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Poor students miss out as virtual learning sharpens divide
The technology gap has caused thousands of poorer students to miss out on weeks of education
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Netflix is making a selection of documentaries free on YouTube
Teachers can assign documentaries to students without having to worry whether students have access to Netflix
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In this Covid-19 era, families live-stream funerals on Facebook
The idea of live-streaming a loved one's funeral on Facebook or Instagram may seem strange or even shocking
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Netflix adds $50 million to relief fund for production workers
Film and TV production has been shut down around the world amid coronavirus outbreak
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Google to waive ad serving fees for news publishers amid virus crisis
Google is helping news publishers that are struggling as many advertisers pulled their marketing budgets
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Confusion, seizure, strokes: How Covid-19 may affect the brain
A pattern is emerging among Covid-19 patients arriving at the hospitals
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Stranded Indian parents watch son's funeral on Facebook
Family in the UAE had to watch the funeral of son, on Facebook as they could not fly due to travel restrictions
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Coronavirus forces detour for homecoming astronauts
NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir will take an unusual and more exhausting route home
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Italy tests contact-tracing app to speed lockdown exit
A smartphone app developed by tech start-up Bending Spoons to track people who test positive for the new coronavirus
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Hacking against corporations surges as workers take computers home
Corporate security teams have a harder time protecting data when it is dispersed on home computers
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Avigan: Antiviral being tested for coronavirus patients
Avigan is approved for use in flu outbreaks and to treat Ebola, but now it is being trialed as a coronavirus treatment
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Timesaco launches e-commerce platform for retailers during Covid-19
Timesaco has decided to launch an e-commerce Dazaran App to support all merchants in Pakistan to open online stores
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New York-based data firm says its AI can predict where next Covid-19 spike will be
Public social media clusters can be an important indicator in detecting where coronavirus outbreak will happen next
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Google adds new Zoom-like feature to Meet, allows calls from Gmail
Google will allow business and education users on Gmail to directly take calls on its video conferencing tool Meet
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Scientists discover potentially habitable planet
Scientists suggest that the temperature on the planet, called Kepler-1649c could be similar to Earth’s
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FBI official says foreign hackers have targeted Covid-19 research
Foreign government hackers have broken into companies conducting research into treatments for Covid-19
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Zoom rolls out new measures as security fears mount
Zoom chief executive laid out steps that the company is taking against problems such as data hacking and harassment
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Facebook to notify users who have engaged with harmful Covid-19 posts
Facebook has taken an uncharacteristically aggressive stance on false coronavirus posts
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ICCBS director appointed Comstech coordinator-general
He is the second person from ICCBS to be appointed to this position, with Prof Rahman having served in it earlier.
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West must do more to stop China buying up technology: Former UK spy chief
John Sawers, the chief of MI6 said China was seeking to expand its global clout
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Deep connection: Virus takes India's spiritual retreats online
More than 1,000 people from 57 countries signed up to join the free video course
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White supremacists target Jewish groups on Zoom
Zoom’s daily users have spiked to more than 200 million in March from a previous maximum total of 10 million
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Apple, Google need to show contact tracing will not violate privacy
Google and Apple will have to convince the public that contact tracing technology will not lead privacy breach
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Apple's new budget iPhone unlikely to make splash in China where 5G now commonplace
In a poll conducted on social media site Weibo, 60% respondents said they would not buy the $399 model
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Robots ride to rescue as delivery risks rise
Delivery robots have seen surging demand with consumers staying home and virus risks growing
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Smartphone tracking reveals coronavirus hit to US economy
The millions of bits of smartphone data tracked by analytics firm Unacast show the economic impact of the coronavirus
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Police thy neighbor: Virus fears fuel quarantine shaming
Nextdoor, a hyperlocal social media network that demands users post under their real names and verify their locations
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Google's Wear OS will remind you to wash your hands every few hours
Google has introduced a new periodic reminder that will send a 'wash your hands' alert on the Wear OS smartwatch
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UN chief targets ‘dangerous epidemic of misinformation’ on Coronavirus
The UN chief called on social media companies to do more to root out harmful and bogus claims about COVID-19
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MIT scientists are building devices to hack your dreams
Dormio, a glove-like device equipped with sensors plays a pre-recorded audio to interact with the human dream state
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Vietnam introduces 'fake news' fines for coronavirus misinformation
Local authorities have already fined hundreds of people for posting what they described as “fake news” about the virus
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Scientists enthralled by biggest star explosion ever observed
Scientists have observed the biggest supernova a stellar explosion ever detected
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Piano van: Music lessons go mobile to beat virus
Schools and tutoring services have had to switch to online lessons amid coronavirus lockdown
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Apple launches site to show how coronavirus lockdowns affect movement
Apple's data would reveal the effect of lockdown on the movement of people
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Insta-star wars: China tensions in Southeast Asia flare online
Social media anger from Chinese nationalists over a Thai internet model’s comments has set off a regional storm
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Row in Gaza over arrests for Zoom chat with Israelis
Hamas arrested six local activists for chatting by video conference with left-leaning campaigners in Israel
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Media regulator to assess television network over 5G-coronavirus conspiracy comments
ITV programme is being questioned after linking the spread of the coronavirus to 5G
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G20 sets ground rules ahead of Facebook's Libra stablecoin
The G20’s Financial Stability Board set out 10 recommendations for an international approach to regulating stablecoins
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Amazon to add 75,000 jobs as online orders surge during lockdowns
Amazon faces the daunting task of hiring more people even as calls grow for it to shut facilities
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Quick-hit streaming service Quibi reports 1.7 million downloads in first week
Quibi offers movies, reality shows and news in episodes of 10 minutes or less
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Apple shipped 2.5 million iPhones in China in March following virus slump
Smartphone companies are hoping for a strong recovery in demand in China
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China approves two experimental COVID-19 vaccines for clinical trials
China has approved early-stage human tests for two experimental vaccines to combat the new coronavirus
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Auschwitz online: Raising Holocaust awareness in the digital age
The head of social media at Auschwitz Museum posts photos of victims of the former Nazi German death camp on Twitter
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Japan prime minister criticised after lounge-at-home Twitter video
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe drew an angry response from some Twitter users after sharing a video of himself
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Space cadet: A Chinese father innovates to ward off coronavirus
The suit created by a father has air purification system and a device to monitor air quality.
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Amazon stops accepting new online grocery customers amid surging demand
Amazon will begin to put new grocery delivery customers on a waitlist and curtail shopping hours at some
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'Medibot' to do rounds on Malaysian virus wards
Malaysian scientists have created a barrel-shaped robot on wheels that cost about $3,500 to develop
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Mobile app spending will double to $171 billion by 2024 despite COVID-19
By 2024, global spending on mobile games will escalate to $97.8 billion
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Google Doodle series thanks coronavirus helpers around the globe
Google doodle honors frontline workers, who are working tirelessly around the clock amid the coronavirus outbreak
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From an empty church,cardinal leads Instagram Easter Mass
The sermon was broadcast over Instagram to hundreds of people quarantined in their homes