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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…

Man Sells Fake Copies of Adobe & Makes over $42,000 a Month
A man has been arrested for selling counterfeit copies of multimedia Adobe software, making a killing off his nefarious activities. Postal inspectors had to go undercover to uncover the fraud being carried out by the suspect, who claims he has been doing it for many years now. His modus... Read more
Tour Highest Peak with Mount Everest 3D App
How would you like to take a tour of Mount Everest without having to leave the comfort of your own house? Okay, this may not be something passionate mountain hikers would be pleased about, but it sure sounds appealing to the rest of us. A new iOS app called... Read more
Linkbot Lets You Create Your Own Robots
Have you always wanted to be a robotics expert, but didn’t actually manage to pull in all the necessary skills and patience? The Linkbot modular robotic platform can help: it allows users to build their own robot any way they want it, piece by piece. Manufactured by California-based firm... Read more
Fedora Releases New Linux Operating System For Raspberry Pi
Fedora have announced the release of their new Pidora 18 operating system based on their popular Fedora 18 Linux operating system, giving Raspberry Pi users another choice when it comes to operating systems. This new “remix” OS has been optimised for the Pi’s ARMv6 architecture and includes packages from... Read more
Helios Bars: Turn Your Bike into a Smart Bike
Changing the way your bike works forever, here come the Helios Bars: a modern, elegant set of handlebars that add a lot of smart features to the traditional bicycle. The Helios Bars are presented as the world’s first integrated blinker and headlight system for bikes, fitting almost any bicycle... Read more
Will the Windows 8.1 Update Save Windows 8? [Readers Poll]
With the official announcement that Windows 8.1 will be available on June 26th, Windows 8 lovers and skeptics alike have been scouring news sites to find out exactly what will be included in the free update. While we’ll have to wait until the first day of Microsoft’s Build 2013... Read more
Gorilla Glass 3: Corning’s Answer to Sapphire Screens
Just a little over two months ago, we were all going gaga about the idea of sapphire screens, with a surprising (or not-so-surprising) readiness to say goodbye to good old trusty Gorilla Glass. Well, maybe not all of us, but the thought of sapphire screens more resistant than Gorilla... Read more
Mataerial 3D Printer Defies Gravity
This new 3D printing technology is indeed the stuff of science fiction. Current 3D printing processes, as impressive as they are, require a flat tray or build surface to work. But the Mataerial 3D printer seems to have found a way around that: it creates structures on almost any... Read more
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Faster Than Xbox One
Everyone’s all excited about the next generation gaming console from Microsoft, the Xbox One. It is common knowledge that any decent hardcore gamer would always go for the Xbox over any other console, but when it comes to gaming, the PC still reigns supreme. And that’s what Nvidia knows... Read more
Scanadu Scout, the Real-Life Medical Tricorder
Are you eagerly waiting for that moment when you’ll actually be able to say “Beam me up, Scotty” and people won’t be looking at you like you’re not in your right mind? It may come sooner than you think. It seems scientists are taking a closer look at some... Read more
Agent Smartwatch Boasts Extra Power Features
The smartwatch market is where the money is now, apparently. After Pebble’s fulminating crowdfunding campaign raised over $10 million dollars, while the manufacturers’ initial goal was $100,000, another smartwatch seems to be treading the same path. The Agent smartwatch, designed by New York custom electronics firm Secret Labs and... Read more
Microsoft To Launch Sculpt Mouse Range
Mice or mouses? Unless you’re particularly finicky when it comes to grammar, who cares? (If you really are particular about these things, though, you’ll find this discussion interesting.) However you wish to call a bunch of those devices you use to point and click when using the computer, you... Read more
Monkey Light Pro: Animate Your Bike Wheels
We’ve seen the Revolights and how a LED lighting system integrated in your bike’s wheels can be quite a life-saver on the road at night, but this new project is taking the concept of wheel lights even further. If you want your bike to look like a funky disco... Read more
Microsoft’s Kinect For Xbox One Also To Come To Windows
The official reveal of Microsoft’s Xbox One was surrounded by a lot of hype, quite naturally; and when the news was finally broken, enthusiasts and critics alike were not lacking for things to say. For one thing, the name was not exactly what practically everyone thought it would be.... Read more
Carbon Electronics Created from Paper
Scientists are always looking for ways to create flexible microchips that are also cost-efficient so as to be used for an ever growing number of applications in the electronics sector. The material of choice is generally plastics, but one of the biggest problems with flexible chips made of plastic... Read more
ONDU Pinhole Cameras Take Photo Art Back to Basics
In the age of digital photography, where we can easily take snaps of everything around us with our phones, whenever we want to, we often forget what it was like to use mechanical film cameras and have to develop our photos. We forget how important it was to wait... Read more
NASA to Print 3D Food
Systems and Material Research Corporation (SMRC) in Austin Texas have been given a grant of $125,000 to develop 3D printed food for astronauts. You could ask why, what’s wrong with dehydrated mac and cheese? Well there are numerous challenges to feeding and hydrating the residents of somewhere like the... Read more
EA Has No Titles in Development for Wii U
Nintendo’s Wii U already had a hard time claiming a significant market share when facing such tough competition from Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation. The last thing it needed then was a stab in the back from what was supposed to be one of its strongest partners: Electronic Arts.... Read more