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Intels new 10 Gen core i9 processor featured on the Intel blog; a screenshot of the Hindi interface of Medlife online pharmacy app.

What's new in tech: Intel launches 10th Gen Core VPro processors;...

Leading chip maker Intel's latest is here; online pharmacy app soon to offer 7 more languages

14 May 2020 11:57 AM GMT

n this file photo 15-year-old Yasmin plays Fortnite featuring Travis Scott Presents: Astronomical on April 23, 2020 in South Pasadena, California. With concerts on hold to halt coronavirus spread, the gaming world is increasingly catering to music lovers, with artists becoming animated performers in virtual realms to the trippy delight of millions. (Photo | AFP)

No more boring Corona basement persona, musicians are performing as...

Millions are participating on gaming platforms to watch their favourite musicians' digital incarnations perform through...

14 May 2020 9:25 AM GMT

In a 2018 lawsuit, third-party contractors for the company said that Facebook failed to properly protect them against severe psychological and other injuries that can result from repeated exposure to graphic material such as child sexual abuse, beheadings, terrorism, animal cruelty and other disturbing images.

Moderators who sued Facebook for mental distress from watching graphic...

The settlement grants US moderators who were part of the class action lawsuit USD 1,000 each totalling USD 52 million.

13 May 2020 3:11 PM GMT

At least three people were killed and 20 injured in the 2018 unrest, during which mosques and Muslim businesses were burned, and the government had to impose an emergency/ (Representative Image | AFP)

Probe finds that hate speech spread on Facebook led to 2018 Sri Lanka...

Riots erupted as anti-Muslim anger was whipped up on social media, forcing the Sri Lankan government to impose emergency...

13 May 2020 2:40 PM GMT

$A protester holds up a sign that reads \No chance for (Bill) Gates - no forced vaccination\, which propagates a conspiracy theory that COVID-19 is man-made and being spread by flu shots, during a demonstration against the restrictions implemented to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, at the grounds of the Cannstatter Wasen festival in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on May 9, 2020. (Photo | AFP)$ Technology

Covid consipracy theory video Plandemic' viewed by millions before...

Its spread illustrates how easy it is to use social media as a megaphone for dubious content, and how difficult for...

13 May 2020 2:21 PM GMT

One of the techniques helping this effort of Facebook was a system to identify near identical images, to address the reposting of malicious images and videos with minor changes to evade detection. (Photo | AFP)

Facebook throws open hateful memes' challenge for researchers to...

The social media giant is leaning on AI to filter out objectionable content as the coronavirus has sidelined most of its...

13 May 2020 11:26 AM GMT

India was actually one of the countries least affected by phishing and malware among those that Microsoft tracks, the company said.

Indians were the target of 9,100 coronavirus cyber attacks in the past...

About 19 million such attacks were detected in the whole of Asia during the same period of February 2 to May 2.

12 May 2020 5:08 PM GMT

The J&K Education Department is planning to set open resource rooms for the public so that any visually-impaired person can visit and utilise this facility for upgrading their knowledge and skills.(Photo | Wikipedia - Sebastien Delorme)

Technology's transformative touch: J&K to give blind kids laptops to...

Braille terminals, previously procured under the Samagra Shiksha scheme, have limited storage but can be scaled up once...

12 May 2020 3:27 PM GMT

No theatres open, Bachchan, Akshay, Vidya Balan films set to stream on Netflix, Hotstar, Amazon Prime

No theatres open, Bachchan, Akshay, Vidya Balan films set to stream on...

Akshay Kumar starrer Laxmmi Bomb is said to have been picked up by Disney+ Hotstar

12 May 2020 2:24 PM GMT

The 2020 election is a battle for the soul of this nation, Biden likes to say. But its also a battle for the soul of the internet.

Can't remain an Average Joe online, Biden's gotta go 'social' to beat...

Strategists worry that Biden is dangerously behind Trump on key metrics across platforms including Twitter, Facebook,...

12 May 2020 9:53 AM GMT

In February, Twitter said it would add warning labels to doctored photos and videos, but the company has since used the label only twice, in part because of technical glitches. (Photos | Twitter)

Get your facts right before you tweet about COVID-19, or else Twitter...

The label will alert users that some or all of the content shared in the tweet conflict with guidance from public health...

12 May 2020 8:51 AM GMT

Intel CEO Bob Swan said in a letter last month to two Pentagon officials that strengthening U.S. production is more important than ever, given the uncertainty created by the current geopolitical environment. (Photo | AP)

Intel, Taiwanese chip maker express interest in building semiconductor...

Concern about relying heavily on chips from Taiwan, South Korea and China had begun even before the coronavirus outbreak

11 May 2020 4:03 PM GMT