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YouTube Music Set To Replace Google Play Music

New Delhi: In line with its plan to retire Play Music, Google on Tuesday started inviting users of the service to transfer their music libraries, personal taste preferences and playlists to YouTube Music. “We want to ensure everyone has time to transfer their content and get used to YouTube Music, so we’ll provide plenty of […]

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Twitter makes it official to let employees work from home 'forever'

San Francisco: Twitter has made it official to let its employees work from home forever if they chose to and they will be paid like a normal working day as they sit comfortably in the sofa in the comfort of their homes. The new option is for those employees who do not need to be […]

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Coronavirus Death: Why Men Are Dying More From COVID-19 Than Women

New Delhi: All over the world at least 2.97 lakh people have lost their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While novel coronavirus has equal potential to penetrate and spread irrespective of gender and age, but common notions that males are more susceptible to COVID-19 as compared to women and even fatalities among the males […]

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Facebook launches 50 person video chat Messenger Rooms globally

San Francisco: Taking on Zoom and other video conferencing apps like Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, Facebook has rolled out its group video chat Messenger Rooms globally that allows free video calls with up to 50 people with no time limit. Rooms can be created right from Messenger or Facebook and gives people the ability […]

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Microsoft, UnitedHealth launches COVID-19 app to screen employees for coronavirus

San Francisco: Microsoft has joined forces with healthcare company UnitedHealth Group to launch an innovative return-to-workplace protocol supported by the “ProtectWell” smartphone app that screens for COVID-19 symptoms and clears employees for daily work, the two organisations said on Friday. ProtectWell COVID-19 screening app helps employees determine they are safe to go to work, co-workers […]

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Scientists discover new species of fungus, on Twitter

London: People often use social media platforms to keep themselves entertained but in a bizarre incident, scientists have discovered a new species of parasitic fungus on the micro-blogging platform Twitter. According to the study, published in the journal MycoKeys, the researchers spotted an image of a millipede while scrolling through the site and noticed a […]

Space
Reforms Will Bring Indian Space Technology From Labs To Commercial Arena

Chennai: The reforms in the Indian space sector announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will bring space technology from research and development labs to the commercial arena, said a senior space industry official on Monday. According to him, the reforms proposed are only the beginning and technology should come out of labs to generate […]

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Google AI could predict eye condition behind vision loss

San Francisco: Google has developed an Artificial intelligence (AI)-based system that performed as well as, and in certain cases better than, clinicians in predicting progression of a common eye condition that can cause vision loss. The results, published in the journal Nature Medicine, suggest that the AI model, built in partnership with Alphabet subsidiary DeepMind […]

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ShareChat sacks 101 employees amid COVID-19 uncertainties

New Delhi: Home-grown regional language social media platform ShareChat on Wednesday announced that it had to let go of 101 of its employees, or about a fourth of the company’s total workforce, due to the COVID-19-induced uncertainties in the advertising market. The Bengaluru-based company’s cost-saving measures were announced in an email to employees by Ankush […]

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Twitter users to soon select who can reply to their tweets

To help people avoid unwanted replies that flood their tweets, Twitter has launched a new test where the users can have three options to choose from who can reply and join the conversation before they tweet.

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Google Releases New Accessibility Tools, Apps For Android Users

San Francisco: Google has launched helpful Android features and apps for people with hearing loss, deafness and cognitive differences. For people with limited mobility, the tech giant has introduced Action Blocks, a new Android app that allows them to create customizable home screen buttons. They can create an Action Block for any action that the […]

Facebook
Facebook Testing Dedicated News Feed For Businesses

San Francisco: Facebook is testing a new dedicated News Feed for businesses that will help businesses connect with their customers online and grow more efficiently. For the first time, businesses…

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AWS Driving Netflix, Fortnite, Zoom Entertain & Empower Millions At Home

New Delhi: As you stream your favourite movies or TV series on Netflix, Disney Plus or Hulu, or connect with your team via video meet app Zoom, leading Cloud service provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the backdrop is ensuring seamless, scalable and secure connectivity to help people at home and organisations function while they […]

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New Facebook Messenger tool to protect minor users from harmful chats

San Francisco: In a bid to make Messenger safer, Facebook has introduced a new feature that will help millions of people, especially minors, avoid potentially harmful interactions and possible scams without compromising their privacy. The Messenger users will now see safety notices popping up in a chat and provide tips to help them spot suspicious […]

Fertility-Treatments
Researchers Find New Sex Hormone For Better Fertility Treatments

Toronto: Researchers have discovered a new sex hormone in zebrafish which could lead to developing better fertility treatment options for humans. When the University of Ottawa (Canada) biologists Kim Mitchell and Vance Trudeau began studying the effects of gene mutations in zebrafish, they uncovered new functions that regulate how males and females interact while mating. […]

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