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Facebook and Instagram users can use the tool to check if they are registered to vote and how to do so if they are not. It is the latest effort by the platform to prevent a repeat of the online disinformation that marred the 2016 US election. (Photo | AP)

Facebook launches voting information centre to stop fake news' effect...

It will serve as a one-stop-shop to give people in the US the tools and information they need to make their voices heard...

13 Aug 2020 10:14 AM GMT

Trumps proclamation suspended a group of non-immigrant visa programs, including H-1B visas relied on by many technology firms to bring in software and hardware engineers. Indians have been the recipients of 70 per cent of H-1B visas, according to reports.

Trump's blocking of H-1B visas harming the US, say Facebook, Amazon,...

More than 50 tech firms have signed onto a court filing in support of a suit by US Chamber of Commerce against Trump...

11 Aug 2020 3:52 PM GMT

Today various payments features exist across our apps, and we want to make sure decision making, execution and compliance are not fragmented, Facebook said. We want to be able to give people the ability to make a payment however they choosedebit, credit or Libra digital currencies. (Photo | AFP)

Facebook carves out a unit focused on its financial payments...

Facebook Financial will handle management and strategy for all payments and money services across the Silicon Valley...

11 Aug 2020 3:06 PM GMT

The virtual business cards feature is aimed at helping the millions of individuals, influencers, entrepreneurs, prospective employees, self-employed people, freelancers, or anyone else out there who wants to be discovered and help the world find them. (Photo | Twitter - Google India)

Google's new feature lets you create virtual visiting cards for people...

You can highlight your existing website and social profiles and other information on the card, using the feature...

11 Aug 2020 1:25 PM GMT

The state government could use its authority, position and influence to convince small bodies societies, neighbourhoods, sports associations, cultural associations and so on to use blockchain-based technologies to conduct their internal elections. Once we have enough use cases, we can convince the government to try it out and gradually scale it up to the national level, Principal Secretary for IT Jayesh Ranjan said. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Ankur Banerjee)

Telangana keen to explore blockchain technology's applications in...

Blockchain tech would provide a secure system whereby voters can cast their votes remotely, without the risk of privacy...

11 Aug 2020 11:21 AM GMT

The programme aims at providing the tools, framework, knowledge and ecosystem needed for startups create world-class value-driven products by supporting them in building market-ready solutions, Flipkart said.

Flipkart launches programme to mentor startups

The accelerator programme will pick startups providing technology and consumer internet solutions particularly suited...

10 Aug 2020 5:02 PM GMT

In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook obtained by The Associated Press, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Patrick Foye said riders have been seen removing their masks to unlock their phones using face-recognition technology, and asked the company to come up with a better way for iPhone users to unlock their phones without taking off their masks. (Photo | Apple)

Call to replace Apple Face ID over people removing masks on public...

iOS 13.5 presents the passcode field after a user swipes the lock screen, instead of Face ID but older iPhones may not...

10 Aug 2020 4:26 PM GMT

The Facebook staffer in Ireland shared the details of the suicidal activity with Delhi police before 8 pm Saturday, and what began then was a race against time to save the man. (Photo | Screengrab of Samaritans Mumbai suicide helpline webpage)

Man saved from suicide in the nick of time after Facebook staffer...

It was a tense three hours for police from Delhi to Mumbai trying to trace a man seen on Facebook videos preparing to...

10 Aug 2020 2:52 PM GMT

N95 respirator masks are the gold standard of personal protective equipment that protect the wearer against airborne droplets and particles, such as the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. (Photo | Flickr - Azchael)

You can reuse your N95 mask, just sanitise it in your electric rice...

Usually one-time-use items, N95 masks can be reused after 50 minutes of dry heat in an electric rice cooker or instant...

10 Aug 2020 1:12 PM GMT

With Instamart, Swiggy promises fastest deliveries (30-45 minutes), day and night serviceability (7 am-12 midnight), and a wide range of categories such as instant meals, snacks, ice creams, beverages, fruits & vegetables.

Swiggy too wants a piece of the instant grocery delivery business,...

Instamart improves Swiggy's already available quick grocery delivery from kirana stores, a service launched to respond...

10 Aug 2020 10:32 AM GMT

It is difficult for security software to detect attacks perpetrated with legitimate tools as these actions could be either a cybercrime activity or a regular system administrator task, Kaspersky warned. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

IT support staff beware, hackers could be using your troubleshooting...

Software employed by IT support staff for everyday tasks were used in 30 per cent of cyber attacks, security solutions...

9 Aug 2020 1:20 PM GMT

Chinese consumersknown for eagerly embracing e-commerce, online payments and other digital solutionsare lining up for a spin in DiDi Chuxings self-developed autonomous taxis at a Shanghai pilot project launched in June. (Photo | AFP)

China begins testing robotaxis for hire amid race against US tech...

Autonomous hired cars are considered ideal for accumulating driving time and the data cache needed for cars to learn and...

9 Aug 2020 11:03 AM GMT