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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

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

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…

GPS Creator Wants Tougher Regulations For Satellite Jamming

Internet February 23, 2014

Almost everybody has either heard of or uses some form of GPS. The GPS has become necessary for modern daily life, forming the basis of smartphone and in-vehicle navigation systems for millions of people globally. Initially, it was controlled by the US military and was only accessible via a... Read more

Build Your Own Robot At Home With MOSS

News February 22, 2014

The field of robotics is seeing great advancements and so it makes sense that the up-and-coming generations are encouraged to get involved with science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM as the subjects are collectively known. At this year’s Toy Fair, robotic kits and science sets featured heavily, aimed... Read more

Metal Gear Solid 5 To Run in HD On PS4

Gaming News February 22, 2014

The Metal Gear Solid series of games has been running now since Hideo Kojima and the boys at Konami created the very first version in 1998 for Sony Playstation. The game is a graphic and violent action adventure series, which follows the saboteur Solid Snake, Liquid Snake, FOXHOUND, Metal... Read more

Google Gives Instructions On How NOT To Be A Glasshole

Internet February 22, 2014

The term Glasshole has been defined as “someone who doesn’t use Google Glass in a socially acceptable manner.” It seems that Google is keen to quash the idea that anyone wearing Glass would be socially unacceptable and therefore has published a list of DO’s and DON’TS for people donning... Read more

Google Announces Project Tango

Internet Mobile February 22, 2014

The ever innovative Google, have tried their hands again at the smartphone market, this time the device is able to map the world around you using a series of sensors, the phone’s cameras and a powerful vision processor. The sensor enriched smartphone works around a 5 inch screen. The... Read more

Microsoft Office Web Apps Now Officially Office Online

Internet News Office Software February 22, 2014

It’s rebranding time at Microsoft, it seems. The official statement about SkyDrive being rebranded to OneDrive has barely made the rounds, and we’re now seeing another change. This time, it’s Office Web Apps, which is now called Office Online. It’s not that this move has been kept a secret,... Read more

Woman Walks Again Thanks To 3D Printed ExoSkeleton

Internet February 22, 2014

Amanda Boxtel was told by her doctor that she would never walk again following a skiing accident in 1992, that left her paralyzed from the waist down. However, thanks to 3D Systems and Ekso Bionics, a 3D printed robotic exoskeleton has restored her ability to walk. Exoskeltons have been... Read more

CrowdtiltOpen : Crowdfund On Your Own Site

Internet February 22, 2014

CrowdtiltOpen has just launched, it provides an open source crowdfunding solution that can enable anyone to crowd fund anything on their own website. You may have heard of something like this before now and that’s because it is the refined version of Crowdhoster, the Y Combinator startup that was... Read more

Roberta Mancino Creates A Base Jumping Fashion Show

Internet February 21, 2014

The controversial and extreme sport of BASE jumping has been around for a number of decades. Normally participants leaping from either a building, antenna, span or something from Earth like a cliff, use specially designed harness and parachute containers because most jumps are done from less than 2,000 feet.... Read more

Philips Smart Lighting Assists Shoppers

Internet February 21, 2014

If you have ever spend a considerable amount of time walking around your local grocery store, looking for that really obscure ingredient which your dinner recipe calls for? It’s really frustrating isn’t it? As if you didn’t have enough on your plate, (excuse the pun) finding the best Chardonnay... Read more

Catchr App Finds Out Who’s Spying On Your Phone

Mobile News Software Reviews February 21, 2014

Even the best of us fall prey to paranoia sometimes and think that everyone around us is out to get us. (Can you say A Beautiful Mind?) Or, maybe they’re just out to get our phones and see who all we’ve been talking to and whatnot. If you’ve ever suspected... Read more

Huawei To Release New Tablet & Smartphone At MWC

Mobile February 21, 2014

A teaser video has been released by Huawei confirming the launch of a new super-thin tablet, a multimedia tablet and new smartphone at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The video features a narrator talking to Siri on an iPhone for most of it. (Um…yeah) The narrator asks: “What’s new at... Read more

What’s To Be Gained By Apple Buying Tesla?

Internet Mac Mobile February 21, 2014

The SF Chronicle has reported that Apple’s mergers and aquistion chief had a meeting with Elon Musk last Spring, adding fuel to the rumours that Apple is looking to buy Tesla. When interviewed by Bloomberg Musk said Apple making cars would be “a great idea,” and confirms that Tesla... Read more

U.S. Navy is Getting Ready To Use Star Wars Lasers in Battle

Internet February 21, 2014

We all knew that it was only a matter of time before Star Wars came to earth. Who doesn’t remember the lasers and the lightsabers? And who could forget the Death Star – especially when its green laser blew Princess Leia’s home planet of Alderaan to dust! If you’re... Read more

Samsung Confirm Fingerprint Scanner In Galaxy S5

Mobile February 21, 2014

Previous announcements had asserted that the fingerprint scanner in the Samsung Galaxy S5 would be located behind the screen. It was proposed that customers would be able to unlock phones by putting their registered finger (or thumb) on any location on the screen. However, the Samsung Galaxy S5’s fingerprint... Read more

Researchers Create Smart Glasses That Can See Cancer Cells

News February 21, 2014

A research team from the Washington University has developed new high-tech smart glasses that could aid surgeons in the removal of cancer cells. Often a long and complex operation, removing cancer cells is not always 100 percent successful, as sometimes it is impossible to remove all the affected tissue... Read more

Scrabble Gets Updated with an Automatic Score Keeper

Internet February 20, 2014

I hate playing Scrabble. Don’t get me wrong, I actually love the idea behind the game of Scrabble, but I hate playing it because you have to keep score. And I’m not against keeping score either, but with Scrabble it is so hard to keep track of the correct... Read more