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The company also reiterated that the feature doesn't use facial recognition, and said that Instagram teams review the videos. (PTI Photo)

Instagram asks suspected bots for verification with video selfies

The move may surprise some, given Meta's recent announcement that it would be shutting down one of its Face Recognition features

18 Nov 2021 4:21 PM

Following the US sanctions on Turkey over the procurement of S-400 missile systems, there were apprehensions that Washington may impose similar punitive measures on India. (PTI Photo)

US expresses 'concern' over delivery of Russia's S-400 missile system to India

The S-400 is known as Russia's most advanced long-range surface-to-air missile defence system

16 Nov 2021 3:36 PM

The three companies' actions are in contrast to AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, which provided their vaccines on a not-for-profit basis. (AFP)

Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna making $1,000 profit every second from COVID vaccines

The companies have sold the vast majority of their doses to rich countries, leaving low-income nations in the lurch

16 Nov 2021 1:02 PM

Early this year, the US had put India in Level 4, asking its citizens not to travel to India, which at that point of time was experiencing an unprecedented second wave of Covid-19. (AFP Photo)

US CDC issues 'Level One' COVID-19 travel health notice for India

In August, the US eased its travel advisory for India, lowering it to Level 2: Moderate

16 Nov 2021 12:45 PM

US President Joe Biden meets with China's President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 15, 2021. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Biden and Xi meet virtually as US-China chasm widens

The two leaders know each other well, having traveled together when both were vice presidents

16 Nov 2021 10:20 AM

Free at last, Britney Spears calls end of conservatorship 'best day ever'

Britney had begged the court for months to terminate the conservatorship that governed her personal life and $60 million estate since 2008

13 Nov 2021 11:42 AM

The feature will begin rolling out to a small percentage of users over the coming days. (Photo: PTI/File)

Instagram commences testing new feature that reminds users to take break

Instagram has worked with third-party experts to develop the 'Take a Break' feature

12 Nov 2021 10:29 AM

Some users noticed that Twitter's auto-cropping algorithm may favour white faces over Black faces. (Photo: PTI/File)

Twitter to show full-sized images on web

This is the same update that banished Twitter's awkward auto-cropping algorithm on its Android and iOS apps

11 Nov 2021 3:18 PM

In this file photo taken on October 9, 2021, Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on stage to greet visitors for the opening of the new 'Gigafactory' of the US carmaker in Gruenheide, east of the German capital Berlin. (Photo: AFP)

Elon Musk offloads $5 billion in Tesla shares days after Twitter poll

On Saturday Musk put up a poll on Twitter where he proposed to sell 10 per cent of Tesla stock

11 Nov 2021 12:56 PM

Microsoft's new Surface Laptop SE. (Photo: Microsoft)

Microsoft announces Windows 11 SE, Surface Laptop SE

Windows 11 SE is optimised for Microsoft apps like Edge, Office, and OneDrive

11 Nov 2021 12:05 PM

Astronauts, from left, Matthias Maurer, of Germany, Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron pose for a photo after leaving the Operations and Checkout Building for a trip to Launch Pad 39-A Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo: AP)

Indian origin astronaut-led NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 team headed to ISS

The four astronauts lifted off at 9:03 pm EST Wednesday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

11 Nov 2021 10:46 AM

The researchers noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increased demand for single-use plastics. (Photo: PTI/File)

COVID-19 pandemic generated 8 million tonnes of plastic waste: Study

Research found a portion of this ocean plastic debris is expected to make its way onto either beaches or the seabed within 3-4 years

10 Nov 2021 12:15 PM

A sign posted on a door at the Obregon Park Covid-19 vaccine site reminds people to get their booster shots as children age 5-11 receive their first dose at the facility on November 4, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. ( Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

Pfizer asks FDA to okay COVID-19 booster shots for all adults

Older Americans and other groups particularly vulnerable to the virus have had access to a third dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine

10 Nov 2021 11:40 AM

A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at Zainoel Abidin hospital in Banda Aceh. (Photo: AFP)

The older you are, the more Covid antibodies you have, study finds

Researchers observed that those who received Pfizer BioNTech or AstraZeneca vaccine had antibody levels higher than infected individuals

09 Nov 2021 2:09 PM

While Netflix said it's working on an iOS version of the service, Apple's App Store policies will prevent Netflix from making games available from its app. (Twitter Photo)

Netflix will reportedly make games available via App Store on iOS

As per sources, Netflix will tiptoe around Apple's rules by making its games available via the App Store

09 Nov 2021 1:05 PM

Pfizer's results followed news from Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics on Oct. 1 that their oral antiviral drug cut hospitalization and death by half. (AP)

COVID-19 pills are no substitute for vaccines, disease experts say

Some disease experts fear the arrival of oral COVID-19 treatments may further impede vaccination campaigns

09 Nov 2021 10:38 AM

In this image from video provided by NASA, astronauts in the SpaceX Dragon capsule undock from the International Space Station on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day flight

Their capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, in darkness

09 Nov 2021 9:32 AM

On Saturday, Netflix took to Twitter to announce that 'Stranger Things 4' will premiere in the summer of 2022. (Photo: Wikipedia)

'Stranger Things' season 4 to release in 2022, episode titles revealed

Netflix tweeted alongside a teaser video, revealing the episode titles of the upcoming season

07 Nov 2021 12:09 PM

Your News Update was originally launched in 2019. (Photo: AP/File)

'Your News Update' feature removed by Google from its Assistant

Google has not revealed why it has decided to do away with this particular feature

06 Nov 2021 11:40 AM

Democrats celebrate on the House floor late Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Washington, after the House approved a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives and moderates, notching a victory that President Joe Biden and his party had become increasingly anxious to claim. (House Television via AP)

US Congress okays $1 trillion infrastructure bill, a long-delayed win for Biden

Approval of the bill would create legions of jobs and improve broadband, water supplies and other public works

06 Nov 2021 11:16 AM

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