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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…

The Most Amazing NASA Photos Ever Taken
NASA began operating on October 1st, 1958 and just look what it has achieved in those 56 years! We’ve picked our favourite photos ever taken but if your favourite hasn’t made the cut then tell us and we’ll add it to the list! Beautiful Planet Earth! Image 1 of... Read more
Apple Wants your Phone to Fly Instead of Fall to the Ground
Smartphones are wonderful little pieces of technology, aren’t they? At the end of the day, they add up to about the equivalent of carrying around a tiny computer in your pocket all day, which is saying quite a lot. For as valuable as they are, though, they sure are... Read more
Will the MIPS Creator CI20 Rival the Raspberry Pi?
The Raspberry Pi is synonymous with small, handy and really, really useful.  You can use one to power all manner of different computer related projects and gadgetry.  The Raspberry Pi is not alone in the market and maybe it’s time to move over and let someone else take the... Read more
Amazon to Try Out Bicycles for Delivery
You just never know what Amazon has up their sleeve. First, they tell us they’re closer and closer to having drones deliver our packages to us, and now, they let us know they’re testing out a bicycle delivery system in New York City. Is it just me, or does... Read more
FBI Makes Apple Comply to Encryption by Invoking 18th Century Law
The FBI is struggling to win over Apple and Google, now using an 18th century law to beat the tech companies in court and force them to unlock devices. Apple and Google both added encryption to their smartphones, to protect users from surveillance and theft. The smartphones cannot be... Read more
LG Creates OLED Division

LG Creates OLED Division

News December 10, 2014

LG Display, have just created a new division that has been tasked with developing OLED panels. The team are proactively promoting the technology even more aggressively then previously and the new OLED division will exclusively focus on commercialising OLED technology, the company has said. The South Korean technology firm... Read more
TGI Friday’s Drone Cuts Photographer’s Nose
You never know what could happen when you sit down to eat at a restaurant. You could get really bad service, you could get food poisoning, your food could end up tasting awful, someone could mess up your bill – the possibilities are near endless. Or, none of those... Read more
Amazon Uses 15,000 Robots to Make Warehouses More Productive
Amazon is diversifying its workforce with 15,000 robots, in an effort to make the warehouses more efficient and give human workers a bit of a leg break from scouting the warehouse for a single toy. The news was announced in time for the holiday season, Amazon’s busiest time. The... Read more
Has Bigfoot Finally Been Found in the UK?
If there’s one thing that never seems to slow down, it has to be Bigfoot sightings. Every week, it seems, I see or hear about someone else finally finding the elusive Sasquatch. There are even cable television shows now dedicated to finding him or her. You think if Bigfoot... Read more
Orion Mission to Mars Successfully Launched
The latest news from NASA is that the new Orion spaceship was successfully launched  in preparation for the first human trip to Mars. Just after 7am on 5th December, the spaceship left Cape Canaveral, Florida unmanned heading into the sky above. Although the mission only lasted 4 1/2 hours, Orion... Read more
Tag Heuer to Release Smartwatch in 2015
The Swiss maker of luxury watches and all round envy of the timing world, Tag Heuer, could be about to reveal their first Smartwatch at the CES 2015. “Industry sources” have been speaking to Business Insider and they suggest that Tag Heuer will debut its Intel-based gadget at the... Read more
Get Spotify Premium for 3 Months for $0.99
In this day and age, you’ve probably already found yourself a music streaming service you really like, but if not, Spotify is offering a pretty awesome deal for the time being. From now until the end of the year, they are offering their Spotify Premium service basically free for... Read more
12.2-inch iPad Air Plus Blueprints Leaked
The 12.2-inch iPad rumor has been going around for over a year now, but Apple has not shown any signs of updating the size of the tablet to cater for owners who want more screen. A new blueprint, spotted by Japanese magazine Mac Fan, reportedly shows blueprints for the... Read more
AutoDesk to Offer Software to Schools Free of Charge
Earlier this year, Autodesk gave the middle and high school students, currently in school in the US, their software suite as part of President Obama’s ConnectEd project.  In an interesting turn of events this week, Autodesk has also made a stack of other tools free to educators and students,... Read more
This Smart Toothbrush Works with your Smartphone
It never ceases to amaze me how everything is getting the “smart” upgrade these days. We’ve got smartphones, smart cars, smart watches, smart TV’s, smart thermostats – and now we’ve also got a smart toothbrush. I’ve seen electric toothbrushes for years which claim to clean your teeth quite a... Read more
Microsoft Planning Windows 10 Event in January
Microsoft announced Windows 10 in a small event in San Francisco, where the developer preview was launched. Redmond has a bigger launch event planned for the consumer edition of Windows 10. In late January, Microsoft will hold an event for all press and developers, to show some of the... Read more
Woman Tracks Her Stolen Phone to Starbucks & Gets Kicked Out
You know what they say – no good deed goes unpunished. A woman from Houston, Texas, recently learned that lesson the hard way after she tried to help a teenager who she thought actually needed her help. This past Monday, a teenager randomly knocked on the door of her... Read more
Australian Stores are Banning GTA V
It’s no surprise to anyone by now that the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) games are incredibly popular right now and that stores sell them in droves, especially since GTA: V has just been “re-released” on the PlayStation 4 among other consoles. Just as the game’s popularity is no surprise anymore, neither is... Read more