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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…

Bill Gates Gives Away $4.6bn To Charity In Biggest Donation Since 2000
Bill Gates, the world’s richest person, has given away 64 million Microsoft shares, reducing his stake in company he co-founded to 1.3%. In a filing to the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, Gates revealed he was in the process of donating 64 million shares of his Microsoft shares,  worth... Read more
Grammarly For Chrome: Grammar Made Easy?
Grammarly for Chrome is a free extension for Google’s Chrome browser which checks your grammar and spelling. The Grammarly extension works pretty much just like the spell checker in most Word Processors such as Word, but does it for all your online stuff instead. It works with Twitter, Facebook,... Read more
Spoils Of War: Indian Police Arrest Four For Game Of Thrones Leak
Police in India have arrested four IT workers suspected of leaking the Series 7, episode 4 the “Spoils of War”, days before it was aired. All four of the accused were arrested and appeared before a judge and will be detained in custody for at least a week. Police in India claim... Read more
Facebook Launches “Watch” Tab To Compete With YouTube
Another day, another online streaming option that helps take a stab at the regional monopolies owned by the telecom companies. Facebook is the latest platform to launch a video option that will contain original content, streaming television, and more. Designed to compete with YouTube and generate revenue via advertising,... Read more
Chinese Authorities Investigating Weibo, Baidu, WeChat
Internet freedom, net neutrality, even the very concept of freedom of speech are all hot button topics right now, and even citizens in the respective countries can be left confused as to the meaning of the terms. One former Google employee is currently learning the hard way, for example,... Read more
Man Who Wrote Rules On Difficult Passwords Now Says He R3grets A1M05T Everything.
Now admits the curse of passwords now ‘drives people bananas’. Bill Burr (not to be confused with comedian Bill Burr) originally came up with the rules on safe passwords, told the Wall Street Journal that his advice given way back at the start of the 21st Century was totally... Read more
TVAddons: When Fighting Piracy Goes Too Far
Canadian telecom companies launch combined counter-attack. Tech users seem to be a fairly divided bunch when it comes to the “grey area” they associate with internet piracy. On the one hand, the software, videos, music, ebooks, and other media are decidedly the property of the content creator, and therefore... Read more
DNA Can Carry Malicious Code, Infecting Networks
Any sci-fi fans who just read that headline will be disappointed to find out this is not the next film adaptation of a Hugo-winning novel. Instead, it’s the subject of a very different kind of writing: a research paper by a team from University of Washington in Seattle. The... Read more
Fears Raised Over Microsoft Surface Reliability
Report claims 25 per cent of Microsoft Surface devices have problems after 24 months. Consumer Reports, the non-profit organization providing unbiased product ratings and reviews since 1936, has said it is removing its “recommended” status for Microsoft Surface products. The company has said that the breakage rate for Microsoft... Read more
Body Hack: IoT Medical Devices Are Vulnerable
DefCon highlights weaknesses in life-saving tech. Hackers and “killing spree” aren’t usually used in the same sentence, but that correlation is exactly what biomedical researchers and cybersecurity experts came together to discuss at the recent DefCon event. It’s no secret that IoT and connected medical implants have had more... Read more
Artist Protests Twitter With Offline Hate Tweets
‘Not just plain insults or jokes, but absolutely serious threats of violence’. A German-Israeli satirical artist who claims that Twitter has steadfastly failed to deal with hate tweets has taken to stencilling the offensive tweets onto the street directly in front of the company’s Hamburg headquarters. Shahak Shapira posted a... Read more
Solar Energy Vulnerabilities Can Lead To Grid Shutdown
Dutch researcher finds weakness within inverters. With the current global focus on renewable and green energy, innovations are being made almost daily to make alternative energy sources readily available, affordable, and most of all, actually workable. Currently, a lot of forms of green energy are either cost-prohibitive for individual... Read more
Google Fires Anti-Diversity Memo Author 
Male engineer at the centre of current diversity uproar in Silicon Valley. The news comes a little over a week after Google engineer, James Damore, authored an internal memo in which he stated that there were innate biological differences behind the gender inequalities that are rampant in the tech... Read more
Another Week, Another Record Bitcoin High
Value of digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin hits record high after month of turmoil. According to the Coindesk Bitcoin Price Index, the price of bitcoin reached a new high average of $3,525 across global exchanges in the first few days of this week. The surge followed the creation of a spin-off cryptocurrency,... Read more
Anthem Announces Second Data Breach After Settling For $115M
New blow for massive health insurance company. The largest healthcare coverage provider in the US has a little bit of a security problem, as evidenced by their announcement this week. Those not directly connected to the company might have heard the name in the news recently, as Anthem Inc., reached... Read more
Hacker Who Stopped WannaCry Faces Prison
WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins awaits court appearance on malware charges. No good deed goes unpunished, apparently, as news circulated late last week of hacker Marcus Hutchins’ arrest and detainment in Las Vegas. For those unfamiliar with the name, Hutchins is the young hacker who stumbled upon the solution for... Read more
Oops. Apple Leaks iPhone 8 While Testing A Firmware Update
Image adds weight to facial-recognition unlock rumours.  The internet is a-buzz right now with news garnered from a very uncharacteristic Apple foible, one that is so unlike the company that it smells intentional. It seems that months of speculation about the features and upgrades to the anticipated iPhone 8 (name... Read more
5-in-1 Bundle From Stellar Phoenix
Hurry, this great software deal ends August 15. For some people, back to school shopping obviously means backpacks, pens, paper, and the like. For others, though, it means scoring great deals on technology. That’s why notable tech companies will offer special pricing, financing deals, and other incentives at this... Read more