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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…

Amazon Announces Kindle Voyage as the Next E-Reader Line
Amazon has announced the next step in the Kindle e-reader, named the Kindle Voyage. The successor to the Kindle Paperwhite, the Voyage comes with a few new features and a much clearer display, at 300PPI, it is the best e-reader display on the market. In the past year, Amazon... Read more
How To Change Faces in Photoshop
Photoshop is capable of amazing things, you can literally create anything, or change anything into anything, but let’s be honest, all a lot of people really want to do 90% of the time is to put someone else’s face into a photo. Here’s a very simple way to do... Read more
Need Quality Photo Editing? Download Corel Paintshop Pro X7
Corel’s Paintshop Pro X7 is a comprehensive photo-editing application that allows you to create your best photos ever. Paintshop Pro X7 has smarter editing features, 30% faster brushes, new creative tools and easier color selection. Paintshop Pro X7 is a complete photo-editing application, which helps you turn your snapshots... Read more
Apple Announcing Yosemite Release On October 16th?
Re/Code has announced that Apple will be holding another big press conference on October 16th of this year where it looks like they’ll officially unveil their new OS X Yosemite, as well as release new information regarding their new lineup of iMacs and iPads. While Apple hasn’t sent out... Read more
Sony Xperia Z3 Scores Best On Battery Life Tests
The Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact are critical for Sony, after losing $1.7 billion on mobiles this year, they need the newest flagship to work in the United States and Europe. It looks like the Japanese company has got one area spot on – battery life. In early tests,... Read more
HTC Working With Google On Nexus 9
There has been plenty of evidence revealed in the past two weeks, regarding the Nexus X and Nexus 9. Google looks to be continuing the Nexus program in 2014, adding a new smartphone and tablet from Motorola and HTC. HTC will be head of the Nexus 9 design and... Read more
Losing Your Hair? Your iPhone 6 Might Be To Blame
Apple and the iPhone 6 are under fire yet again. Another week, another complaint, or so it would seem. How many complaints have there been so far in regards to the iPhone 6’s? Let’s see – first, there was the gigantic mess with the first iOS 8.0.1 update which... Read more
The Latest Version Of FileHippo App Manager is Now Available
The FileHippo App Manager will scan your computer for installed software, check the versions and then send this information to FileHippo.com to see if there are any newer releases for your software*. These are then neatly displayed in your browser for you to download. The client is FREE, just over... Read more
Google Chrome Hack Lets Android Apps Run On Browser‏
Android apps have always been confined to the mobile, but what if users were to enable the 1.3 million mobile apps to work on Chrome, Mac and Windows OS? This is what one developer has been able to achieve, going under the alias of “Vladikoff.” Vladikoff used App Runtime... Read more
BlackBerry Passport is the Company’s New Flagship‏
BlackBerry decided to step out of the consumer market in 2013, instead focusing their efforts on BBM and business customers. It has not been a great move for BlackBerry, while they incur lower losses under their new CEO John Chen, BlackBerry has also lost the tiny bit of mobile... Read more
‘Teleport’ Your Kisses to A Long-Distance Lover
Are you in a long distance relationship?  Meet the Kissenger (short for kiss messenger).  It allows lovers to send kisses when they are far away from each other. Author of 5 Ways Love Affects the Brain, Hoorman Samani and creator of the Kissenger says: ”It is mostly a symbolic... Read more
Samsung Galaxy Note Faster 4 Launch in China to Beat Apple‏
Samsung is making some aggressive moves with the Galaxy Note 4, after losing share price due to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launch. The South Korean company was looking to announce the Galaxy Note 4 on October and later in China, but this will be escalated. SK... Read more
Google Offers Unlimited Storage for Students
Students always need more storage space for the plethora of photos, essays, research and music they collect over their student career. Recently, the Chocolate Factory, an Apps for Education service by Google, has publicised through its blog, that there will be a number of updates to the Apps for... Read more
Microsoft Planning New Flagship Store In New York City
Microsoft has announced it will be launching a flagship store in New York City. The store will hold all of Microsoft’s products and some from its third party partners in mobile, tablet and PC. This is as best a time as any for Microsoft to announce a flagship store,... Read more
Nixie: A Selfie Boomerang Drone That Attaches To Your Wrist
We’ve all had moments when it would’ve been great if we could’ve taken a selfie, but for whatever reason, we couldn’t get to our phone in time, and the moment passed. Sometimes it’s no problem at all to take a selfie, and other times, say when you’re hanging off... Read more
TV Not Smart Enough? Check Out MediaPortal
Some of us don’t own a Smart TV.  But it’s ok if you don’t; all you need to do is use your regular big television screen as Smart TV!  You just simply connect your computer and run MediaPortal, the open source media center. With MediaPortal you can tune to... Read more
IS Camera Roll Coming Back With iOS 8.1?
Among other complaints surrounding the new iPhone 6’s and that first iOS 8.0.1 update, it seems like a lot of people were upset because the “camera roll” was removed from the photos app. As many of you already know, the camera roll was where you could go to see... Read more
Smart Hotel: Hub, Opens In London
I few months ago, here at TechBeat News, we published an article regarding a new hotel concept by Whitbread Hotels (they own the Premier Inn chain).  These ‘smart’ hotel rooms enable customers to interact with them using smart devices. Well, the time has now arrived as Hub has just opened... Read more