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The encryption will only work if both parties in the conversation are using Google's default Android Messages app. (Photo: PTI/File)

Google enables end-to-end encryption texting within Messages app

The tech giant has been planning on adding end-to-end encryption to its next-gen SMS protocol - RCS for some time now

17 Jun 2021 12:54 PM

Spotify Greenroom, too, enables people to join or host live audio rooms, and optionally turn those conversations into podcasts. (Photo: Twitter/@SpotifyGrnroom)

Spotify launches new audio app 'Spotify Greenroom'

The new app is similar to one of the trending social media application Clubhouse

17 Jun 2021 12:48 PM

Vaccines, treatments and tests that detect the virus may also be less effective against a variant of concern. (Photo: AP/File)

US CDC classifies Delta variant as 'variant of concern'

Previously, the CDC had considered the Delta variant to be a variant of interest

17 Jun 2021 10:44 AM

The team infected lab-grown human airway tissue with the virus and found that for the first three days, viral load in the tissue doubled about every six hours. (Representational image: AFP)

Exposure to common cold virus may protect from COVID-19: Study

They found evidence of rapid growth of SARS-CoV-2 in the first few days of infection, followed by activation of the body's defences

16 Jun 2021 1:37 PM

The game is available on both the Oculus Store and on Steam. (Photo: YouTube)

Facebook acquires 'Population: One' maker, BigBox VR

'Population: One' has been a hit, earning more than USD 10 million on the Oculus Store

15 Jun 2021 9:54 AM

The temperature sensor could appear in the watch's 2022 refresh. (Photo: Apple.com)

Future Apple Watch models could feature body temperature, blood glucose sensors

The watch's ultra-wideband support could also be improved after getting its Apple wearable debut in last year's Series 6

15 Jun 2021 9:41 AM

Two-thirds received two doses of the vaccine, three weeks apart, and the rest got dummy shots. (Photo: AP/File)

Novavax holds vaccine trials in US, Mexico, says shot 90% effective against Covid

Novavax's study involved nearly 30,000 people aged 18 and up in the US and Mexico

14 Jun 2021 4:19 PM

Many universities are only accepting the students who have been vaccinated with a WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

US students who took India's Covaxin, Russia's Sputnik V, asked to get re-vaccinated

American students have access to the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines

04 Jun 2021 2:46 PM

"Now everyone, even the so-called 'enemy', are beginning to say that President Trump was right about the China Virus coming from Wuhan Lab," said former US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Trump says he was right about 'China Virus coming from Wuhan Lab' remark

He also called for imposing fine on China for the death and destruction they have caused due to this 'lab leak

04 Jun 2021 9:37 AM

A Central Reserve Police Force soldier stitches a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suit for health workers. (Photo: AP/File)

New York hospital to send ventilators, PPE kits for COVID relief efforts in India

Jaipur Foot USA will be in-charge for sending the shipment to India and then distributing it across various states

04 Jun 2021 9:33 AM

During the lockdown period in Italy, daily internet traffic volume almost doubled compared to the same time in the previous year. (Representational image: ANI)

COVID-19 pandemic led to increased screen time, more sleep problems: Study

Of the participants surveyed, 92.9 per cent reported an increase in their electronic device usage between the first and second surveys

03 Jun 2021 10:56 AM

The B.1.617 variant was first detected in India and was divided in three lineages. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Only one of three strains of COVID variant first detected in India now a concern: WHO

The UN health agency said that in order to reflect this updated information, B.1.617 has been delineated

02 Jun 2021 10:05 AM

Authorities believe the shooting was targeted. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Two dead, over 20 injured in banquet hall shooting in South Florida: Police

The banquet hall had been rented out for a concert

30 May 2021 5:14 PM

In December, Facebook announced it would be nixing posts that contained false information about the coronavirus vaccines. (Photo: AP)

Facebook reverses policy, allows posts claiming that COVID-19 was made in a lab

This shift in policy comes after months of targeting content that the social media site deemed misinformation regarding the pandemic

27 May 2021 10:58 AM

Bezos will become executive chair at Amazon and focus on new products and initiatives. (Photo: AP)

Jeff Bezos says will pass baton to new Amazon CEO on July 5

Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc. announced that Bezos was stepping down as CEO in February

27 May 2021 9:23 AM

Emergency responders gather at the scene of a shooting where a mass shooting was reported. (Photo: AFP)

Eight killed by employee in California rail yard mass shooting

Multiple victims were also wounded in the attack

27 May 2021 9:15 AM

People queue to receive Covid-19 vaccine in Linquan county, Fuyang city, in China's eastern Anhui province. (Photo: AFP)

WHO scientists likely to reconsider China lab origin theory of Covid-19

The WHO report's annex contains multiple data points providing an intriguing insight into China's evolving knowledge of the virus

26 May 2021 3:45 PM

Oral care should be a part of health recommendations for every individual. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Gum disease could lead to a severe COVID-19 infection

The report was published in the US's leading organisation of periodontists, the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP)

21 May 2021 2:58 PM

Citizens wait in a queue to receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at ESIS Hospital in Navi Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Rockefeller Foundation recommends strategic roadmap to control COVID-19 in India

The Rockefeller report, outlines how India can strengthen its testing and tracing capacity to adapt to this moment

20 May 2021 11:39 AM

"We've sent seven air shipments, including health supplies, oxygen, oxygen supplies, and 95 masks, rapid diagnostic tests and medicine", said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. (AP/Evan Vucci)

US has provided over USD 500 million in COVID relief to India, says White House

The Biden administration, she said, is now working to extend that assistance to other South Asian countries that have been impacted by COVID

20 May 2021 10:22 AM

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