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Users Warned of Fake MSI Afterburner Software Which Comes Riddled With Malware
MSI Afterburner undoubtedly represents one of the most popular tools around for general system tweaking, monitoring, and overclocking. In fact, despite the fact that it carries the MSI name, the software is actually quite benign in terms of functionality with other hardware which I daresay is one of the key…
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Google Play Store to Implement Review ‘Buffer’ To Help Them Tackle Fake Ratings
It’s not exactly a secret that for every great (or even good) app on the Google Play Store, there are about three or four others which are absolutely terrible. – The problem the storefront has predominantly faced over the years, however, is that it’s very easy for the creators of…
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Tesla Crash Test Fire Criticised for Being “Faked” (Or Misleading At Best!)
One of the biggest concerns when it comes to electric cars is the rather catastrophic effect a damaged lithium battery unit can have. There are, after all, plenty of videos showcasing such things (predominantly with Tesla’s) on the internet. – Following a report via NPR, however, a major insurance firm…
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Amazon Sues Facebook Admins Over 10,000 Groups Promoting Fake Reviews!
I don’t think it’s any secret that Amazon has a pretty huge problem on its hands when it comes to fake reviews for products listed on its website. I know this for a fact as for a brief period last year, I myself was a part of it! – Albeit,…
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3DFX Twitter Account Deletion Confirms What We Knew Already!
I daresay that if you’ve been paying to the tech news over the last week, you’ll be aware of the fact that we’ve had a pretty amusing sideshow regarding former graphics card manufacturer 3DFX. If you’re not, then let me try and quickly bring you up to speed. There was…
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Amazon and Google Questioned Over Fake Reviews
It is not exactly a secret that when it comes to most forms of online review systems, there are definitely weaknesses that allow for a product, business, or service to have an inaccurate representation of just how good or bad they really are. This is perhaps most prevalent on websites…
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Apple iPhone User Loses $600,000 in Fake Crypto App!
Although I’m personally not much of a fan of Apple products, I would freely concede that when compared to Google Play, their App Store is significantly better maintained and ran. Specifically, in terms of keeping malware and other general garbage off it. It should be noted though that the Apple…
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You Can Help Stop Scams By Submitting Phony Phone Numbers
When checking out the more random areas of the internet, have you ever found yourself directed to a site that indicates your operating system may have viruses and/or it’s not working correctly? What about emails telling you that, through the simple set up of a bank account (fee pending), you…
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Caveat Emptor – Watch Out for This Nintendo Switch Knock-Off
It’s been well documented that the COVID-19 situation has had quite a notable impact on manufacturers around the world and, if you’re currently trying to buy a full-sized Nintendo Switch, you’ll know that finding one for sale at the moment is rarer than hens teeth. In a report via TechSpot,…
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Prince of Persia 6 Rumor Confirmed as Fake!
Earlier this month, it was rumored that with a domain name registration, a new Prince of Persia game was set to be announced by Ubisoft. Showing information such as Gandi.net as the registrant and noting Ubisoft’s DNS servers within the code, it did appear somewhat legitimate based on the prior…
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FCC to Reveal IP Addresses of Fake Net Neutrality Supporters
It’s been two years now since net neutrality protections in America were officially revoked and, if we’re being honest, so far things haven’t been as bad as many (including ourselves) predicted. For those of you unfamiliar with what ‘net neutrality’ is, they were a set of protections applied in the…
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Huawei Caught Cheating Again With P40 Promo Photos
With Huawei’s P40 Pro smartphone now out for general release, it seems that we might be having a weird case of deja vu and not for good reasons either! Why? Well, not for the first time, Huawei has been caught using photographs taken using a DSLR camera and representing them…
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Bully 2 Screenshots are Confirmed by the Source as Fake
For nearly a year now there have been rumours that Rockstar Games was working on a sequel to its highly popular (yet somewhat underrated) Bully game. With absolutely nothing confirmed (not that Rockstar Games is the best for teasing us) we have taken nearly all of these with a huge…
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Left 4 Dead 3 Trailer Emerges… But It’s Probably Fake
Left 4 Dead 3 It’s been pretty well established that either Valve or Gabe Newell has something of a phobia over the number 3. With fans both hugely anticipating the third instalment of both Left 4 Dead and Half-Life, however, the short version seems to indicate that we shouldn’t expect…
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Adobe After Effects Now Has Impressive Content Aware Fill
Automatically Removes Elements in Videos Adobe Photoshop’s impressive Content Aware Fill is finally available in their After Effects video editor program. It basically intelligently assesses the area that needs fixing, then it automatically fills it with relevant pixels. All based on surrounding data and in proper context. In fact, it…
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