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Radio waves emitted by cellphones or mobile phones and cellphone towers, as well as microwave ovens, do not damage cells of the body.

Myth believers burst crackers in India, set fire to 5G cellphone...

A conspiracy theory that 5G radiofrequencies damage immune systems are baseless, as this myth buster proves

6 April 2020 6:04 PM IST

All content is available for download, and you can watch in portrait or landscape mode as Quibi is designed especially as a mobile streaming platform.

Get quick bites of comedies, dramas on your phone, Quibi launches with...

After the free period, it costs Rs 669 a month to access the made-for-mobile platform on which you get original content,...

6 April 2020 3:02 PM IST

The MyGov Corona Helpdesk on WhatsApp is a chatbot to which you can ask questions about the coronavirus and receive authoritative information provided by the government.

Centre's MyGov corona WhatsApp chatbot used by 2 crore people

More than 55 million messages have been sent by over 20 million users since the chatbot was launched by the government...

5 April 2020 8:05 PM IST

An Akshaya Centre in Adimaly, Idukki, set up by the Kerala government as part of the Centres Digital India initiative, to provide access to government services through the

Rural India doubled its internet use amid lockdown, says government's...

Rural data consumption surged to to 4.7 terabyte as on March 30 from 2.7 TB on March 10, a near 100 per cent increase.

5 April 2020 7:08 PM IST

Now more than ever, having someone to talk to makes a world of a difference, says the tagline for Passport on the Go Tinder blog

Tinder Passport frees you from location 'lockdown', lets all users...

Earlier available only to premium users of Tinder, the feature that lets you pick matches in any location is now free...

5 April 2020 4:47 PM IST

A yoga teacher in Hong Kong holds a Zoom meeting for a guided session of the fitness activity. (Photo |

Zoom introduces security measures to ensure there is no more...

Last week's embarrassing hacking of official group calls by naked men exposed the lack of security in the...

5 April 2020 2:58 PM IST

Google, which collects large amounts of data from users of its myriad services, plans to publish information about the movement of people to allow governments to gauge the effectiveness of physical distancing measures.

Data privacy at stake amid governments' increasing 'surveillance' on...

Most governments are accessing location data of mobile phone users in anonymised forms, but rights groups worry about...

4 April 2020 3:24 PM IST

The mCOVID-19 mobile application can be downloaded from mcovid19.mizoram.gov.in. (Representative Image)

Mizoram government launches mobile app on COVID-19 data, resources

Updates on the statistics of the state, India and the world will be provided by the app

4 April 2020 2:52 PM IST

The channel also holds live and interactive sessions where trainees can get their queries answered.

Karnataka puts COVID-19 training material on YouTube to reach...

The channel features videos on COVID-19 management for capacity building on prevention, care, support and information...

4 April 2020 2:18 PM IST

Like the detection of traffic jams or traffic measurement on Google Maps, the new reports will use aggregated, anonymised data from users who have activated their location history. (Representative Image)

Sharing location with Google? Now it will be displayed on site to aid...

Reports on users' movements in 131 countries will be published on a website and will chart movement trends by geography,...

3 April 2020 4:50 PM IST

The need for a data protection law becomes evident from the recent Zoom fiasco

The need for a data protection law becomes evident from the recent...

None of the protections afforded by a privacy law are in place yet, which leaves our data open to exploitation by tech...

3 April 2020 4:10 PM IST

Now, a drone for thermal screening to identify likely coronavirus infected persons

Now, a drone for thermal screening to identify likely coronavirus...

IIT Guwahati alumni are conducting trial runs for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh government and the Trichy Municipal...

3 April 2020 3:06 PM IST