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Zoom being sued for allegedly sharing user data with Facebook

The lawsuit comes after Zoom clarified that it has removed the Facebook code from its app responsible for the alleged user data collection

Mar 31, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus Cybersecurity

GoPro employees and founder Nick Woodman

GoPro announces HomePro Challenge for home-grown videos you take during COVID-19 quarantine

The daily videography competition accepts creative, home-grown videos shot on any camera, including your smartphone, while you shelter at home, and winners get a GoPro action camera

Mar 31, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus

MIT researchers invent a technology to charge smartphones and laptops via Wi-Fi signals

The researchers are hopeful that the technology would be capable of charging smartphones and laptop batteries

Mar 30, 2020

By Anirban Roy

Google Classroom app soars in popularity amid Covid-19 shutdown

The app has become one of the most popular apps on the Google Play Store and has just surpassed 50 million downloads

Mar 29, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus

Ireland planning to launch voluntary phone tracker app to combat Coronavirus outbreak

The daedly virus outbreak has created havoc around the world claiming the lives of more than 30,000 people globally

Mar 29, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Coronavirus

After Siri, it's doctor Alexa who can tell you what to do if you think you have Coronavirus

You can now ask Amazon's digital assistant 'Alexa, do I have coronavirus' and she will run an unofficial screening for COVID-19 based on CDC guidelines

Mar 29, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus

Stop singing 'Happy Birthday' and time your handwash with this DIY soap dispenser that plays your favourite music

The Scrubber soap dispenser is a DIY project which is far better than singing Happy Birthday to yourself every time you wash your hands

Mar 27, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus

These Apple made sneakers from the 1990s just got sold for $10,000 at an auction

Yes, Apple did make sneakers but only for its employees, and they are definitely nowhere as high-tech as you may have thought them to be

Mar 26, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Apple ios

Are Siri, Google Assistant and Alexa racially biased?

A new study has found the voice-recognition tools that power virtual assistants from Apple, Google and Amazon have more trouble understanding black users' voice than white users'

Mar 25, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Artificial intelligence

Apple rolls out iOS 13.4, iPadOS 13.4, and macOS Catalina 10.15.4: Key New features you should know

The latest version of the iOS 13.4 comes with exciting stuff such as iCloud Drive and Memoji stickers

Mar 25, 2020

By Anirban Roy

Apple ios

Coronavirus: This Snapchat-owned app is making self-quarantine fun by making a game out of it

Location sharing app Zenly is encouraging people to stay-at-home during the pandemic with a leaderboard which ranks people based on the number of hours they spend indoors

Mar 25, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus

People are tricking employers, teachers on Zoom by looping videos of them paying attention

Students and employees have found a way to use Zoom's virtual background feature to trick their teachers, bosses into believing they're paying attention

Mar 25, 2020

By Manthan C.

Coronavirus

YouTube throttles video streaming quality to 480p to tackle network strain due to coronavirus

Popular video streaming platform Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Apple TV Plus have also restricted the bandwidth to ease internet congestion.

Mar 25, 2020

By Anirban Roy

Coronavirus

Can we end the Coronavirus outbreak with these smart early-detection rings?

Oura has teamed up with UCSF to work on a new study to see if its device can help detect early signs that might indicate the onset of COVID-19

Mar 24, 2020

By Manthan C.

Coronavirus

Coronavirus effect: Face masks are selling like hot cakes; even the digital ones

Snapchat's parent company, Snap, has reported a 10-fold increase in downloads of an augmented reality tool that lets users apply an augmented reality face mask onto their face

Mar 23, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus

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