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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…

December 27 Tech news roundup: Firefox’s AI features will have a kill-switch, Steam Deck LCD model discontinued, Clair Obscur disqualified from Indie Game Awards
Firefox will have a kill-switch for AI features Last week, Mozilla’s CEO, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo revealed the plans for the future of Firefox. A major focus will be on bringing AI features to Firefox, to transform it into a modern AI browser. The news alarmed users who were concerned about... Read more
December 20 Tech news roundup: ChatGPT launches its app store, Google kills its “dark web report” tool, TikTok US sale finalized
ChatGPT’s app store is here OpenAI has launched its app directory, which allows developers to submit their apps to be integrated in ChatGPT, using a new SDK. Interestingly, OpenAI has renamed “connectors” in ChatGPT to apps. In case you didn’t know, users can access various apps inside ChatGPT, from... Read more
December 13 Tech news roundup: Adobe brings Photoshop, Acrobat and Express to ChatGPT, Clair Obscur wins 9 awards at The Game Awards, Skyrim launched for Switch 2
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sweeps the awards at The Game Awards 2025 The Game Awards 2025 was held this week, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was the star of the show. The game, which was developed by Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive, won a record number of 9 awards,... Read more
December 6 Tech news roundup: SmartTube infected by malware, Windows 11’s woes continue, EU investigates WhatsApp’s AI policy
Developer warns that SmartTube app was infected by malware Yuliskov, the developer of the popular SmartTube app has revealed that their computer was infected by malware. This in turn has affected their app, and the key used to sign the open source client for YouTube, was leaked. As a... Read more
November 29 Tech news roundup: Over 500 Million users have not upgraded to Windows 11, Steam Machine will cost as much as a PC,
More than 500 Million PC users have not upgraded to Windows 11 It has been over a month and a half since Microsoft ended support for Windows 10. But it seems that a lot of users are hesitating to upgrade to Windows 11. Dell posted its earnings call for... Read more
November 22 Tech news roundup: Cloudflare outage was due to a bug, Android will allow power users to sideload apps, Microsoft’s plans to make Windows 11 an agentic OS have begun
Cloudflare says it wasn’t attacked, it was a bug that caused the outage Cloudflare had suffered a massive outage on November 18 which brought down many websites and services around the globe. The internet services company, which powers 20% of the internet, has announced that the failure was not... Read more
The ROI of Inclusion: How accessibility partnerships deliver tangible value for agencies and clients?
Digital accessibility stopped being optional many years ago. Ensuring that all our clients can access our services is simply fundamental. We can look at it from the point of view of service to those clients, but even from the point of view of return on investment we will find... Read more
November 15 Tech news roundup: Valve announces Steam Machine, Steam Frame and Steam Controller, Red Dead Redemption is coming to consoles and mobile devices, Firefox wants AI features to be optional
Steam Machine gaming PC, Steam Frame VR headset, and new Steam Controller announced Valve announced three new devices this week including a gaming PC, a VR headset and a new gamepad. The new Steam Machine is designed to offer a console-like gaming experience on a big screen TV or... Read more
November 8 Tech news roundup: GTA 6 launch delayed, YouTube TV loses Disney, ESPN and more, Google Play Store’s malware woes continue
Microsoft finally fixes Update and Shutdown to actually turn off the computer Microsoft has done it. It has finally fixed a bug that was causing the “Update and Shutdown” option to restart the computer. An option to “Update and Restart” exists, but a bug in the operating system was... Read more
November 1 Tech news roundup: Fedora Linux 43 released, Xbox consoles sales drop again, Samsung Internet Browser for PC launched
Fedora Linux 43 is now available Fedora Linux 43 has been released. The update brings Linux Kernel 6.17, enhanced drivers for Intel Xe graphics, and improvements for NVIDIA Optimus and Hybrid Mode. Fedora 43 drops support for the X11 session, it is now Wayland-only. It follows GNOME 49, which... Read more
October 25 Tech news roundup: OpenAI ChatGPT Atlas browser released, YouTube adds a time-limit for scrolling Shorts feed, Firefox is testing new tab widgets
OpenAI unleashes ChatGPT Atlas web browser OpenAI has released its AI-powered web browser, it’s called ChatGPT Atlas. The browser is based on Chromium, and supports extensions that are available on the Chrome Web Store. Atlas has a sidebar that allows users to quickly access ChatGPT, and ask the AI... Read more
October 18 Tech news roundup: Windows 10 reaches end of life support, Zorin OS 18 released, YouTube gets a new video player
Microsoft ends support for Windows 10 Windows 10 was launched on July 29, 2015. Ten years later, Microsoft ended support for the operating system, on October 14, 2025. There are ways to extend security updates for Windows 10, either by paying $30 for the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program,... Read more
October 11 Tech news roundup: Discord breach leaked thousands of ID photos, Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka released, Could ChatGPT evolve into an operating system?
Discord data breach results in 70,000 government-ID images stolen Discord announced that one of its customer service providers suffered a data breach. While it wouldn’t confirm the name of the third party, rumors allege that it was a Zendesk instance. The instant messaging service said it reacted quickly and... Read more
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... Read more
October 4 Tech news roundup: Perplexity’s Comet browser is now free for all, Xbox Game Pass prices hiked, Amazon debuts Vega OS for TV
Xbox Game Pass prices hiked, subscribers furious Microsoft has increased the prices of Xbox Game Pass plans for a second time in a year, and subscribers are far from happy about it. Game Pass Core has been renamed to Game Pass Essential, and costs $9.99 per month. Game Pass Standard... Read more
September 27 Tech news roundup: Xbox prices hiked again, Forza Horizon 6 to release in 2026, Windows 10 users in the EU will get extended security updates for free
Microsoft increases Xbox prices again in the U.S. Microsoft has increased the prices of the Xbox consoles in the U.S., again. The basic Xbox Series S 512GB version now costs $399, which is $100 more expensive than its launch price 5 years ago. The Xbox Series X costs $649, up... Read more
September 20 Tech news roundup: Vivaldi gets a customizable tab bar, Apple releases iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26, Windows will install Copilot automatically for Microsoft 365 users
Vivaldi 7.6 update brings a fully customizable tab bar The Vivaldi 7.6 update is now available, and it brings options to customize the tab bar completely. You can remove or add any button you want from it, or rearrange the options as you like. Vivaldi also has a tab... Read more
September 13 Tech news roundup: Apple launches iPhone 17, KDE Linux alpha released, Google hit by EU fine
Apple iPhone 17 series launched Apple has announced the iPhone 17 series, featuring a new model called the iPhone 17 Air. For the first time, the base iPhone model has ProMotion Display, i.e. a 120Hz Refresh Rate. In fact, Apple has also upgraded the base storage across the board,... Read more