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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…

Kenguru Creates A Tiny, Easy Access Car For Wheelchair Users
The Austin-based company Kenguru, has developed an electric car that has no seats. Designed for use by wheelchair users, the driver enters the car by putting their hands on motorcyle-type handlebars and then rolls straight through the rear hatch of the car and into the driving ‘area’. The company... Read more
LG L Series III Announced

LG L Series III Announced

Mobile February 20, 2014

The hugely popular smartphone manufacturer, LG has just announced, not one, but three new smartphones for the lower end of the market.  LG are releasing these Android OS smartphones as part of their L Series III models. It is expected that people can get close up and personal with... Read more
Google To Provide 10Gbps Fiber Network Sooner Than Planned
Currently Google Fiber is the fastest broadband internet provider in the US, with connection speeds of 1Gbps. Yet Patrick Pichette, Chocolate Factory’s chief financial officer, has predicted that the speed could increase by up to ten times and it will reach consumers sooner than we all think. During the... Read more
CP+ Japan: Overview
Each year Japanese consumers gather at CP+ in Yokohama, Japan for a four-day trade show.  All the big names always show off their new product lines to local audiences here and have done so for the last 50 years.  Canon and Nikon still dominate the digital imaging market, closely followed by other players... Read more
Rare Corvettes In Museum Disappear In Sinkhole
All businesses have a bad day now and again. Poor sales, rude customers, bad weather – all of these things are pretty well out of the control of upper management, yet they still have a huge effect on employees and customers alike. I’m not sure what you’d consider as... Read more
Venezuelan Government Blocks Protest Images On Twitter
Twitter has confirmed that the Venezuelan government has been blocking images of protests and demonstrations that began earlier this month in provincial towns. Venezuelans have had to rely on information from foregin reporters and social media in order to get around the state-controlled media. Nu Wexler, spokesperson for Twitter,... Read more
Fuel: Portable Android Charger
You know how it is, it’s about 6PM and you’ve been on the go since your smartphone alarm woke you up at 6AM.  You have mountains of emails that you just didn’t get through on your commute to the office and you had to finish them whilst grabbing your... Read more
Microsoft UX Designer: “Metro is Crap For Power Users”
That comes straight from the horse’s mouth, folks – a guy who is directly involved in designing UX for Microsoft, who goes by the name pwnies on Reddit. Of course, we know just how bad things can go on the site, especially when Redditors get all riled up; and then... Read more
Military Researchers Finally Create A Pizza Ration
Pizza is one of the most requested rations by soldiers but because of the sauce, cheese and dough combination, it often results in a breeding ground for bacteria as the base turns soggy. Food scientists from the US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center in Massachusetts think... Read more
Darknet Utopia Website Seized By Dutch Authorities
The dark side of the Internet has been lying there underneath the regular lol cats, YouTube videos, social networks, games and other innocuous websites that the Internet is made up of.  Occasionally though, it comes into the light of regular media, like the case of The Silk Road.  Along... Read more
Marty McFly’s Power Laces Are Coming in 2015
If you watched Back To The Future Part 2, (and let’s be honest, who didn’t watch it?) you’ll remember Marty McFly’s shoes. You remember them because they were all kinds of awesome – they laced themselves up without Marty having to do anything! And, if you’re anything like me, you immediately... Read more
1983 Steve Jobs Time Capsule Found in Aspen
It was in 1983 that Steve Jobs gave a talk on the future of technology at the Aspen International Design Conference. As part of his presentation he used a Lisa mouse, which was one of the first types of computer mouse to be sold commercially. Following the discourse those... Read more
Google Launches The Largest Solar Power Project Ever Made
Google has just revealed the company’s latest venture into the field of renewable energy sources by announcing what they say is the planet’s largest solar power project.  The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Station, is situated on the California-Nevada border.  It uses 347,000 mirrors that face the sun, to produce 392 megawatts of... Read more
Order Taco Bell From Your Smartphone
I have good news for everyone who loves to indulge their Mexican fast-food tastebuds every once in a while – Taco Bell is about to make it easier than ever to make a run for the border. Whether it’s lunch time or time for your second dinner around midnight,... Read more
DARPA Developing Shape-Shifting Transfomers
DARPA has been developing shape-shifting, cargo carrying unmanned aerial vehicles in a bid to augment current delivery methods. It is getting increasingly more dangerous to deliver the huge supply loads that comabt bases require and although helicopters are a possible solution, supply of available helicopters can’t meet the demand... Read more
Kickstarter Hacked

Kickstarter Hacked

InternetNews February 18, 2014

The popular crowd-funding platform Kickstarter, has had a serious security breach and the recommendation is to change your password on the website.  Also, their advice is to change your passwords that you use on any other websites, if you used the same password. Although the site was hacked, there... Read more
Bing Health & Fitness App Available On Windows Phone
Health and fitness is no doubt one of the most profitable niches today, and no serious tech player will allow itself to be left behind. In spite of all the struggles that Microsoft has been facing since what it seems like forever, it has a foot in the health... Read more
Google Acquires SlickLogin
It seems as though Google is really ramping up their acquisitions of late, what with their recent purchase of AI firm; DeepMind and other new and advancing technology companies, it appears as though their quest for global technology domination is almost unstoppable. To follow suit nicely they have just... Read more