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Fighting coronavirus: This smartband vibrates every time you touch your face
Immutouch band uses a personalisable algorithm to track hand position and alert the user
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Gates Foundation is funding at-home coronavirus test kits
The goal of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is to process thousands of tests a day to stem coronavirus outbreak
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Twitter, Elliott in deal for Dorsey to stay CEO and add directors
Twitter reached an agreement with Elliott Management that lets Jack Dorsey stay
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Elon Musk dismisses astronomy concerns over Starlink network
Musk is trying to seize control of the future internet space market
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Facebook, Twitter place warning labels on altered Biden video
Facebook, which has taken a hands-off policy on content from politicians
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China launches new BeiDou navigation satellite
Satellite, the 54th of BeiDou family, is sent into a geostationary orbit as planned by Long March-3B carrier rocket
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India's poor risk loss of privacy, land in drive to digitise records
New Delhi's national land record modernisation programme seeks to re-survey lands, verify and upgrade records
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Japan politician apologises for auctioning face masks online, made US$86,000
Each package sold for between 34,000 to 170,000 yen
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Google Maps now lets you read restaurant menus
Google Lens menu capability is now integrated right into Google Maps
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eBay bans face mask and hand sanitizer listings to halt coronavirus price hike
eBay has placed a ban on the sale of face masks, hand sanitizers
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Despite changing times mobile gender gap is widest in Pakistan
In Pakistan only 20% of women have access to a smartphone
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Amazon launches business selling automated checkout to retailers
Amazon's Just Walk Out technology
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Facebook gets sued for breach of user data
Facebook was accused of inappropriately sharing information belonging to 87 million users
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Uber says it will compensate drivers diagnosed with coronavirus
Uber has repeatedly said that its drivers are properly classified as contractors
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Twitter labels edited clip of Biden retweeted by Trump as manipulated media
Twitter implemented its new policy, which labels tweets with manipulated or synthetic media such as deepfakes
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Google celebrates International Women's Day with 3D mandala doodle
Google doodle's mandala animation honours the history and significance of International Women's Day
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Harassment in cyberspace: Online crimes continue to target women in Pakistan
Despite laws, victims refrain from reporting offences because of societal pressures and intimidation from harassers
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In two years, mobile internet awareness among women improves in Pakistan
GSMA findings suggest awareness increases to 70% in 2019
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LinkedIn to conduct all job interviews online because of coronavirus
LinkedIn is concerned about its employees’ well-being given the rapidly increasing death toll from coronavirus
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‘Cell phone overuse damaging ears
Young people mostly use hands-free which is not beneficial in any way
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Chinese smartphone maker OPPO further explores 5G market globally
The company's 5G products have entered more than 10 countries and regions worldwide
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Facebook, Google ask San Francisco staff to work from home as coronavirus spreads
Microsoft confirmed that two of its employees have been diagnosed with COVID-19
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Grindr's Chinese owner nears deal to sell gay dating app
The move comes after a US government panel ordered Kunlun to divest Grindr
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Google will lose its John Legend Google Assistant voice on March 23rd
The search engine giant has announced that it will no longer use celebrity cameo voice
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Russian gaming guru enters politics, but is he playing for the Kremlin?
The move has raised eyebrows among political pundits
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Apple launches “She Creates” around the world to celebrate International Women's Day
Apple stores will conduct a series of over 5,000 sessions that will host women from different industries
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Coronavirus triggers work-from home trend in Seattle
Facebook and Google are also encouraging workers in the state of Washington to stay away from the office
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The coronavirus domino effect: South Korean tech firms reel as Vietnam links curbed
South Korean company that makes smartphone components used by Apple and LG Electronics
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Facebook decides to take down Trump 2020 campaign's 'census' ads
Link to a survey on an official campaign website and then to a page asking for donations
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NASA names next Mars rover 'Perseverance'
It will be the fifth exploratory vehicle on the Red Planet
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Twitter to introduce ban on dehumanising comments
As coronavirus fears continued to mount
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'China is not an immigrant country': Draft law sparks online racism
The person went on to use racist language against black people
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Twitter, Facebook suspend accounts linked to Indonesian army's Papua campaign
The 10 sites in the network appear to be independent news outlets
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India plans to airlift components from China to help local tech industry
Electronics manufacturing, especially the assembly of smartphones, is a bright spot for India
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Reddit to introduce new suicide prevention tools
Nearly 800,000 people commit suicide each year
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Robotic arm designed in China could help save lives on medical frontline
The machine consists of a robotic arm on wheels that can perform ultrasounds, take mouth swabs
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Mobile game downloads jump as coronavirus keeps people indoors
Global mobile game downloads shot up 39%
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YouTube is demonetising videos about coronavirus
YouTubers are avoiding the subject of coronavirus because it may cause their ads to be shut off
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Microsoft asks staff in Seattle area, Silicon Valley to work from home
Microsoft also asked employees to suspend any business travel to the areas
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Uber open to using self-driving tech from competition
The CEO said Uber was already talking to third parties
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US senator moots ban on TikTok for federal workers, citing Chinese government ties
The ban would apply to government-issued devices
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Twitter tests vanishing tweets to keep up with Snapchat, Facebook
Twitter would match the disappearing posts first made popular by Snapchat
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FIA received 56,000 cyber-crime complaints in 2019
Low cybercrime convictions baffle senators
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Need to build local technological advancement: Umar
Planning minister exhorts aligning innovation with real world problems
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Facebook gives WHO free ads in battle with coronavirus misinformation
Users who search for posts on the virus on Facebook would now see a pop-up
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This android security app with one billion downloads is recording users’ browsing data
Clean Master, created by China’s Cheetah Mobile is allegedly collecting private web user data
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Amazon confirms first coronavirus case among US employees
Those that had been infected with the virus were under quarantine
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DAZN to become first global sports streaming platform
The London-based platform is already available in nine countries
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Honeywell unveils plan for 'most powerful' quantum computer
The company said it had achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing
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Google cancels developers gathering due to coronavirus
The internet giant said it nixed the festival-like event Google I/O event

















































