Thu 09 April 2020: Google on Wednesday made its Stadia online video game service free to provide an escape for those hunkered down at home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Launched late last year, Stadia is crafted to let people access console-quality games as easily as they do email on an array of internet-linked devices. […]
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Sun 05 April 2020: (REUTERS) A conspiracy theory that links 5G mobile telecommunications masts to the spread of the novel coronavirus is dangerous fake news and completely false, Britain said on Saturday after masts in several parts of the country were torched. When asked by a reporter about the so called “theory” that 5G telecommunications […]
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Sun 29 March 2020: (AFP) Digital surveillance and smartphone technology may prove helpful in containing the coronavirus pandemic — but some activists fear this could mean lasting harm to privacy and digital rights. From China to Singapore to Israel, governments have ordered electronic monitoring of their citizens’ movements in an effort to limit contagion. In […]
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Wed 25 March 2020: (AFP) When two Spanish footballers took to the controls of “FIFA 20” after the coronavirus pandemic saw their La Liga match cancelled, a stadium-sized virtual audience watched online. The huge digital crowd last week is part of a spectacular boom for the digital gaming industry, as record numbers flock to online […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: Netflix and YouTube agreed to reduce streaming quality in the European Union to avoid straining the internet as thousands of Europeans, constrained by the coronavirus outbreak, switch to teleworking and watch videos at home. The move comes after EU industry chief Thierry Breton urged streaming platforms to cut the quality of […]
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Tue 17 March 2020: Facebook announced the creation of the Business Resource Hub to support businesses being affected, whether directly or indirectly, by the recent outbreak of COVID-19. The Hub features recommendations as well as courses to help businesses and brands stay connected to customers and keep their business on track. As part of these […]
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Mon 16 March 2020: San Francisco: Facebook-owned WhatsApp after launching the much-awaited ‘Dark Mode’ feature for its users is now reportedly working on a new feature that will delete messages automatically after a stipulated time as set by users. In two beta versions 2.20.83 as well as 2.20.84 of the app, the option to set […]
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Sat 14 March 2020: US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that internet giant Alphabet is creating a website where people will be able to check whether they have symptoms of the novel coronavirus. Verily Life Sciences, once a project in a Google X lab devoted to “moonshot” projects and now its own health business […]
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Sat 14 March 2020: Microsoft announced on Friday that Bill Gates is leaving the board, effective Friday. Gates is also stepping down from his position on the board of Berkshire Hathaway. “I have made the decision to step down from both of the public boards on which I serve – Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway – […]
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Mon 09 March 2020: (AFP) Twitter has used a new policy to identify misleading content for the first time on a post retweeted by US President Donald Trump that appeared to show Democratic Party rival Joe Biden endorsing his re-election. The social media platform has struggled with removing deceptive and abusive content in the past, […]
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