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Hubble telescope celebrates 30th year in space
US space agency NASA said the galaxy in the image located 163,000 light-years away from Earth
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Showdown looms between Silicon Valley, US states over contact tracing apps
Apple and Google plan to release technology for digital contact tracing through Bluetooth sensors
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Facebook enters the videoconferencing fray with Messenger Rooms
Facebook's video conferencing tool will enable as many as 50 people to participate in a call
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Technology's effects to prevent further pandemics
Technological developments are among the most curious topics amid coronavirus outbreak
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China launches special campaign to protect undersea optical fiber cables
The campaign will also crackdown on all kinds of crimes and actions that violate the law
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Twitter to ban 5G conspiracy theories
Twitter changed its rules after attacks on mobile towers in the UK
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Apple says 'no evidence' iPhone mail flaw used against customers
ZecOps a cybersecurity firm claim that a flaw may have left more than half a billion iPhones vulnerable to hackers
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Wi-Fi to get biggest upgrade since its launch in 1997
Devices are expected to start supporting 6GHz Wi-Fi by the end of 2020 under the name "Wi-Fi 6E"
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Netflix banks on vast production line to weather pandemic
Netflix announced this week that it has finished filming the majority of movies and series due for release this year
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Bezos, Musk among billionaires gaining net worth in pandemic
The wealth surge of America’s richest men happened during a period when 22 million Americans filed for unemployment
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China unveils name of first Mars exploration mission
The name comes from “Questions to Heaven”, a poem written by Qu Yuan who lived more than two millennia ago
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Facebook gets rid of 'pseudoscience' ad-targeting category
Misinformation about the pandemic caused by coronavirus, from bogus cures to wide-ranging conspiracy theories
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US govt study suggests heat, sunlight, and humidity weaken Covid-19
US government researchers have determined that the virus survives best indoors and in dry conditions
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Gunny bags distributed through mobile app
CS claims 345,000 metric tonnes of wheat has been procured; distribution process goes online
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Explainer: How to control women's sexual health with tech
Anti-abortion groups are using data, technology to curtail women’s access to sexual, reproductive healthcare
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Pakistan becomes 4th Generation Regulator
'Out of 38 economies in Asia-Pacific, only 8% states have managed to achieve G4 status'
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In Syria rebel stronghold, building makeshift ventilators to fight virus
A team of volunteers in Syria have cobbled together prototypes of a ventilator and a testing machine
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Digital video game spending hits record high under virus lockdown
Spending rose 15 per cent on mobile games, reaching $5.7 billion in March
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Vietnam says accusations it hacked China for virus information 'baseless'
A report which said Vietnamese government-linked hackers had attempted to break into Chinese state organisations
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Zoom boosts encryption to quell safety concerns as users top 300 million
Zoom now has over 300 million daily users but it faces a barrage of criticism from cybersecurity experts
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Covid-19: South Korean Study fails to prove potential cure
The study failed to prove that an anti-malaria drug seen as a candidate in treating the coronavirus
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US lawmaker says any Covid-19 contact tracing tech should be voluntary and limited
Any digital coronavirus contact tracing should be voluntary, transparent and collect only the information needed
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Google Stadia gains users after giving free access for two months
With countries in lockdowns, mobile and console games have recorded a jump in sales and user spending
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Flaw in iPhone, iPads may have allowed hackers to steal data for years
Apple is planning to fix a flaw that a security firm said may have left half a billion iPhones vulnerable to hackers
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UNDP supports Pakistan's health hackathon
Event aims at finding solutions for communicable diseases
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Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba, JD offer bookings for Covid-19 tests
The services have been launched as China accelerates testing for the illness and the city of Wuhan
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Hackers targeted Chinese government over coronavirus response
Hackers tried to compromise the personal and professional email accounts of staff
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Facebook invests $5.7 billion in Reliance unit to reach small Indian grocers
Facebook's WhatsApp messenger to offer digital payment services to small grocers in India
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Google Doodle celebrates bees on Earth Day
Earth Day Google Doodle is extra special because it teaches us an important lesson
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Meet the donkey getting paid to crash boring Zoom meetings
Mambo and his friends will surely up your conference call game
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Fear and loathing in lockdown
As the world tries to come to grips with Covid-19, another evil is at play
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Bluetooth smartphone apps for tracking Covid-19 show modest early results
Bluetooth-based apps are designed to be more privacy-friendly than tracking techniques that use GPS or cellphone data
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Video game sales surge as lockdown keeps people indoor
Video game sales hit their highest in over a decade
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Netflix sees record sign-ups during pandemic lockdowns
Netflix reported soaring profits as subscriptions surged by almost 16 million amid coronavirus lockdown
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Pindi businesses go online
Shops start hiring motorcyclists to deliver goods
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National Assembly digital panel to seek parliamentarians’ input for virtual session
Committee members say keeping parliament active and effective in present situation is vital
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Netflix adds a ‘screen lock’ feature to prevent accidental pauses
Netflix has introduced a new “Screen Lock” to prevent accidental touches
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Huawei revenue growth slows sharply amid US ban, virus headwinds
Huawei is the third-largest smartphone maker in the world
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Apple expands services business to markets in Africa and beyond
Apple said it would expand the App Store to 20 countries, eight of them in Africa
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Novartis to start antimalarial drug trials on Covid-19
Novartis has reached an agreement with the FDA to proceed with a Phase III clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine
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Humans to blame for spread of coronavirus and other 'zoonoses'
Human activity enabled coronavirus to jump to people
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Interstellar gatecrasher 2I/Borisov is no ordinary comet
Scientists have discovered a comet called 2I/Borisov that is surprisingly different in its composition from comets
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Facebook removes anti-quarantine protest events
Facebook has been under pressure to police harmful content and misinformation related to the pandemic
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Coronavirus the musical: US scientists turn virus into melody to aid research
US scientists have translated coronavirus’ spiked protein structure to music in an effort to understand the pathogen
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Women in virus-hit Iran's tech sector fight to keep hard-won jobs
The sanctions were seized upon by Iranian entrepreneurs as an opportunity to launch even more startups
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Zoom bombs make choosing video apps harder for lockdown chats
Zoom, which has 200 million daily users had multiple reports of strangers hacking into private calls and meetings
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Muslim photojournalist booked for Facebook post in Occupied Kashmir
Police call her posts anti-national, harmful to public peace
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Amazon deploys thermal cameras at warehouses to scan for fevers faster
The cameras in effect measure how much heat people emit relative to their surroundings
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Pandemic forces first-ever digital Holocaust Remembrance Day
This year, testimonials from survivors will be streamed online and in a pre-recorded ceremony to be broadcast
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Facebook to introduce gaming app, says NYT
Facebook is planning to launch a gaming mobile app in a bid to take on Amazon’s Twitch