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Many governments have already tried, mostly unsuccessfully, to roll out their own phone apps to fight the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those apps have encountered technical problems on Apple and Android phones and havent been widely adopted. They often use GPS to track peoples location, which Apple and Google are banning from their new tool because of privacy and accuracy concerns.

After a long wait, Google and Apple release their joint COVID app...

It uses Bluetooth technology to detect when someone who downloaded the app has spent time near another app user who...

21 May 2020 7:55 PM IST

To comply with applicable laws on alcohol sales, Swiggy said it ensures that the age of the buyer is verified by way of user authentication.

Swiggy now a tippler's dream, starts alcohol delivery in Ranchi, soon...

The service could be expanded to other states for which the company is in talks with governments.

21 May 2020 6:47 PM IST

Orders can be placed through the Amazon app but the option will currently be visible only to customers who live in pin codes that cover Mahadevapura, Marathahalli, Whitefield and Bellandur.

Amazon steps on to Zomato, Swiggy turf, starts with food delivery in...

Now, apart from groceries on Prime Now, Bengalurians can get meals delivered through the Amazon app itself in some pin...

21 May 2020 5:25 PM IST

Associated Press reporter Zen Soo eats her lunch at the dining table at home while serving a two-week home quarantine in Hong Kong, April 17, 2020. Hong Kong issued quarantine wristbands to monitor returning residents of the city while they serve their mandatory 14-day quarantine, in a bid to curb local transmissions of COVID-19 during the pandemic. (Photo | AP)

On quarantine, wearing a government-mandated location tracker, how...

An Associated Press reporter in Hong Kong describes her experience.

20 May 2020 8:37 PM IST

Google said it will honour all existing contracts with its customers, but didnt specify what companies. Greenpeaces report says Microsoft appears to be leading the way with the most oil and contracts, offering AI capabilities in all phases of oil production. Amazons contracts are more focused on pipelines, shipping and fuel storage, according to the report. (Photo | Flicker)

Reminded of its climate change pledge, Google says it will stop...

Greenpeace report said Amazon, Microsoft, Google undermining their own climate pledges by partnering with Shell, BP,...

20 May 2020 7:45 PM IST

A United Nations campaign image on stopping sexual abuse.

In the wake of #BoisLockerRoom, CBSE issues cyber safety advisory for...

Students are told to block and if need be report as soon as possible if someone makes them uncomfortable on a social...

20 May 2020 6:46 PM IST

The death penalty is inherently cruel and inhumane, and Singapores use of remote technology like Zoom to sentence a man to death makes it even more so, said Human Rights Watch deputy Asia director Phil Robertson.

'Death sentence given over Zoom inhumane, man should have right to see...

Singapore court conducting drug trafficking case on Zoom criticised for pronouncing a death sentence over the...

20 May 2020 5:28 PM IST

Not willing to let Google, Apple set terms, France building own government-monitored COVID app

Not willing to let Google, Apple set terms, France building own...

France, Britain, Norway say government needs access data to combat virus whereas the tech firms say they are adhering to...

20 May 2020 4:21 PM IST

Walmart sales jumped 74 pc as it became a lifeline in the US amid the pandemic

Walmart sales jumped 74 pc as it became a lifeline in the US amid the...

Costs soared as well, $900 million in all, as hourly workers were given a total cash bonus of $755 million and pay was...

19 May 2020 7:13 PM IST

More than 200 million copies of the building and exploration game Minecraft have been sold as online play surges during the coronavirus pandemic.

11-year-old Minecraft one of the most popular games amid pandemic, has...

Video games and online viewing of matches on platforms such as Twitch, YouTube and Facebook have been seeing huge growth...

19 May 2020 6:36 PM IST

Australia last month announced plans to force major internet firms to share advertising revenues earned from news content featured in their services.

Australian watchdog suggests boycott of Google, Facebook to force them...

The radical idea was among a series of possible bargaining tools put forward by the Australian Competition and Consumer...

19 May 2020 5:25 PM IST

The EU law would include all aspects of the digital world, including cracking down on hate speech, protecting user data and preventing big companies from abusing their dominant market positions.(Photo of the European Commission building | Wikimedia Commons - Nuno Nogueira)

As EU seeks accountability, Mark Zuckerberg urges approach that won't...

European Commission working on a Digital Service Act to curb powers of US big tech even as Google, Facebook lobby hard...

19 May 2020 4:58 PM IST