Apple is expected to launch four iPhones with significant specifications in 2020, a report has said. The Cupertino-based company is expected to launch three iPhones with OLED screens, with display sizes of 5.4-inch, 6.1-inch, and 6.7-inch. The devices will also have 5G connectivity and advanced 3D sensing camera technology, news portal GSMArena reported on Tuesday. […]
BY MD WAQUAR HAIDER Google Chrome, the undisputed leader used by over 2 billion people globally for Internet browsing, has got some serious competition in “Brave” browser that automatically blocks third-party ads and cookies, and even offers to pay users when they click and see a promoted or partnered ad in a secure way. Called […]
The life and legacy of legendary actor Amrish Puri was commemorated by Google with a doodle on his 87th birth anniversary on Saturday. Pune-based guest artiste Debangshu Moulik celebrated the talent that Amrish Puri was with the doodle. He was born in Punjab on this day in 1932, landed his first role at age 39 […]
Grappling with the best and the worst of humanity, a quarterly transparency report from next year and content regulations are some of the steps listed by Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sheryl Sandberg to deal with major content concerns and privacy issues. Committed to weed out the “bad” content, Sheryl Sandberg said at the first […]
Twitter has apologised for taking down accounts critical of the Chinese government just days ahead of the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. The micro-blogging site wrote on its public policy feed that the suspended accounts were swept up in a weekly effort to crack down on “spam and other inauthentic behaviours”. “Sometimes […]
A smartphone app called “PainCoach” helps improve pain control and reduce opiate pain-killer use in patients who have undergone total knee replacement surgeries, says a study. Patients feed their pain level (no pain, bearable pain, unbearable pain, or untenable pain) in the app and based on that and the days post-surgery, it offers advice on […]
About a 100 people stripped naked in front of Facebook’s New York headquarters as part of a protest against what they view as censorship regarding Facebook and Instagram’s policies around artistic nudity. Right from dawn on Sunday, the demonstrators lay naked on the road, each with large images of male nipples covering their private parts, […]
Saving people the trouble of having to download an additional app, Google is now letting users order food directly via Search, Maps, or Assistant using its partnerships with delivery companies. Google has added a new “Order Online” button on Search and Maps which would appear when users would search for a supported restaurant, The Verge […]
A team of Google researchers has used a deep-learning algorithm to detect lung cancer accurately from computed scans. The work demonstrates the potential for Artificial Intelligence (AI) to increase both accuracy and consistency, which could help accelerate adoption of lung cancer screening worldwide. Lung cancer is the deadliest of all cancers worldwide — more than […]
San Francisco, To further customise its app features, Facebook-owned instant messaging app WhatsApp is testing its official emojis on the doodle-maker option available for its Status Stories. The decision to remove the current old-school emojis available in the doodle-maker comes after WhatsApp enabled Doodle user interface (UI) improvements in its 2.19.106 beta, WABetaInfo reported on […]