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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…

Are We Too Tech-Dependent?

News December 16, 2016

The recent US election has people in many countries taking a good hard look at their current lifestyles. Sales of “survival” items like guns, ammunition, prepackaged food, and vacuum-sealed even heirloom seeds are advertised everywhere you turn, and articles about stockpiling cash, gold, and other barter items are popping... Read more

Word From Our Editor: CUJO, The Next Big Thing In Cyber Protection

Privacy and Security Software Reviews December 15, 2016

Every now and then a new piece of tech comes along that stops you in your tracks and makes you say, wow, I need this in my life! CUJO is definitely one such piece of tech. Simply put, CUJO is a smart firewall that keeps your connected home (or... Read more

McAfee Finally Announces Security Flaw

Antivirus News December 15, 2016

Consumers have all the more reason to heed the warnings about updating their antivirus and antimalware software. It’s not just that it keeps you protected from threats that weren’t discovered when you first installed your software, but as security news surrounding McAfee’s VirusScan Enterprise for Linux shows, it might... Read more

Malwarebytes 3.0: Faster, Better, Free

Antivirus Software Reviews December 14, 2016

Malwarebytes 3.0 is here. I won’t lie to you, I’ve always been a big fan of Malwarebytes, and I’ve been looking forward to testing (playing with) the latest version for a while… …But it has been worth the wait? Well yes, yes it has. It may have taken a... Read more

Google Engages With Cuba In Internet Deal

Internet News December 14, 2016

Google has signed an agreement with the Cuban government giving the small communist-governed island faster internet access. As part of the new deal, Google will install its own servers in Cuba to vastly improve connection speeds to both Google services such as Gmail and YouTube, but also the internet... Read more

Google Data Centres Will Be 100% Renewables Powered In 2017

Business News December 13, 2016

Google has confirmed that it will make good on its 2015 promise to go as green as it can go. The company has said it will hit its target of offsetting 100% of the energy used at its data centres and offices against power from renewable sources, and will... Read more

Holiday Phishing Scams Strike US Consumers

Internet News December 13, 2016

Amazon has grown to be one of the world’s largest retailers and most recognized brand logos, which is reason enough for scammers to attempt to use the company for phishing emails. Joining the ranks of long-time co-victim sites like PayPal and Visa, Amazon has recently been the reported association... Read more

U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Samsung In Apple Smartphone Battle

Business Mobile News December 12, 2016

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled with a whopping 8-0 majority on Tuesday in favour of Samsung in its big-money long running smartphone feud with Apple. The court rejected an earlier ruling that Samsung must pay $399 million to Apple for copying some parts from earlier model iPhone designs. In... Read more

Tech Giants To Digitally Fingerprint Extremist Content

Internet News December 12, 2016

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and You Tube have jointly teamed up to try and prevent the spread of extremist and terrorist content through their sites. Extremist and violent content shared on social media will be digitally fingerprinted by the four tech giants to try and prevent it going viral. The... Read more

UK Law Makes Big Brother A Reality

News Privacy and Security December 9, 2016

Until now, it was only your crazy brother-in-law who tried to convince you that the government was spying on your computer, but go ahead and grab yourself a tinfoil hat: the UK has just passed a law that gives them the authority to monitor all citizens’ internet use, including... Read more

Google Launches OSS-Fuzz In Beta

News December 8, 2016

Software experts and open source advocates are applauding Google’s latest “make the world better” offering, its OSS-Fuzz tool. Still in beta, OSS-Fuzz is already a game changer in helping debug open source software with almost instantaneous results, allowing developers to pop back into their code, make an adjustment, and... Read more

Word From Our Editor: Privacy, Security And VPNs – What The ‘Snooper’s Charter’ Means For You

News Privacy and Security December 8, 2016

Despite months of debate, outrage by campaigners, and a petition signed by more than 130,000 people asking the UK government to repeal it, the Investigatory Powers Bill has now received Royal Assent and is likely to become law early 2017. According to the government, the Investigatory Powers Act 2016... Read more

Uber: Illegitimate Taxi Service Or Just Software?

Business News December 8, 2016

“Ridesharing” uber company Uber has denied accusations that it should be regulated like a taxi service in Europe, claiming its product is nothing more than smartphone software that connects drivers and customers. Uber made this argument at the highest court in the European Union, the European Court of Justice.... Read more

Google Changes Anti-Semitic Auto-Complete Results

Internet News December 7, 2016

Google has taken action to alter some autocomplete suggestions in its search engine after it was alerted to anti-Semitic, sexist and racists entries by UK newspaper, The Observer. The autocomplete suggestion that was the focus in this case was “Are Jews….” The Google algorithm’s first result was, up until a... Read more

PayPal Works To Crack Down On Cyberthieves

News December 7, 2016

With projected internet shopping this holiday season reaching as high as $91 billion globally, the goals for most consumers is to pay for all those goods without getting ripped off. While some shoppers rely on the inherent protections offered by their credit card companies, many rely on an escrow-style... Read more

Nokia Rises Again: New Android Phones To Debut 2017

Mobile News December 6, 2016

Nostalgia may be about to make something of a comeback if former executives of former global phone titan manufacturer, Nokia, get their way. Yes, that’s right, Nokia is coming back in to the market and are to launch a new Android smartphone in early 2017. HMD Global, the company... Read more

Security Flaw Devices In Medical IoT Devices

News December 6, 2016

No one ever wants to read a headline that includes the words “fatal” and “medical” in the same sentence, but that’s exactly what security experts are calling a newly discovered “fatal flaw” in connected medical implants. These devices, which rely on external updates, include implanted support tech like pacemakers,... Read more