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Deepfake Safety: Five Things You Can Do Today

Deepfake Safety: Five Things You Can Do Today

Best Software Oct 7, 2025

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

Top Online Scams to Be Aware of in 2025

Antivirus Jul 31, 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

Meet the new features for Avast Free AV and Avast Premium Security

Antivirus Jun 25, 2025

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…

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Three Great Alternatives To PhotoShop: Image and Photo Editors for Mac

Three Great Alternatives To PhotoShop: Image and Photo Editors for Mac

MacPhoto and ImagePhoto and Image EditingSoftware Reviews October 4, 2018

Here are three great alternatives to Photoshop for Mac. Adobe Photoshop may have been the presiding force in photo-editing on Mac for the best part of 30 years, but it’s no longer the only show in town. In fact, a quick Google Safari based search shows that there are... Read more
macOS 10.14, Mojave Drops But Is It Any Good?

macOS 10.14, Mojave Drops But Is It Any Good?

MacNews October 3, 2018

So, the new macOS “Mojave” has landed but has it lived up to expectations? The answer is yes, mostly.   All things considered, Mojave is a welcome addition to the pantheon of Mac OS… MacOS’s, and comes with a slew of new features and upgrades, but with a with a few things missing that should really have... Read more
Uber To Pay $148,000,000 Over 2016 Data Breach  

Uber To Pay $148,000,000 Over 2016 Data Breach  

NewsPrivacy and Security October 2, 2018

This brings an end to one of several high-profile legal battles Uber is currently involved with across the world. News has emerged that the ride-hailing firm Uber is to hand over $148 million to settle ongoing legal action over the 2016 cyber-attack the company tried to hide, and that exposed data... Read more
Essential Small Business Software That Won’t Break the Bank

Essential Small Business Software That Won’t Break the Bank

Best SoftwareBusinessSoftware Reviews October 1, 2018

Whether it’s for HR, CRM, or project management, small business software should be cost-effective and save you time and effort. For smaller scale enterprises whose budgets can’t stretch too far, business software first and foremost needs to be economical. This doesn’t necessarily mean cheap in the low-quality sense –... Read more
Facebook Breach Compromises 50 Million Accounts

Facebook Breach Compromises 50 Million Accounts

NewsPrivacy and SecuritySocial Media October 1, 2018

Hackers exploit vulnerability in Facebook’s ‘View As’ feature to access 50 million user accounts. In the mad rush to be the king of data collection and use, Facebook has had quite a few privacy slip ups over the years. Perhaps that’s why the public response to today’s announcement of... Read more
Working Apple-I Computer Sells For $375,000 At Auction 

Working Apple-I Computer Sells For $375,000 At Auction 

MacNews September 28, 2018

An extremely rare working Apple-I logic board from 1976 sold for $375,000 on Tuesday this week.    The Apple-I is one of only a few fully functional models still known to exist. The Apple-I exists at a special point in history for personal computing. It was the first computer that was essentially plug-and-play (by the standards of 1976)... Read more
Malicious Code Causes WordPress Sites To Redirect To Scams

Malicious Code Causes WordPress Sites To Redirect To Scams

NewsPrivacy and Security September 27, 2018

Outdated plugins exposed WordPress sites to hackers. Earlier this month, security researchers uncovered an alarming find: thousands of WordPress sites had been attacked and had malicious code injected into their pages. By going after vulnerabilities in outdated plugins, hackers caused these pages to redirect to tech support scams. These... Read more
What Is A VPN? Here’s Everything You Need To Know

What Is A VPN? Here’s Everything You Need To Know

How ToVPNs September 27, 2018

Are you still not using a VPN? Maybe you should be. This year has already taken a rapid nosedive past the midway point and is quickly coming to a close. So far this year, though, we’ve already experienced record-setting numbers of cybercrimes, security flaws, and data breaches resulting in... Read more
Twitter Blocks Conservative Actor James Woods

