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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…

Cryptocurrency Gold Rush Miners Hire Boeing 747s To Deliver GPUs
As the price of Bitcoin and Ethereum continue to explode, miners of cryptocurrency have found themselves in a Cold War style technological arms race to outdo the other side. In this latest round of cryptocurrency competition, the weapons used are the latest graphics processors from AMD, and at the... Read more
Game Of Thrones Scripts Leaked After Major HBO Hack
HBO, the production company behind the hugely popular Game of Thrones TV series has become the latest in a long line of high profile companies who have found their IT systems the subject of an attack by determined hackers. Among some of the alleged 1.5 terabytes stolen are episodes... Read more
Microsoft’s Biometric Keyboard Meets Consumer Demand
New ‘Modern Keyboard’ launched in response to user security concerns. Earlier this summer, Microsoft unveiled a new keyboard designed specifically to complement its new privacy security features in Windows 10. Simply called the Modern Keyboard, it contains one handy feature: a biometric fingerprint reader embedded in one of the... Read more
Putin Set To Ban VPNs In Russia To ‘Protect’ Citizens
Vladimir Putin has reportedly signed a law into Russian legislation that will prohibit the use of Virtual Private Network (VPN) software within Russia’s borders. Citizens of Russia routinely use VPN and ‘anonymiser’ technology to access government-restricted sites, and hide their identities from snooping government authorities, news agency Reuters has... Read more
Ebook Lending Hitting Record Numbers
When the digital book revolution first took off, naysayers argued that ebooks were nothing more than a flash in the pan. Hardline devotees to paper and ink vowed to never let go of their death grip on “real” books, even as publishers scrambled to figure out how to monetize... Read more
Spoofing Gets Serious With Entire Fake Website
Most tech users have received more than their fair share of scam emails. From deposed (and stranded) Nigerian princes to widows who somehow seem confused as to how to spend the millions of dollars their husbands left them, the stories are almost laughable. Unfortunately, what makes the scam email... Read more
PhotoDirector 8.0.3: Worthy Cheaper Alternative to Photoshop.
Photodirector 8: cheaper than Photoshop, Elements, or Lightroom, but packs a punch under the hood. Photoshop has been the undisputed last word in photo editing for as long as I can remember. But like any king, there are any number of potential usurpers and rivals to the crown. One... Read more
Apple Removes VPN Apps From China Store After Government Pressure. 
Apple puts profit and market access ahead of principles. Apple has bowed pressure from the Chinese government and has admitted it has removed all VPN (Virtual Private Network) services from the Chinese App store. VPNs allow users to bypass China’s so-called “Great Firewall” aimed at restricting access to overseas... Read more
TunesGo – A Real Alternative To iTunes
Managing your media files, across all your devices, just got a whole lot easier and a whole lot more manageable, with TunesGo. Traditionally anyone looking to manage all their music, video and media files across all their devices, from their laptop or their PC to their iPhone or Android device... Read more
Adobe To Finally Kill Off Flash In 2020
Adobe has finally announced that it will be retiring its Flash plug in at the end of 2020. The  company announced in a blog post on Tuesday that the company will no longer update or distribute any further Flash related content by the time 2021 rolls around. Until then, however,... Read more
The Dangerous Games Of Hackers For Hire
Back in the day, Matthew Broderick impressed an entire generation of emerging computer users with his Robin Hood-esque hacking skills in War Games. His ability to stick it to the man made him a hero when he changed a girl’s grade in the school’s computer in order to impress... Read more
Dubai To Deploy Self Driving Robot Police Car To City Streets
By the end of this year, and not in some far off dystopian Blade Runner like future, Dubai’s police force will have a new recruit bringing law and order to its street; a self-driving car that will “fulfil low-level order enforcement tasks.” But the new vehicles aren’t exactly the... Read more
AlphaBay Goes Bye Bye Thanks To DOJ
The Dark Web just got a little brighter thanks to the takedown of one site. AlphaBay, arguably one of the shadiest sites in a sea of human internet trading refuse, is effectively shuddered thanks to a police operation involving Thai officials acting under orders from the US. Officials arrested... Read more
China To Launch ‘Unhackable’ Quantum Internet Communication
China is currently preparing to launch an internet messaging system that could literally be ‘impossible to hack,’ according to Chinese State officials. The ‘Jinan network’ is set to be launched this August after a long period of sustained and successful tests. What makes this latest attempt at 100% secure communications... Read more
Ransomware Not Going Anywhere Anytime Soon, Says Google
New study by Google warns that Ransomware is ‘here to stay’. According to Google, the surge of Ransomware is now an endemic scourge of the internet, and the problems associated with it are only going to get worse. Ransomware has “become a very, very profitable market and is here... Read more
Are Computer Hackers Days Numbered? New Server From IBM Aims To Encrypt Everything
New Z series mainframes will take some beating. IBM claim the 14th generation of its Z series mainframes can encrypt 12 billion transactions a day, and with one click can encrypt the entire contents of a mainframe, making its contents virtually useless to hackers. As data breaches across companies and... Read more
Top 5 Music Players And Managers
Manage your audio files and optimize your music.  You buy a track here and there, and when you’re feeling fancy, maybe even a whole album. Then of course there’s so many great podcasts stream and download… And so you carry on, minding your own business, steadily amassing an enviable... Read more
Wondershare Data Recovery: Great Value Excellent Data Recovery
The safe, reliable and hugely popular data recovery software. With over 6,000,000 downloads to date, there’s 6 million reasons Wondershare Data Recovery is one of the most popular data recovery solutions available on the market today. Of course there are any number of data recovery solutions out there, so... Read more