Thu 07 January 2021: The Internet seems to be the most potent idol of contemporary times. It not only influences everyday human life but also changes its habits. What happens when we treat the Internet as the primary stimulus for the children’s brain? Will it change the structure of the human brain? In the article, […]
Continue Reading
Tue 05 January 2021: Singapore has admitted its law enforcers will be able to access the country’s COVID-19 contact tracing data for criminal investigations, a decision likely to increase privacy concerns around the system. Officials had previously explicitly ruled out the data would be used for anything other than the virus tracking. But parliament was […]
Continue Reading
Mon 04 January 2021: Employees at Google and other units of parent firm Alphabet announced the creation Monday of a union, stepping up a period of activism targeting Silicon Valley giants to benefit labor protections and make their working conditions inclusive and fair. Alphabet Workers Union said in a statement Monday it will include all […]
Continue Reading
Sun 03 January 2021: Facebook has revealed that WhatsApp witnessed 50 percent increase in video and voice calling on New Year’s eve 2020 in comparison to last year. WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps all over the world and the service lets you conveniently make calls for free without any time restriction. As […]
Continue Reading
Sun 03 January 2021: Soon enough we’ll all be driving electric cars. This future is already written in stone – various countries already announced when they are going to ban cars with internal combustion engines. But how will we charge all those cars? Volkswagen is exploring many different possibilities, including special autonomous car-charging robots. How […]
Continue Reading
Sat 02 January 2021: An internet plug-in that was responsible for some of the internet’s best-loved viral animations has officially been discontinued. On 1 January software company Adobe stopped supporting and updating its Flash Player. Released in 1996, Flash was once one of the most popular ways for people to stream videos and play games […]
Continue Reading
Fri 01 January 2021: Amazon is jumping into the podcast business. The online shopping giant is buying Wondery, a 4-year-old producer of popular true crime podcasts such as “Dr. Death” and “Dirty John,” which was later turned into a TV series. An explosion of new podcasts has led to a number of acquisitions as competing […]
Continue Reading
Thu 31 December 2020: Toyota is not in a hurry when it comes to electrification of its range. And it is a little bit weird, because other companies are rushing in with their new electric car models. In fact, the boss of Toyota, Akio Toyoda, argues against rushed electrification of personal transportation. But now Toyota […]
Continue Reading
Thu 31 December 2020: Apple removed 39,000 game apps on its China store Thursday, the biggest removal ever in a single day, as it set year-end as deadline for all game publishers to obtain a licence. The takedowns come amid a crackdown on unlicensed games by Chinese authorities. Including the 39,000 games, Apple removed more […]
Continue Reading
Thu 24 December 2020: Encrypted messaging app Telegram will launch pay-for services in 2021, its Russian-born founder Pavel Durov said Wednesday, as the growing company needed “at least a few hundred million dollars per year”. “Telegram will begin to generate revenue, starting next year,” Durov said in a statement. “We will be able to launch […]
Continue Reading
