Technology

US government researchers have determined that the virus survives best indoors and in dry conditions

CS claims 345,000 metric tonnes of wheat has been procured; distribution process goes online

Anti-abortion groups are using data, technology to curtail women’s access to sexual, reproductive healthcare

'Out of 38 economies in Asia-Pacific, only 8% states have managed to achieve G4 status'

A team of volunteers in Syria have cobbled together prototypes of a ventilator and a testing machine

Spending rose 15 per cent on mobile games, reaching $5.7 billion in March

A report which said Vietnamese government-linked hackers had attempted to break into Chinese state organisations

Zoom now has over 300 million daily users but it faces a barrage of criticism from cybersecurity experts

The study failed to prove that an anti-malaria drug seen as a candidate in treating the coronavirus

Any digital coronavirus contact tracing should be voluntary, transparent and collect only the information needed

With countries in lockdowns, mobile and console games have recorded a jump in sales and user spending

Apple is planning to fix a flaw that a security firm said may have left half a billion iPhones vulnerable to hackers

Event aims at finding solutions for communicable diseases

The services have been launched as China accelerates testing for the illness and the city of Wuhan

Hackers tried to compromise the personal and professional email accounts of staff

Facebook's WhatsApp messenger to offer digital payment services to small grocers in India

Earth Day Google Doodle is extra special because it teaches us an important lesson

Mambo and his friends will surely up your conference call game

As the world tries to come to grips with Covid-19, another evil is at play

Bluetooth-based apps are designed to be more privacy-friendly than tracking techniques that use GPS or cellphone data

Video game sales hit their highest in over a decade

Netflix reported soaring profits as subscriptions surged by almost 16 million amid coronavirus lockdown

Shops start hiring motorcyclists to deliver goods

Committee members say keeping parliament active and effective in present situation is vital

Netflix has introduced a new “Screen Lock” to prevent accidental touches

Huawei is the third-largest smartphone maker in the world

Apple said it would expand the App Store to 20 countries, eight of them in Africa

Novartis has reached an agreement with the FDA to proceed with a Phase III clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine

Human activity enabled coronavirus to jump to people

Scientists have discovered a comet called 2I/Borisov that is surprisingly different in its composition from comets

Facebook has been under pressure to police harmful content and misinformation related to the pandemic

US scientists have translated coronavirus’ spiked protein structure to music in an effort to understand the pathogen

The sanctions were seized upon by Iranian entrepreneurs as an opportunity to launch even more startups

Zoom, which has 200 million daily users had multiple reports of strangers hacking into private calls and meetings

Police call her posts anti-national, harmful to public peace

The cameras in effect measure how much heat people emit relative to their surroundings

This year, testimonials from survivors will be streamed online and in a pre-recorded ceremony to be broadcast

Facebook is planning to launch a gaming mobile app in a bid to take on Amazon’s Twitch

Alibaba’s cloud unit also aided the Hangzhou government in creating a digital health-monitoring system

The landmark move is aimed at shielding traditional media from the tech giants' digital dominance

Initiative will introduce computer science knowledge, concepts in children aged 9 to 14

It will spur socio-economic growth, help address unemployment challenge

Initiative will introduce computer science knowledge, concepts in children aged 9 to 14

Tech-savvy Rwanda is using drones to keep residents of the capital Kigali informed of coronavirus lockdown measures

Conspiracy theories linking Bill Gates with the virus were mentioned about 1.2 million times on TV and social media

Twitter will not be able to reveal surveillance requests it received from the US government

Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut made a safe return from the International Space Station

The technology gap has caused thousands of poorer students to miss out on weeks of education

Teachers can assign documentaries to students without having to worry whether students have access to Netflix

The idea of live-streaming a loved one's funeral on Facebook or Instagram may seem strange or even shocking