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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…

IoT-powered home insurance launched
UK-based Neos says smarthome tech may lower premium costs. For years, auto insurance providers have offered customers a simple way to lower their insurance costs via ‘black box’ tracking devices. Now UK insurance start-up Neos is working to bring the same savings to home owners’ insurance through smart tech. By installing... Read more
Shotcut – The Powerful Professional Video Editing Software
We review Shotcut, the free, but feature-rich, open source, cross-platform video editor. Shotcut is a surprisingly powerful free video editor that makes even advanced editing straightforward, and dare I say it, rivals many aspects of similar expensive ‘pro-sumer’ software. And it proves proves that getting your hands on a... Read more
Adobe Predicts Online Mobile Christmas Shopping Will Break New Records This Year
More than 50% of all web traffic will be from smartphones and tablets. Adobe Analytics has released its online shopping predictions for the upcoming holiday season and have estimated that online sales will be some $107.4 billion in the United States, alone – an increase of almost 15% on... Read more
Are Tech Giants To Blame For Russian Election Scandal?
Facebook, Twitter, Google and others may have unknowingly played roles. There’s little doubt now that state-sponsored Russian operatives worked diligently to try and interfere in last fall’s US Presidential election – a notion that has both federal investigators and armchair social media experts weighing in day and night. However, more... Read more
Snapchat Drops Out Of App Store Top Ten
Snap Inc (SNAP) no Longer a Top 10 iOS App Store app. For the first time all year, popular yet potentially dubious messaging and image-sharing app Snapchat, fell out of the top 10 in the iOS App Store rankings. Without a lot of information as to what could have... Read more
Twitter Erases #Bisexual From Site
Outcry as Twitter blocks ‘bisexual’ searches. For a social media platform struggling to remain relevant, Twitter sure is raising some ire among users and critics alike. First, the company has a long history of ignoring threats of violence and accounts that explicitly violate its terms, despite vocal outcry and... Read more
Google Pixel Buds To Surpass AirPods In Connectivity
The race between the two tech giants for seamless headphone pairing continues. Apple and Google have both taken on the wireless headphone space with a Bluetooth-connected feature on their latest phones, but both products have similarities and striking differences. In the race to get rid of the wire–although Google’s... Read more
Twitter Employee Intentionally ‘Deactivated’ Trump Account On Last Day Of Work
@realDonaldTrump feed temporarily taken down – internal review begins. US President Donald Trump’s personal Twitter account briefly vanished without warning on Thursday, leading some to celebrate, and others wondering what was going on. The vanishing feed was only temporary however, and has since been restored. It now seems that... Read more
Amazon’s Creepiest Prime Benefit Yet
Amazon Key is a new service that lets couriers unlock your front door. Critics have lobbed some harsh accusations at one of the world’s largest online retailers: they’re the evil empire, they’re taking over, they’re telling you what to buy and how to think. Now, Amazon is about to... Read more
Bitcoin Breaks More Records And Hits New All-Time High 
Cryptocurrency smashes $6,060 mark for the first time. At the time of writing, the price of Bitcoin managed to hit a new all-time high for the third time in almost as many days, surpassing the coveted $6,000 mark and peaking at a global average of $6,609.  The snapshot record... Read more
Optimize Your PC With Advanced SystemCare 11
We review the latest release of this popular system optimization software from IObit. Advanced SystemCare 11 is a handy all-in-one, and easy-to-use, PC optimization program that cleans, optimizes, speeds up, and protects your system, as well as secure your online privacy. Until the advent of DIY system tools to... Read more
Apple Fires Engineer Over iPhone X Leak?
Engineer reportedly fired after his daughter posted a video of the iPhone X before the official launch. There’s a tale or two going around the internet, one that leaves so many unanswered questions as to be nearly unbelievable. Reportedly, an engineer at Apple invited his daughter – Brooke Peterson... Read more
Full Extent Of Russian-Backed Pro-Trump Electoral Facebook Posts Revealed
A staggering 126,000,000 people may have seen Russian government-backed Facebook posts supporting Trump in 2016 US residential election. Facebook has revealed that as many as 126 million American users may have seen content uploaded by Russia-based governmental operatives over the past two years. Facebook released the figures ahead of... Read more
Amazon Launches German AI Lab
Artificial Intelligence hub will be based in Tübingen, near the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems’ campus. Machine learning research just got an unlikely ally in Amazon, who announced the construction of its German-based AI lab this week, one that will add about 100 further highly-skilled engineering jobs over... Read more
The Dark Overlord Hacks High-Profile Medical Clinic
Records from London Bridge Plastic Surgery (LBPS) clinic include celebrity clients.  The information accessed by The Dark Overlord includes not just patient records, but also photographs taken from their medical files, some of which are “compromising” and have been shared with news outlets as proof that their hacking claims... Read more
UK To Give Boost To Startups At CES
Government will invest and support tech start-ups exhibiting at iconic Vegas event. The CES Tech Expo held in Las Vegas is the highlight of the year for anyone with even a remote interest in up-and-coming technology. Whether it’s a major tech giant unveiling its latest gadget or a guy... Read more
Tesla Restores Power At Children’s Hospital In Puerto Rico Using Solar Energy
Elon Musk says project is ‘first of many’ on the disaster struck island. More than a month after being hit by Hurricane Maria and another major storm, technology company Tesla has restored power at one Children’s Hospital in Puerto Rico using solar energy. The hospital “is the first of... Read more
Hackers Decode Blurred QR Code And Claim $1,000 Worth of Bitcoin
French pair compute more than two million combinations to crack code.  Two French hackers have used their skills with computers and logic to reconstruct a blurred QR code on TV and claim bitcoins worth $1,000. When French channel, France 2 broadcast an interview with entrepreneur Roger Ver earlier this... Read more