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Google Go Crosses 500M Installs On Play Store

New Delhi: Google Go has crossed the 500 million download mark on the Play Store, indicating the brisk sale of Android Go devices over the past four years. Google Go is a trimmed-down version of the Google app that you get pre-installed on any Android phone. Google Go is pre-installed on Android Go devices, all […]

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Mars May Be Hiding Most Of Its Missing' Water Underground: NASA-Funded Study

Washington: Vast amounts of ancient water may have been trapped beneath the surface of Mars, according to a NASA-funded study which challenges the current theory that the Red Planet’s water escaped into space. Evidence found on the surface of Mars suggests that abundant water flowed across Mars billions of years ago, forming pools, lakes, and […]

Facebook
Facebook Announces New Corporate Human Rights Policy

New Delhi: Facebook, often criticised for its role in human rights abuses? online has introduced a new corporate human rights policy, covering all of the social network and a fund to support human rights defenders. The new policy sets out the human rights standards Facebook will strive to respect as defined in international law including […]

Google
Google Blocked 99 Million COVID-Related Fake Ads In 2020

San Francisco: Google blocked over 99 million Covid-related ads in 2020, including those for miracle cures, N95 masks due to supply shortages fake vaccine doses. As claims and conspiracies about the coronavirus’s origin and spread were circulated online, Google launched a new policy to prohibit both ads and monetised content about Covid-19 or other global […]

NASA
NASA Rover Captures Sounds Of Driving On Mars

Washington: You can now have a feel of how it would be like if you get a chance to drive on Mars as NASA has released audio clips of its Perseverance rover crunching across the surface of the Red Planet, adding a whole new dimension to Mars exploration. As the Perseverance rover began to make […]

Twitter
Twitter To Bring Clubhouse-Like Spaces To Desktop Too

New Delhi: Already available on Android and iOS under testing, the new Clubhouse-like audio chat rooms feature called Spaces by Twitter will soon be available on desktops too. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong first spotted the arrival of Spaces on the web version. “Twitter is working on @TwitterSpaces preview cards for the web app,” she […]

Twitter-YouTube
Twitter To Allow Watching Youtube Videos Without Leaving App

New Delhi: Twitter has announced that it is testing a new way to watch YouTube videos directly in the Home timeline of users, without leaving the conversation on the platform. “Starting today on iOS, we’re testing a way to watch YouTube videos directly in your Home timeline, without leaving the conversation on Twitter,” the company […]

Restrain WhatsApp From Implementing Privacy Policy: Centre To HC
Restrain WhatsApp From Implementing Privacy Policy: Centre To HC

New Delhi: The central government on Friday urged the Delhi High Court to restrain WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy. “It is humbly prayed that the Respondent No. 2 [WhatsApp] may be restrained from implementing its new privacy policy and terms of service dated 04.01.2021 from 08.02.2021 or any subsequent date pending adjudication by […]

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Major Whatsapp, Insta Outage; Services Resume Soon

New Delhi: Social media platforms WhatsApp and Instagram suffered a major outage on Friday night, but the services resumed after some time. Many WhatsApp users reported inability to send and receive messages, while Instagram too was down during the period. Independent tracking portal Downdetector showed a spike in the outage reported by users of both […]

Twitter Tests New E-Commerce Features For Tweets
Twitter Confirms It Is Testing 'Undo Button' For Tweets

New Delhi: As millions of Twitter user demand an Edit button to correct spelling errors in their tweets, Twitter has started testing an undo tweet feature which could first be rolled out to paid customers via a subscription service. Twitter confirmed to CNET that it is testing the ‘undo tweet’ feature. App researcher Jane Manchun […]

Apple
Brazil Fines Apple $2M For No Charger With iPhone 12

Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian consumer watchdog has fined Apple $2 million for not including a charger in the newly-launched iPhone 12 series, accusing the tech giant of allegedly engaging in misleading advertising, selling a device without the charger and unfair terms. Apple in October last year announced that the iPhone 12 would not come with […]

Development Of Reusable Rocket Needs A Thrust: Ex-ISRO Chairman
Development Of Reusable Rocket Needs A Thrust: Ex-ISRO Chairman

Bengaluru: India needs to strive towards mastering reusable rocket technology, give thrust to global marketing and learn from SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s business model to tap full potential in the space field, eminent space scientist G Madhavan Nair has advocated. The former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said there is a vast scope […]

Strengthen Your Phone's Security With Smiles, Winks In Face Recognition
Strengthen Your Phone's Security With Smiles, Winks In Face Recognition

New York: As hackers find ways to unlock your phone with your face while you sleep or using a photo from social media to do the same, researchers have developed a way to strengthen security by adding facial features such as smiles and winks to the mix. D.J. Lee, Professor at Brigham Young University (BYU) […]

Quantum-Communication
ISRO Demonstrates Free Space Quantum Communication

Chennai: Indian space agency has successfully demonstrated free-space Quantum Communication over a distance of 300 metre with several technologies developed within the country. “For the first time in the country, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully demonstrated free-space Quantum Communication over a distance of 300 metre,” ISRO said. For the first time in the […]

Microsoft Servers Being Hacked 'Faster Than Anyone Can Count'
Microsoft Servers Being Hacked 'Faster Than Anyone Can Count'

New Delhi: The key vulnerabilities in the Microsoft business email servers have left cyber security experts flummoxed as this free-for-all attack opportunity is now being exploited by vast numbers of criminal gangs, state-backed threat actors and opportunistic “script kiddies,” researchers at F-Secure have warned. To make matters worse, proof-of-concept automated attack scripts are being made […]

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