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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…

Facebook DeepFace is 97% Accurate
When you see someone you know, your brain identifies that person’s face in nanoseconds. It is a relatively simple task for us to accomplish.  For a computer, on the other hand, things are not that simple. Cue the Facebook DeepFace project. The social media firm says it has developed a... Read more
Hang Your Clothes With Magnetic Cliq Hangers
When you stop to think about it, clothes hangers in general are pretty standard. They either come in wood, plastic, metal, or something similar. Overall, they are all pretty bland and boring – there’s not much creativity when it comes to a hanger. And really, I guess there doesn’t... Read more
Bug Fixes For The Latest MusicBee Update
MusicBee is a way to organize, find and play your music. Integrating with Last.fm and popular music blogs, this software offers you an opportunity to keep up with the latest music, while giving you the tools needed to create playlists and categorize your collection in the way you want.... Read more
Scientists Create Real Life ‘Doc Ock’ Arms
Dr. Otto Gunther Octavius, also known as Doc Ock, the super villain, may soon become a reality!!!  Maybe in the future, Spider-Man may have many highly intelligent mad scientists attacking him on the street. A dangling robot arm that was created to have the agility of an elephant trunk,... Read more
Firefox 28 Released, Windows 8 Metro Excluded
We all have our Internet browser of choice, but the numbers show that Firefox is the second most dominant, second only to Chrome. This data comes from w3schools and is applicable as of January 2014. The trend, however, is the same in the past year. It is thus no... Read more
Apple’s Jony Ive Gives Rare Interview
Apple’s Vice President of Design, Jony Ive, has given a rare interview, offering a small glimpse into the world of Apple and how its products are made. He provides insight into where the inspiration comes from for new products and how his obsession with detail impacts on projects. Once... Read more
Pioneering 3D Printing Reshapes Patient’s Face
Imagine being in a traumatic car accident and suffering from wounds that leave you with deformities on your face.  This is what happened to survivor, Stephen Power, 29, who experienced a serious motorcycle accident and was left in hospital for 4 months. Despite wearing a helmet, Power still suffered... Read more
Amazon Prime Cost Goes Up
The rumors had been circulating for months regarding Amazon increasing the cost of their popular Amazon Prime service. Well, it turns out that these rumors actually contained some grains of truth. Rumors of price hikes from $20 to $40 seemed to be the common amounts, and thankfully, it’s only... Read more
Scientists Hack Plants With Nanotubes To Create Super Plants
Scientists have been able to turn an ordinary plant into one that is supercharged by inserting nanomaterials into the energy-producing structures within the plant. The team tripled a plant’s energy-producing potential when they used carbon nanotubes to enhance the photosynthetic ability of chloroplasts. Chloroplasts are the cellular factories that... Read more
Real Life Mario Kart
Surely real life Mario-kart would be horrendously dangerous and crazy, right?  Shooting turtle shells at other cars must be a breach of traffic laws, not to mention potential harassment from Greenpeace!  However, Remi Gaillard from France has created extreme street go-carting in Tokyo and is now a growing tourist... Read more
Be Wary Of Using Drones When in France
With the popularity and availability of drones seemingly increasing everyday, it’s not all that hard to order a drone, set it up, and send it to the skies. You can even buy drone kits on the internet if you’re interested enough. But just because you can do something, as... Read more
European Politicians Vote in Favour Of A Universal Charger
European politicians have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a regulation that will force smartphone manufacturers like Apple to produce just one type of charger for all handsets. This regulation will see a one-size-fits-all charger by the year 2017. “This serves the interests both of consumers and the environment,” said... Read more
Microsoft Surface 2 With 4G LTE Now Available – AT&T Only
Finally, Microsoft Surface enthusiasts have the option to use their favorite tablet on the go without having to rely on establishments offering Wi-Fi – free or for a fee. Today, the Microsoft Surface 2 with 4G LTE is being launched and will be available via Microsoft Retail Stores, MicrosoftStore.com, and... Read more
WiTricity Develop Wireless Electricity
Dr Katie Hall is developing ways to transfer power without wires. As part of a crude experiment, she filled a tiny room with gigantic copper refigerator coils. In the middle of the room was a light bulb. Incredibly it lit up the room despite the fact that there were... Read more
LeBron James’ Galaxy Phone Deletes Everything
If you use Twitter and/or Facebook, it’s only natural every once in a while to want to vent about your frustrations. It doesn’t matter if you have two followers on Twitter or if you have thousands of friends on Facebook – a bad day is a bad day when... Read more
Graphene Based Flash Drives That Look Like Sticky Notes
Designers have come up with a theoretical design that could radicalize the way we store our data. If you’re anything like me, you probably have hundreds of those little thumb drives and can never remember what is stored on which drive. However, in the future we could potentially store... Read more
Android Security Flaw Over WhatsApp ‘Overstated’
Popular messaging service, WhatsApp, has said that their security is just fine and that rumours about their Android security vulnerability, has been ‘overstated’.  Android’s mobile operating system has an apparent flaw that researchers claim, allows cyber criminals to steal peoples’ conversations from Whatsapp. Although Whatsapp has been updated to... Read more
Lego Robot Smashes Rubik’s Cube World Record
I absolutely loved lego when I was a kid but what I built was nothing compared to what two British engineers have created. The Cubestormer 3 robot was built by David Gilday and Mike Dobson and has just smashed the world record for completing a Rubik’s Cube. In just... Read more