Twitter Blocks Conservative Actor James Woods

NewsSocial Media September 26, 2018

Meme shared by Woods sparks action from Twitter. Actor James Woods is no stranger to expressing his political viewpoints on social media, and even disparaging those who don’t agree with him or with whom he doesn’t agree. Now, however, Twitter is pushing back over some of Woods’ content, specifically... Read more
Alibaba CEO Steps Down Amid Plans For AI Chip

Alibaba CEO Steps Down Amid Plans For AI Chip

News September 25, 2018

Alibaba, an internet commerce giant that vehemently states it is not the “Amazon of China,” is taking on a lot of projects these days. While claiming that Amazon is an “empire” that has to control everything it touches, Alibaba CEO Jack Ma seems to have overlooked the fact that... Read more
American Life Insurer Adds Fitness Tracking To All Policies 

American Life Insurer Adds Fitness Tracking To All Policies 

MobileNews September 24, 2018

Smart move, or the beginning of a privacy nightmare?  The North American life insurance company, John Hancock, has announced that it will no longer underwrite traditional life insurance policies, and instead only sell ‘interactive’ policies that include optional fitness tracking through wearable gadgets and devices. The move by the 156 year-old company follows... Read more
How to Make a Watermark for YouTube

How to Make a Watermark for YouTube

How ToVideo September 24, 2018

Creating a watermark for your YouTube channel is not as difficult as it may first appear And, with a little skill with image and photo editor software, you can create a professional looking logo with ease. YouTube has come a long way since it first launched just 13 years ago... Read more
Mirai Botnet Creators Helping FBI Will Avoid Jail Time

Mirai Botnet Creators Helping FBI Will Avoid Jail Time

NewsPrivacy and Security September 21, 2018

The three young hackers expected to be sentenced to work for the FBI instead of jail time. The three notorious hackers behind one of the most powerful pieces of malware ever used on the open internet, the Mirai Botnet, have been working with the FBI for more than a year…according to documents filed in a... Read more
Tech Giants Getting In On Healthcare

Tech Giants Getting In On Healthcare

News September 20, 2018

Civica Rx prepares to launch independent drug company and disrupt US medical industry. There’s little doubt that every aspect of the US medical industry is broken. This is an era in which American citizens with full-time jobs still have to hold crowdfunding campaigns to pay for their prescriptions or... Read more
How To Improve Cybersecurity for your Small Business: A Quick 7 Step Guide 

How To Improve Cybersecurity for your Small Business: A Quick 7 Step Guide 

BusinessHow ToPrivacy and Security September 20, 2018

If you own a small business it’s far more important than you might think to take some time to protect yourself from hackers and cyber-criminals. But we get it…It’s a hassle, and unless you are running some sort of IT related company, the idea of implementing effective cybersecurity might seem as... Read more
Thai Cave Rescue Diver Sues Elon Musk Over ‘Pedophile’ Claims 

Thai Cave Rescue Diver Sues Elon Musk Over ‘Pedophile’ Claims 

News September 19, 2018

Elon Musk, the billionaire business magnate is being sued by a British Diver who says that Musk has falsely and directly accused him of being a pedophile and a ‘child rapist.’ Vernon Unsworth, who lives in London, UK, alleges that Elon Musk falsely made comments about him on the Twitter social media platform earlier this year, after the dramatic rescue of... Read more
Alphabet’s Internet Loon Balloons Reach New Heights 

Alphabet’s Internet Loon Balloons Reach New Heights 

InternetNews September 18, 2018

Alphabet perseveres through complex technological and practical problems to set new records. Alphabet’s High Altitude Loon Balloon system set a new milestone last month by linking 7 balloons together that were flying 600 km apart, and casting the Internet in a 1000 km diameter, and all from just one ground up-link... Read more
Should You Pay For Antivirus?

Should You Pay For Antivirus?

AntivirusPrivacy and Security September 17, 2018

We count down 5 antivirus features we think are worth paying for.  There are a whole bunch of great free antivirus options out there which are more than capable of protecting your computer from the vast majority of threats. However, is it a case of getting what you pay for,... Read more
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