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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…

Julian Assange Says More Leaks On The Way
Founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has criticized the National Security Agency and has hinted at future leaks in a Skype interview held at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, U.S.A.  Assange, who is currently residing in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, did not give any details at all about what may... Read more
Soldiers Could Be Getting High-Tech Headgear Q-Warrior Soon
The American military could be about to get new head gear that will give them a serious advantage out in the field. Q-Warrior is a high-tech device worn on the head and has been built by the UK-based company BAE Systems. The Google Glass-like equipment can measure distances, display... Read more
Skype Update Improves Device Sync
Microsoft has released a Skype update for Windows 8.1.  It is designed to guarantee that mobile and desktop clients will stay in sync.  The tech giant has promised a smooth Skype experience for users on Windows 8.1.  The update ensures a better job of syncing Skype across many different platforms. Skype... Read more
SnapRays Guidelight Lights Up Your Home For $0.10 A Year
We all have the same problem – we can’t see in the dark. Now, given a few minutes, our eyes will most likely adjust to the darkness in our homes, but who has a few minutes to waste when they wake in the middle of the night with a... Read more
Download SnagIt 11.4.2.263
Tech Smith has released an update for its popular SnagIt product. This screen capture software allows you to not just capture a screen view but also resize, cut, frame and add notes to the image. SnagIt 11.4.2.263 is a maintenance release and fixes the following bugs:     Additional fixes... Read more
Wearable Sports Technology Takes Another Step Forward
Have you ever wanted to experience what it feels like to be a big name football player?  Do you empathise with your favourite team as they make a costly mistake and lose the game?  Do you feel elated when they win or excited when they almost make a goal?... Read more
Facebook Pages Gets A Makeover
Last week Facebook gave its news feed an overhaul and now Facebook Pages is set to be transformed too. The company has announced that it making changes to how it looks for both visitors and admin, saying that it will have a more “streamlined” look. In the old design... Read more
The Hoverboard is Finally Available…Or is it?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about how Nike promised the world we’d see the iconic shoes Marty McFly wore in Back To The Future Part 2. You know the ones I’m talking about – the ones that laced themselves up thanks to power laces. That announcement... Read more
Firefox OS May Receive Widgets
Mozilla’s Firefox Operating System is a smartphone and tablet OS, which is designed to run web apps that are made using HTML5.  The trouble with applications is that they come in all manner of different sizes.  The management over at Sony would like to bring in some support for... Read more
Snowden Urges A Technical Response Against NSA At SXSW
Speaking at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Edward Snowden has urged the technology community to devise solutions that will protect online communications from snoopers like the NSA. “he people who are in the room at Austin right now, they’re the folks who can really fix things, who... Read more
Microsoft Backs Qi Wireless Charging Standard
Wireless charging is something that will be the standard some time in the future, and I, for one, will be welcoming that time with arms wide open. With several devices in our household, some of which do not use the same cables and/or plugs, it is very easy to... Read more
Astronomers Discover ‘Death Star’
Astronomers have claimed that vast O-type stars are littered across the galaxy destroying young planets before they have had time to form.  A research team from US and Canadian are using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to discover that massive quantities of ultraviolet radiation from stars 16-times the... Read more
Teenager Develops iPhone Case That Doubles Up As A Stethoscope
A high school student has used a 3D printer to create something truly unique and clever. At just 15 years-old Suman Mulumudi has developed the Steth IO, an iPhone case that doubles up as a  stethoscope. Once an iPhone has been placed inside the case, the diaphragm on the... Read more
Facebook Building New Data Centre in Sweden
Facebook has been serving traffic form their data centre, in Luleå, Sweden, for approximately a year now.  The centre has been hailed as one of the greenest facilities on the planet.  Now they plan to construct a second data centre which will be even more eco friendly. The social... Read more
Man Arrested For Filming On-Duty Police Officer With iPhone
George Thompson is a man from MA who has recently found himself in the middle of a bit of a police controversy. As he was walking along recently, he noticed an on-duty police officer having quite the conversation on his cell phone. Apparently, the officer was cursing loudly and... Read more
Added Features In The Latest Kingsoft Office Suite Update
Kingsoft Office Free 2013 is a free office suite that includes a word processor, spreadsheet program and presentation maker. It has been designed to be smaller and faster than most other office suites and the latest versions allow you to save files as DOCX, XLSX formats and export PDF... Read more
Android SDK For Wearable Tech On The Horizon
Google has helped put wearable technology well and truly in the front line.  The impact that Google Glass has had already and it has not even been released yet, is massive.  The company is aiming to march forward and take an active stand in the wearable tech market, because in approximately... Read more
CUPID Drone Delivers 80,000 Volts To Stun Victims
Chaotic Moon, the company behind SharkPunch and the Pizza Hut touch table has modified a Tarot Hexacopter so that it can shoot an unsuspecting victim with an 80,000 volt taser. This drone was developed as a tech demo but the Chaotic Unmanned Personal Intercept Drone (CUPID) could soon be... Read more