New Delhi: With several Indian organisations implementing work from home for employees in the wake of growing COVID-19 threat, hackers have turned their eyes on breaking into companies’ networks and systems in absence of robust, multi-layered firewall and security solutions within the boundaries of workers’ homes. Over 20 lakh employees are likely to work from […]
San Francisco: Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company has taken down thousands of videos related to dangerous or misleading coronavirus information using its Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based technology. In a blog post, Pichai said that since January, Google has blocked hundreds of thousands of ads attempting to capitalize on the coronavirus pandemic. “Last week, […]
San Francisco: Twitter on Thursday said it has expanded its safety rules on fake and mischievous coronavirus content that could place people at a higher risk of transmitting COVID-19. Twitter will require people to remove tweets that include content that increases the chance that someone contracts or transmits the virus. “It includes denial of expert […]
New Delhi: As the world battles growing new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has killed over 14,500 people, a study that appeared 12 years back then claimed that the situation in China was a “time bomb” for a dangerous virus outbreak. Published by the journal Clinical Microbiology Reviews in 2007, the researchers noted that the “presence […]
Washington: After a series of delays, NASA is targeting to launch the first powered, controlled flight of its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on Monday, the US space agency said in a…
New Delhi: Google-owned YouTube on Wednesday announced that it is reducing streaming quality for users in India in order “to reduce strain on Internet networks during the coronavirus pandemic.” In India, YouTube will temporarily default HD and ultra-HD streaming to SD content at bitrates no higher than 480p on mobile networks, until March 31. “We […]
New Delhi: Amid the coronavirus outbreak across the world, the number of COVID-19-related email attacks has increased by 667 per cent. According a report, the COVID-19 phishing attacks increased since the end of February. A variety of phishing campaigns are taking advantage of the heightened focus on COVID-19 to distribute malware, steal credentials, and scam […]
New Delhi: Amid the coronavirus lockdown across the country, people are struggling to cope with the feelings of loneliness, anxiety, frustration, and a fear of what’s coming next. In such scenarios of COVID-19 lockdown, people stuck at home are preferring virtual therapy for treating Coronavirus anxiety. Virtual therapy provided by e-consults focussed on mental health […]
San Francisco: Twitter went down in the US and the micro-blogging platform said it was working on to fix an issue with its servers. Twitter users, especially on the east…
Hyderabad: India’s premier research and development organisation DRDO have developed a special bodysuit that can protect the doctors as well as other health workers from Coronavirus infection (COVID-19). The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said the bodysuit can shield doctors, medical staff, sanitation workers and others. According to a DRDO statement, the bodysuit developed […]
New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp has reduced the Status video limit from 30 seconds to 15 seconds in India to cut strain on Internet networks during the coronavirus lockdown in the country as millions of people have started sharing videos in Status. A tweet by WABetaInfo has revealed WhatsApp has put a bar on time limit […]
New Delhi: Search engine giant Google on Tuesday rolled out an India-specific website on coronavirus that delivers comprehensive information about the COVID-19 pandemic. The dedicated site also streams info about how to stay productive during this time. The website ‘www.google.co.in/covid19‘ contains information such as key helpline numbers, content about symptoms, protective measures, known treatments, and […]
Washington: Astronomers have found the best evidence for a black hole of an elusive class known as “intermediate-mass” by using the combined power of two X-ray observatories and the keen vision of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Weighing in at about 50,000 times the mass of our Sun, the black hole is smaller than the supermassive […]
New York: In the wake of COVID-19 transmission across communities, a team of US researchers is utilizing special aerosols in a closed environment to simulate coughing to help determine how different mucins carry Coronavirus through the air. Mucus is a “slimy” material that coats many epithelial surfaces and is secreted into fluids such as saliva. […]
New Delhi: The Union government has unveiled an app called Aarogya Setu designed to alert users if they have come in close proximity with any COVID-19 positive patient. The app tracks through a Bluetooth and location-generated social graph. It calculates the user’s risk of infection based on recency and proximity of COVID-19 patient. “We understand […]
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