Geeksphone, teamed up to announce to the world the ultra secure mobile phone, Blackphone. The Blackphone is apparently the most secure phone on the market today. I say... Read more
Nexus 6, Nexus 9 & Nexus Player All Launched By Google
The Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 have been announced by Google earlier today, alongside Android 5.0 Lollipop, the new updated operating system. Google has also launched a new Android TV media player, called Nexus Player. The announcement happened on Google’s official blog, sadly without an event. The two new... Read more
ClevX DriveSecurity: Protection for your USB Flash Drives
ClevX DriveSecurity is an antivirus utility that has been specifically designed for use with USB portable drives, which prevents malware from spreading via portable devices. The application is designed to run without any installation on a host computer; ClevX DriveSecurity will operate from the portable drive itself, thereby eliminating malware... Read more
AMPY Charges Your Phone Using Your Movement
Smartphones, tablets, and MP3 players are all great, but they all have a common flaw. Eventually, they each have to be charged lest they lose their charge and die; and all the gadgets in the world are useless with a dead battery. Honestly, it’s not too hard to carry... Read more
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0.3 is Now Available
Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware can detect and remove prevalent threats, which even the most well known anti-virus and anti-malware applications fail to detect. Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware will monitor all processes and stops any malicious processes before it start to affect your system. Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware Key Features include: Light speed quick scanning. Ability... Read more
Google Testing “Doctors On Demand” Service in Search‏
Getting medical advice on the Web has never been easy, with most queries getting answered by anonymous Yahoo! Answers instead of factual information. Google is looking to change this, with a new “doctor-on-demand” service, as part of their Helpouts expansion. Helpouts, for anyone unaware, lets work-at-home professionals teach or... Read more
Need System Information? Check Out CPU-Z
CPU-Z is a free utility, which gathers information on some of the main devices of your computer system. Information about your CPU, Mainboard, Memory and System can all be gleaned from this lightweight and useful utility. CPU Name and number. Core stepping and process. Core voltage. Internal and external... Read more
Ghostbusters is Getting A Reboot!
It’s no stretch for me to say that I was a huge Ghostbusters fan when I was a kid. I had all the figures, I had my own Proton Pack, I even had the Firehouse playlet. I can even remember playing one of the Ghostbusters games on the Super Nintendo.... Read more
Samsung Has Developed Faster WiFi
WiFi has come a long way in the last few years and the current speeds are ample for what most users need. However, we all grow impatient at times if our connection speeds slow down. Samsung has decided to solve this issue by developing  a new Wi-Fi technology, which... Read more
Hackers Put Nude Snapchat Pictures Online
It’s not been a good past couple of days for Snapchat or their users. Approximately 200,000 photos which users thought had been deleted have reportedly been put online by hackers, some of them believed to have been of nude underage children, since half of Snapchat’s users are between the... Read more
SecureDrives Creates A Self Destructing Drive
“This message will self destruct in five seconds” cue Mission Impossible theme music…Self-destructing gadgets have only been in the minds of writers and special effects crews in the movie business. Such classic character series as Mission Impossible and James Bond come to mind. All that is about to change... Read more
Microsoft Releases New Keyboard for Android Wear‏
It looks like Microsoft’s smartwatch project is good few years away, with the company launching a new keyboard for Android Wear. This is after Satya Nadella cancelled all of Nokia’s Android devices, looking to keep the focus on Windows Phone. The Android Wear keyboard will let users write the... Read more
Google & Microsoft Team Up With Code.org
Code.org, the Seattle-based organization, wants 100 million students to learn the fundamentals of computer science and in order to help them reach their goal,  they have just launched a crowdfunding campaign, which is aiming to raise $5 million. Hopefully they can help 100 million students from all over the... Read more
Star Wars Battle Pod to Hit Arcades in January 2015
The battle sequences in the Star Wars franchise are cinematically off the scale when it comes to special effects and complex dog fights. As a kid I used to love playing Star Wars games in the arcades and then on games consoles and PC. But, there always was a... Read more
Lego Batman Gets His Own Movie!
Like many of you, I’m guessing, I watched the Lego Movie when it came out. And I thought it was awesome for the most part. I definitely laughed more than I thought I would, and overall I really enjoyed it. But you know what I really loved about the movie?... Read more