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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 NSA’s Biggest Secret; Water Usage?!
The National Security Agency has fought long and hard to keep its secrets under wraps. Thanks to Edward Snowden, some of them are now no longer a secret but perhaps one of the more strange enigmas surrounding the agency is how much water its brand new data centre uses.... Read more
Vulnerability Alert: Zero-Day Attacks Against Microsoft Word
Yesterday, Microsoft announced a vulnerability in Word, which could allow code to be remotely executed. This remote code execution can happen when a user opens an RTF file, which has to be specifically written to do the malicious activity, using an affected version of Microsoft Word. Merely previewing such... Read more
Be A Secret Agent in This Bulletproof, Diamond Studded Suit
The Swiss company Suitart has created the most elaborate suit that even James Bond would aspire to wear. Not only is it covered in diamonds, it is bullet-proof and has built-in air conditioning. Oh and it is waterproof too. The company says that each suit is custom-tailored to the wearer,... Read more
Budding Archaeologists Can Now Unwrap Egyptian Mummies Digitally
A new exhibition that uses complex 3D models and a giant touch screen has been unveiled in Stockholm, Sweden. The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities is allowing budding archaeologists to look deep inside an Egyptian sarcophagus.  As BBC News reports, the museum in Stockholm recently used computed topography and photogrammetry... Read more
Unity 5 Engine Revealed

Unity 5 Engine Revealed

News March 25, 2014

At the Game Developers Conference 2014 in San Francisco, Unity Technologies has revealed the new model of their engine Unity 5.  It is now available to pre-order. A recent press release by David Helgason, CEO of Unity Technologies stated;  Every time we ship a new version of Unity, we’re looking to... Read more
Opera 20.0.1387.82 is Available To Download
The Opera team has released another update for the stable channel of the Opera browser. Opera 20.0.1387.82 sees some minor bug fixes and so is now more stable than ever. You can download Opera 20.0.1387.82 now through FileHippo. SOURCE: http://www.filehippo.com/download_opera Read more
Intel Unveils Devil Canyon Chip
Usually the GDC is all about the games and related gaming technologies.  This year at the 2014 Games Developers Conference Intel had decided it was the time to talk about their new processor line-up. The 3 new and powerful chips that were unveiled by Intel this week are undoubtedly... Read more
Construction of The World’s Biggest Telescope Begins Soon
The Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT for short, has been earmarked for construction for some time now and finally after all the long delays, the project could be about to get under way in April. Hawaii has agreed to provide a piece of land for the telescope, which is... Read more
LA Times Robot Writes Breaking Earthquake News
When an earthquake occured on Monday, The Los Angeles Times was quick on the scene, being the first newspaper to cover the story. But instead of one of the journalists reporting on the disaster, its in-house robot published the story. Journalist and programmer Ken Schwencke has created an algorithm... Read more
More Than 60% Of ATMs Will Continue Running Windows XP After EOS
By now, everyone aged two to 92 is probably aware of the fact that April 8 is going to be the day we have to say goodbye to Windows XP, although technically, the operating system will not disappear. It’s just that Microsoft will end support for it, making devices... Read more
Sony Unveils Its Virtual Reality Headset To Rival Oculus Rift
Following reports that Sony’s PS4 virtual reality headset was on the way, the company finally unveiled its new device on Tuesday at the 2014 Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco. President of Sony’s Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yohida, said:  “Virtual reality is the next innovation from PlayStation that could shape... Read more
LG Creates An Aesthetic Energy Saving Air Conditioner
Let’s just get it out of the way now and say it – those with access to central heat and air conditioning might just be a tad bit more fortunate than those without it. There are of course other ways to compensate for not having central air conditioning –... Read more
uTorrent App Update

uTorrent App Update

News March 22, 2014

uTorrent is the most popular bit torrent client outside of China.  The client is free to download on the PC.  The popular behemoth of peer-to-peer file sharing also has an extremely popular fan-base in the Android world also. uTorrent on Android is free as well and for a version... Read more
Toshiba Reveals its Disease Detecting Breathalyser
Electronics giant Toshiba has unveiled its new prototype model of a breathalyser that can detect a wide range of diseases just by users blowing into the machine. The device, which is about the size of a small dishwasher, takes just 30 seconds to detect health issues. Users blow into... Read more
Infrared Contact Lenses Could Be Here Soon
A contact lens with infrared vision capabilities might seem like something that comes from a Sci-Fi writers’ mind or maybe the mind of an engineer?  In fact a group of engineers at the University of Michigan have utilised graphene to create an ‘infrared sensitive graphene sandwich.’ As a whole,... Read more
Advanced Geometry Could Make The Internet Earthquake-Proof
Although decentralised networks are able to withstand most attacks, the internet is far from infallible. However, one mathematician believes that advanced geometry is the key to making the internet more robust. Back in 2011, an earthquake that read nine on the Richter scale caused huge damage to the Japanese... Read more
Operation Windigo Botnet Compromised 25,000 Unix Servers
The Operation Windigo botnet has compromised 25,000 Unix servers.  This, in turn has churned out 35 million spam emails on a daily basis.  A campaign organised by cybercriminals called Operation Windigo, has seized control of 25,000 Unix servers, which attacks a staggering half a million computers daily. 60% of... Read more
Cone Snail Venom-Based Painkiller Stronger Than Morphine
Professor David Craik of the University of Queensland, Australia has been explaining how a team of scientists have developed a series of powerful new painkillers made from the venom of snails. Five new ‘experimental’ painkillers have been created with a tiny protein found in cone snails’ venom. The substances... Read more