With the holiday season in full swing, you might be seeing a flurry of e-cards. Cheaper, more animated, and easier to send than via post, e-cards have taken the place of many people’s traditional holiday cards. But unlike a traditional snail mail card,…
When firing up your browser, does it feel slow as molasses? If so, we’ve got three tools built into Avast Secure Browser that can help give your browsing experience a digital octane boost. We’ll have you back to enjoying the net securely and at optimal…
You know you’re being tracked online — but do you know exactly what’s being tracked? And who’s doing the tracking?
In response to a falling birth rate over the past 3 years, the Japanese government has allocated 2 billion yen to subsidize new and ongoing AI matchmaking throughout the country in 2021. The funds will be distributed to local authorities as part of a n…
When The Economist asked me to contribute an article on how technology can help save democracy, I jumped at the chance. Tech and politics have been my twin passions for most of my life, although I was rarely able to indulge them since they were relegat…
Our team has identified a new advanced persistent threats (APT) campaign targeting government agencies and a government data center in Mongolia.
Once upon a time, money lived in the bank. When you wanted to buy something, you asked the teller to be so kind as to hand over some of your cash. If you were a woman, you had to ask your husband to get the money out for you. It wasn’t until the 1960s …
The time has come for us to take a look at what 2021 holds within the world of cybersecurity and malicious online activity. When looking ahead to the new year, our team foresees big developments in the digital sphere — specifically, a significant prese…
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) was formed in 2017, which resulted in over 28,000 Ebola cases and claimed 11,000 lives. It was clear that we, as an international community, needed better preparedness against infectious diseas…
There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on all of our lives this year, including the lives of our families. When the pandemic spread, most of the world was met with strict lockdowns to shelter at home, which has resulted in a dramatic incr…