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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…

Take The Official Geek Test – What Kind Of Geek Are You?
Now that being a geek is officially cool, we are surrounded by wannabe geeks with their thick-rimmed glasses, cheesy T-shirts and the odd smart watch but in reality…do they even know their Star Trek from  their Star Wars. So time to man (or woman) up and take the official... Read more
NHS Patients Receive Video Conferencing Consultations
Doctors in the UK are trialling a new type of service; via Internet video conferencing service Skype, to save patients the trouble of leaving their home to attend appointments.  Huddersfield doctors are contacting children and young people with epilepsy who are among the first to be offered follow-up appointments... Read more
This Space Shuttle Was Built By A Chinese Man On His Roof
All houses are unique in their own way. With nearly an unlimited amount of decorations and styles, you’re not really likely to ever enter into the “same” house twice. And with all those options out there, home-owners really have a license to do whatever they want to make their... Read more
2014 Top 5 Tech April Fools’ Day Pranks
We all love a good joke and so do most of the tech giants it seems, if any of their April Fool’s Day pranks are anything to go by. Here’s my top five for 2014. 5. Whether you admit it or not, we’ve all done a selfie, some of... Read more
Human To Dolphin Translator
A few years ago I was on holiday visiting Cuba.  Whilst I was there, I had a chance to swim with Dolphins.  I have to say that it was one of the most enjoyable experiences of my life.  As you may know, Dolphins are some of the most intelligent... Read more
Windows 8.1 Update Coming Tomorrow
Windows 8 users are probably looking forward to getting some much needed improvements to their operating system. The adoption rate of Microsoft’s latest operating system leaves no doubt as to how unsatisfied people are with it – Windows 7 still dominates the operating system market share. Even Windows XP... Read more
Behind The Scenes With Project Ara
Google has given us a glimpse of the work that is going into Project Ara, the company’s modular phone concept, that is being developed by its Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group, via a new video (below). In order to appeal to the masses, Google explains how there is... Read more
Robotic Fire-Fighters Tested By US Navy
Robots are the future!  Industry and everyday life relies on the work of robots of varying degrees.  Now there are robotic fire fighters who could help put out fires and protect firemen and women from fires they would otherwise, be unable to enter. As one can imagine, a variety... Read more
PullClean Door Handles Automatically Sanitize Your Hands
Germs are everywhere. Hospitals know this, of course, which is why you see a hand sanitizing station practically every two feet when you roam through the halls. There’s usually one outside of every patient room, several bottles at nurse’s stations, and even more bottles on worker’s desks throughout the... Read more
HTC One M8 Beats Rivals In The ‘Drop Test’
It is inevitable that at some point you will drop your smartphone. It’s happened to the best of us; either they fall out of our pocket or they slip through our butter fingers. So what we need to know is, which is the most sturdy and is built to... Read more
SITU: Smart Scale Counts Calories & Weight
TUAW writer Michael Grothaus is the latest in a long line of critic come creator.  He has developed a calorie-counting scale that has assisted him in losing 67 pounds over the last year.  Smart technology indeed! The device is called SITU and it is a smart scale, which calculates the nutritional... Read more
XBMC Beta 3 Fixes Airplay Issues
XBMC, the award winning media centre application for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and Xbox, has reached Beta 3 and although it contains only fixes rather than features, the fixes are still worth a mention. It is well known that Airplay support in XBMC suffered many issues ever since... Read more
New 20 Version Of Opera Has Critical Bug Fixes
Opera has rolled out yet another 20 version of its popular browser. It comes with what the company describes as “some new critical bug fixes”, one of which resolves an auto update problem on Mac, where the auto update process prompts for user credentials and then exits immediately if... Read more
Google Chrome Best For Gaming
Are you a gamer?  What web browser do you use?  Well, if you haven’t tried it already, you should give Google Chrome a trial run on your PC and see if you like it.  Google Chrome is one of the best desktop browsers currently available on the planet. Millions... Read more
Traffic Cameras In Miami Don’t Work
I am not really a fan of traffic cameras. Don’t get me wrong, I understand their purpose and think they can definitely help out sometimes, but I also think they’re more trouble than they’re worth. For one thing, they make me slightly paranoid, especially if I go through a... Read more
Ion Wireless Smart Lighting
Smart lighting is becoming more popular in the market at the moment, with many different firms showing off their products left, right and centre. One such company is Lava, who has produced a different kind of smart light called Ion. (It is currently in a production-ready prototype).  The firm... Read more
Spotify Gets A Major New Design
Spotify has launched its biggest overhaul since it was first released back in 2008. Whether you use the service on the web, desktop or iOS, straight away you will notice that its new look is flat and dark, with a colour scheme that is black, black and more black.... Read more
Fingerprint Analysis Pilot Study Reveals More Data Than Ever
Fingerprint analysis has been used to identify suspects since the late nineteenth century by Police departments around the world. With today’s modern technology, the Police and forensic scientists still can’t reconstruct a smudged print though. Also the Fingerprint patterns are also of little or no use when the suspect is... Read more