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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…

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Grad Student Brings Prehistoric Plants To ‘Life’

News April 19, 2014

Jeff Benca, a grad student in the Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Palaeontology at Berkeley in California, also a prehistoric plant enthusiast, published a paper describing a ‘new’ found prehistoric species of lycopod. The difference in his paper to many others is his detailed colour reconstruction of... Read more

Space X Has 20 Year Lease At Kennedy Space Centre

News April 19, 2014

Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, was the topic of a custody battle between SpaceX (who designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft) and Blue Origin (a privately funded aerospace company initiated by Jeff Bezos, creator of amazon.com). Blue Origin wanted NASA to allow different... Read more

Defraggler Updated

News April 19, 2014

A large amount of defrag tools that are available on the market only allow you to defrag an entire drive. Defraggler lets you specify one or more files, folders, or the whole drive to defragment. The software does this by using the exact same techniques that Windows uses. So, using Defraggler... Read more

US Military To Build Stealth Motorcycle

News April 18, 2014

Stealth technology has been around for some time now. The military have used the technology in its varying forms on all sorts of vehicles from jet fighters to submarines. But I do not think that anyone has yet to construct a stealth motorcycle. Well, apparently all that is about... Read more

Download Firefox 29 Beta

News April 18, 2014

With Mozilla Firefox as your web browser of choice, you can surf the web easily with a simple User Interface that is easy to manage. If you couple that with great browsing speed and strong security capabilities then you will see why Mozilla Firefox has consistently featured in the top... Read more

Glow in The Dark Highway

News April 17, 2014

A couple of years ago, back in 2012, there was a concept that was created by a Dutch designer Dan Roosegaarde, which suggested that glow in the dark road markings should be used in place of street lights. The goal was to create the roads to be more interactive whilst at the same... Read more

Missouri To Use Loud Noises To Slow Down Drivers

News April 17, 2014

Apparently the state of Missouri is having some trouble keeping their drivers from barreling through construction zones at full speed. It’s nothing to worry about, though, as the folks at the Missouri Department of Transportation have a brilliant idea that is supposed to fix the problem. What do they... Read more

Google Acquires Titan Aerospace Before Facebook Does

News April 17, 2014

Google has bought Titan Aerospace. Yes, you heard that correctly. The very same Titan Aerospace that Facebook wanted to acquire. Google have snatched the firm right from under Zuckerberg’s nose. Last month Facebook was allegedly in talks to buy Titan Aerospace for approximately $60 million. The disclosure of the... Read more

Diapers Could Soon Be Created From Jellyfish

News April 16, 2014

It’s been a problem for a long time – decades, really. People have warned and warned us that the problem is just going to get worse unless there’s a big change. What am I talking about? The problem with disposable diapers, of course. You probably know they don’t decompose... Read more

Solar Lamp For Developing Countries

News April 16, 2014

Currently in the world there are more than one billion people in the world that still use the traditional oil lamp. It is considered less effective, more expensive and more dangerous than other forms of cleaner illumination; such as the solar lamp that has been developed by start-up LEDsafari.... Read more

Download The Latest Version Of WinSCP

News April 16, 2014

WinSCP, the popular open source FTP and SFTP client for Windows has just been updated to WinSCP 5.5.3. The software has many features, including; Legacy SCP protocol support and the software integrates with Pageant (PuTTY authentication agent) for full support of public key authentication with SSH. Batch file scripting... Read more

Microsoft Launches Office 365 Personal For PC & Mac

Mobile News April 16, 2014

Microsoft’s Office 365 service is one of the things that put off some users, due to the subscription requirements. Yesterday, however, Microsoft made things more appealing by introducing Office 365 Personal, which is more affordable than usual. Office 365 Personal is priced at $69.99 per year, or $6.99 per... Read more

ISS To Send Video Laser To Earth

News Video April 16, 2014

NASA has created an interesting method to transmit data across vast distances, such as the ISS to the Earth. The Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) system was due to be launched to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX-3 mission, but the mission was scrubbed due to a helium... Read more

Amazon’s Delivery Drones in Stage 6 of Development

News April 16, 2014

Some time ago, it was reported by Techbeat and various other sites that Amazon had announced they were going to be using delivery drones in the future. The news caused quite a stir as it sounded a bit too futuristic for some, while others thought it was a great... Read more

Kolibree Smart Toothbrush

News April 16, 2014

Kolibree is a smart electric toothbrush, which was unveiled at the International CES back in January this year. The makers of the smart product have now just launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise finance for mass production and worldwide distribution. We all seem to interconnect most of our devices and accounts these days,... Read more

Xbox One Secure Login Hacked By 5-Year-Old

Gaming News Privacy and Security April 15, 2014

We all know kids are smart. Just how smart? Well, many are smart enough to figure out how to get into cookie jars, behind locked doors, and they always figure out where you’re hiding the candy. I’m never very amazed when I hear that a young child figured out... Read more

Microsoft To Launch Surface Mini This Year?

Mobile News April 15, 2014

I love the iPad Mini, and so does countless other users who appreciate the perfectly sized tablet. While it’s not as big as the regular tablet, it more than makes up for that fact with its weight and portability. Now we know Microsoft hasn’t exactly been excelling in the... Read more

Mac Versus PC

Mac News Windows April 15, 2014

It is well known that there is a long-standing rivalry between lovers of Mac and lovers of the good old PC, rarely do the two cross over. Researchers over at Hunch put together a heap of data to try and define the Mac and PC stereotypes, concluding that Mac... Read more