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Videos posted to the main Instagram feed can now run up to 60 minutes long. (Photo: PTI/File)

Instagram getting rid of IGTV

According to The Verge, on Tuesday, the company will be rebranding IGTV as 'Instagram TV'

06 Oct 2021 1:12 PM

In this photo, a nurse reaches for a vial of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a pop up vaccine clinic. (Photo: AFP/File)

Pfizer vaccine highly effective against Covid hospitalisations for six months: Study

The study underscores the importance of improving COVID-19 vaccination rates worldwide

05 Oct 2021 1:24 PM

Facebook says outage caused because of 'faulty configuration change'

The company apologized and said it is working to understand more about the cause

05 Oct 2021 9:56 AM

Apple CEO Tim Cook with the iPhone 13 Pro Max and Apple Watch Series 7 during a special event at Apple Park. (Photo: AFP/File)

iPhone 13's Apple watch unlock bug now fixed with new iOS 15 update

Apple had promised that a fix was on the way, and it appeared earlier this week in an iOS 15.1 beta

04 Oct 2021 2:53 PM

Apple launched a program that offered customers with possibly defective iPhone 8 models with a free repair for their logic board. (Photo: AFP)

Apple iPhone 8's logic board repair program comes to an end

The company has now finally ended the program which ran for over three years

03 Oct 2021 10:48 AM

Google thinks the feature will be most useful in all-hands meetings and training programs with globally distributed teams. (Photo: AP)

Google Meet can now turn live speech into translated captions

Google announced the rollout of live translated captions in Meet on Monday

30 Sep 2021 9:01 AM

In this photo, a nurse reaches for a vial of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a pop up vaccine clinic. (Photo: AFP)

Pfizer vaccine for kids may not be available until November

The company said Tuesday it provided health regulators with data from a recent study of its vaccine in children 5 to 11 years old

29 Sep 2021 9:16 AM

The 'Hey Disney' custom voice assistant is also available for people who aren't staying in Disney parks. (Photo: Twitter)

Amazon, Disney collaborate to bring custom voice assistant for Echo devices in 2022

'Hey Disney' is ultimately used for customer service inquiries, helping visitors find answers to park-specific questions

29 Sep 2021 8:47 AM

Twitter's poor video quality has been a long-running frustration for users on the platform. (Photo: PTI)

Twitter says new videos will be less pixelated for better experience

Twitter has removed a pre-processing step in its video pipeline when you upload

27 Sep 2021 8:01 AM

Twitter has been steadily updating Spaces since it started testing late last year. (Photo: AFP/File)

Twitter to add Topics to Spaces, but with a limited start

According to The Verge, it's a small addition to start

26 Sep 2021 10:44 AM

The rumoured OnePlus 9RT is expected to be an incremental upgrade to the earlier 8T model. (Photo: AFP/File)

OnePlus 'T' series not happening this year

The company claims that there would not be a OnePlus 9T, but there 'will be other releases'

23 Sep 2021 12:53 PM

US President Joe Biden participates is a virtual press conference on national security with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the East Room of the White House. (Photo: AFP)

US rules out adding India or Japan to security alliance with Australia and UK

On September 15, Joe Biden, Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson jointly announced the formation of AUKUS

23 Sep 2021 11:52 AM

A nurse prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at the Cecilia Rivadeneira Foundation in Quito. (Photo: AFP/File)

FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors, high-risk

Under the FDA authorization, vaccinated Americans are eligible for a third dose six months after receiving their second Pfizer shot

23 Sep 2021 9:20 AM

The company has also promised that there will be strict privacy for the user's data. (Photo: AFP/File)

Apple lets users add Covid vaccination card to Wallet

Also, the just-released iOS 15 already allows users to store verifiable vaccination and test results

22 Sep 2021 1:09 PM

A woman waits for her turn to get inoculated with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a temporary vaccination centre set up inside a school in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Severe COVID-19 can lead to delirium, US study finds

The study, published in the journal BMJ Open, found that patients with delirium tended to be sicker

22 Sep 2021 12:33 PM

Harris had earlier spoken with Modi over the phone during the COVID-19 crisis. (Photo: PTI)

US Vice-President Kamala Harris to meet PM Narendra Modi on September 23

This will be the first meeting between the two leaders

21 Sep 2021 10:52 AM

The basic Kindle Paperwhite includes 8GB of storage. (Photo: Twitter)

Amazon teases new Kindle Paperwhite with larger display

As per The Verge, the new devices have a larger 6.8-inch E ink display

21 Sep 2021 9:24 AM

Clubhouse might be working on 'Waves', a new feature to invite friends to chat

The new invite feature, called 'Waves', will focus on the more casual, social side of Clubhouse

19 Sep 2021 2:10 PM

In this image taken from SpaceX video, passengers aboard a SpaceX capsule react as the capsule parachutes into the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX all-civilian orbital crew completes historic mission

The SpaceX Dragon capsule was slowed down by four large parachutes before splashing into the Atlantic Ocean

19 Sep 2021 8:04 AM

The researchers found that aerosols travelled farther and more quickly in rooms with displacement ventilation, where fresh air continuously flows from the floor and pushes old air to an exhaust vent near the ceiling. Representational Image. (ANI)

Study says social distancing is not enough to prevent virus

The findings of the study were published in the journal 'Sustainable Cities and Society'

19 Sep 2021 2:39 AM

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