Home » Technology

Technology - Page 24

Shaming people who get sick or dont follow the rules in a public health crisis has been a thing since well before coronavirus, researchers say. But the warp speed and reach of social media in the pandemic era gives the practice an aggressive new dimension.

Boy do they like to come after you! Social media won't let you live...

Several people who did not wear masks and subsequently got infected with COVID-19 have been hounded on social media.

26 Sept 2020 7:21 PM IST

Thousands of Google employees walked out of work in protest in 2018 after The New York Times revealed Android creator Andy Rubin received $90 million in severance even though several employees had filed misconduct allegations against him. Shareholder lawsuits followed, and in 2019 Google launched a board investigation over how it handles sexual misconduct allegations. (Photo | AFP)

Google parent settles sexual misconduct lawsuit with $310M pledge...

Alphabet Inc. said Friday that it will prohibit severance packages for anyone fired or under investigation for...

26 Sept 2020 6:16 PM IST

Chinese authorities have not indicated whether they will agree to a transfer of TikToks technology to Oracle. But official newspapers criticised the proposed deal this week as bullying and extortion.

ByteDance applies for Chinese licence to sell TikTok stake to Oracle

Beijing tightened control over technology exports last month to gain leverage over Washington's bid to force a sale of...

25 Sept 2020 12:03 AM IST

TikToks petition speculated that the president was retaliating because of reports the app was used by his critics to snatch up tickets to a Trump rally in Tulsa to which they had no intention of goingan event which belly flopped with significantly fewer people in attendance.

Trump's order banning TikTok could be blocked by judge

Until July 1, when rumours of a ban first began to circulate, TikTok was adding some 424,000 new US users each day.

24 Sept 2020 11:31 PM IST

The app relies on software developed by US technology giants Apple and Google, and in a bid to assuage privacy concerns, holds all the data generated on peoples phones and allows the information to be deleted easily. (Photo | AFP)

Britain's delayed virus app launched in England and Wales, after...

The app uses Bluetooth to alert users if they spend 15 minutes or more within two metres of a user who subsequently...

24 Sept 2020 10:41 PM IST

Sberbanks offerings include SmartMarket platform, on the lines of Apples AppStore and Google Play; virtual assistant Salute; TV streaming device SberBox; and SberPortal, Russias first multimedia smart display device that will go on sale in late 2020, and SberPrime subscriptions for films, TV series and songs in addition to grocery delivery service, like Amazon. (Wikimedia Commons - ÐÐ»Ð°Ð´Ð¸ÑÐ»Ð°Ð² Ð¤Ð°Ð»ÑŒÑˆÐ¸Ð²Ð¾Ð¼Ð¾Ð½ÐµÑ‚Ñ‡Ð¸Ðº)

Russian bank Sberbank enters tech space in major move to rival Google,...

The bank-turned-tech-firm is set to launch a host of digital products and services first in Russia and later abroad,...

24 Sept 2020 9:50 PM IST

The anticipated lawsuit against Google by the Justice Department could be the governments biggest legal offensive to protect competition since the ground-breaking case against Microsoft almost 20 years ago.

Antitrust case against Google gets ready as Trump administration seeks...

Lawmakers and consumer advocates say Google abuses its dominance in online search and advertising to kill competition...

24 Sept 2020 8:20 PM IST

County governments in the Seattle, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Nashville areas have used the Tyler Technologies software Socrata to share election data in the past, although it was not immediately clear whether they still do or how central the platform is to their election operations.

Cyber criminals hack tech company whose software is used by US state...

The extent of the breach is unclear, but the company Tyler Technologies told customers that it affected only internal...

24 Sept 2020 7:53 PM IST

A YouChoose 2020 interactive voting special will also walk people through the voting process using memes such as a tutorial comparing voting to following a recipe and an auto repair video that breaks down the nuts and bolts of voting. (Photo | AFP)

YouTube adds information panels to videos to give voters reliable info...

As most voters take to voting by post amid the pandemic, YouTube has put out videos on Mail-in Voting to combat posts...

24 Sept 2020 5:04 PM IST

Amazon customers can now read detailed product information, manage account settings, track orders, view account history, pay bills, and recharge their phone or DTH services in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam in addition to English and Hindi. This photo shows packages moving down a conveyor system were they are directed to the proper shipping area at an Amazon fulfilment centre. (Photo |AP)

Now you can shop on Amazon using Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam...

In just five months, Amazon shoppers using Hindi grew 3 times, prompting the move to add four more languages ahead of...

22 Sept 2020 9:28 PM IST

TikToks interim CEO Vanessa Pappas proposed a meeting of safety officers from each company to work out details of a collective approach, which we believe will help us all improve safety for our users . (Photo | Pixabay - iXimus)

Come together to stop spread of suicide content, TikTok urges...

It is proposed that nine social media firms speedily identify violent, graphic content, including suicide, and swiftly...

22 Sept 2020 7:33 PM IST

Health officials initially targeted a 60% adoption rate for tracing apps, an optimistic goal based on an Oxford University study from April although researchers noted a lower uptake still helps if other measures, such as social distancing, are enforced. (Photo | AFP)

It's not even privacy that's the issue, yet Europe is cold to Covid...

A few countries have scrapped their tracing apps and others have found so few users that the technology is not very...

22 Sept 2020 5:32 PM IST