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Official says excessive violence in game triggers aggressive behaviour among youth

Facebook will add tags to posts that are 'newsworthy' but violate platform rules following lead of Twitter

Belgium has set up a new system to track mobile phones in order to limit crowding of seaside resort

Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part II was released on June 19 and became fastest-selling game in history

Three planets potentially rocky like Earth have been spotted around a star located relatively near our solar system

Russian private space corporation announced that it will take tourists to International Space Station (ISS) in 2023

Microsoft said it would continue to serve customers online

Donut Robotics has developed an internet-connected 'smart mask' that can transmit messages

Amazon also participated in a $530 million funding round early last year in self-driving car startup Aurora Innovation

Verizon joined the growing list of brands vowing to stop buying advertising on Facebook

Japan’s Nintendo is deepening its cooperation with China’s top gaming company Tencent

US companies have pulled advertising from Facebook for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms

Google’s privacy controls update arrives after facing heightened scrutiny on its data collection practices

Wirecard collapsed owing creditors almost $4 billion after disclosing a gaping hole in its books

Electric scooter pilot program will allow e-scooter companies to apply for permits to operate

High-performance computer Fugaku is 2.8 times more powerful than US-based supercomputer Summit

Facial recognition system has technological weaknesses in identifying Black people

Jupiter's moon Europa, with an ocean hidden beneath thick ice is a potential habitat for extraterrestrial life

Twitter has permanently suspended the account of a rightwing online personality for violating its copyright policy

Google for years tried to fend off demands for payment from news publishers in return for using their content

Facebook must comply with an order by Germany’s antitrust watchdog

US government's new rule is aimed at crimping global chip sales to China’s Huawei

Development of Beidou took shape in the 1990s as China’s military sought to reduce reliance on US-owned GPS

Brazil suspended a newly-launched system allowing WhatsApp users to send money via chats

Twitter placed a warning notice on Trump's tweet for the second time

Court seeks govt’s explanation on lack of e-commerce facilities

Shaadi.com asked users to define their skin colour when registering online

From cycling directions in Maps to new Memojis, here are all the new features Apple is introducing in iOS 14

Google’s US advertising revenue will drop 5.3% during coronavirus pandemic

Google will display 'fact check' labels underneath thumbnails that appear in image search results

Apple’s App Store lets developers distribute their software to consumers’ iPhones and iPads

Trump tweeted several times criticising vote-by-mail plans that numerous states have implemented

Despite WhatsApp tightening message forwarding limits, the app remains a hub of misinformation

You can use Google's Keen on desktop or mobile to build a collection of your best resources on a topic

Sino-Pak cooperating in training, application systems and performance monitoring

The 17-year-old was filming the video with his father's pistol when it went off

Huawei facility, 11 km from Cambridge, will be built for researching and developing chips for use in broadband

Snapchat's Juneteenth themed filter drew criticism for being insensitive

French regulator found Google lacked transparency, clarity in how it informs users about its handling of personal data

“How can we discuss matters when no minister is available either physically or online?”

Envoy urges entrepreneurs to collaborate with Canadian counterparts

Aims to deploy 8,500 electronic devices like POS at retail outlets by end of Dec 2020

Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund will buy a 2.32% stake in Reliance Industries’ digital unit Jio Platforms for...

Junaid Qadir, Amana Raquib were awarded by Facebook for research into pro-social AI regulation

Apple and Google’s contact-tracing app has frustrated governments, as it prioritises user privacy

Facebook has previously removed Trump campaign ads, including ones that violated policy against misinformation

Spyware attacked users through 32 million downloads of extensions to Google’s Chrome web browser

New Delhi’s move comes amid a backlash against companies from China after the killing this week of 20 Indian...

Searches for ‘super food’ are up by a whopping 767% and ‘HIIT’ by 600%

New Twitter feature will be available to a limited number of users on Apple's iOS platform for now