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Only 4.4% of Microsofts global workforce across all brands, and as for Amazon, while more than 60% of warehouse and delivery workers in most US cities are people of colour, only 8% of its managers in the US are black. In this picture, the beginnings of a Black Lives Matter mural begins to take shape on June 10, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo | AFP)

How diverse is the workforce in companies that are expressing...

Associated Press reviewed the diversity reports of some of the biggest companies, including tech giants Microsoft and...

11 Jun 2020 4:30 PM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his decision to bypass parliament at the time, arguing lives could be lost while lawmakers debated legislation. (Photo | AFP)

Stop using state spy agency to track phones for coronavirus tracing:...

The government had controversially approved Shin Bet's use of surveillance for the Covid-19 illness as an emergency...

10 Jun 2020 10:05 PM IST

Short-video app TikTok is set to soon sign up to the disinformation code of conduct aimed at halting the spread of disinformation linked to the virus. Twitter was also appreciated for tagging President Donald Trumps tweets as needing to be fact-checked.

What are you doing about fake news, EU asks Google, Facebook, wants...

Open up and offer more evidence that measures taken are working well, European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova...

10 Jun 2020 7:39 PM IST

Chingari allows a user to download and upload videos, chat with friends, interact with new people, share content, and browse through feed, it said in a statement. A Chingari user gets the opportunity to get creative with their WhatsApp status, videos, audio clips, GIF stickers, and photos.

Chingari, Tiktok's Indian alternative, hits 100,000 downloads

The app is available in multiple languages including English, Hindi, Bangla, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Punjabi,...

10 Jun 2020 7:03 PM IST

Punjab has around 20,000 active home quarantine cases as of now. Among them are people who have returned from other states and many who are symptomatic. (Representative Image)

A different sort of kada, GPS trackers on the wrist could become a...

The trackers fitted with a SIM card can be integrated with the state government's COVA app which will know if people...

10 Jun 2020 6:04 PM IST

GoSocial allows users to take up creative challenges designed by photographers, artists, writers, and designers and get rewarded.

Anand Mahindra gives Rs 7.5 crore funding boost to Gurugram-based...

The startup has developed a social media platform for content creators called GoSocial.

10 Jun 2020 5:29 PM IST

Like other carmakers, Honda has struggled to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and the efforts to return to production. (Photo | PTI)

Now, cyber attack hits Honda after COVID-19 crashed car sales

The auto major said there was no breach of data and it will restore full functionality of production, sales and...

9 Jun 2020 10:44 PM IST

Some 2.5 billion people worldwide play games annually, with some 12.3 billion hours of streamed game content was watched in 2019 alone.

Gamers, you can watch Sony's launch of the PlayStation 5 live on...

The event will start streaming at 1700 GMT and viewers are encouraged to use headphones to best enjoy immersive audio...

9 Jun 2020 10:01 PM IST

Flipkart believes its Voice Assistant will elevate the users grocery shopping to a more personal and natural experience, the ecommerce company said.

Poha Chivda milega? Your wish is Flipkart's voice command, in Hindi...

Flipkart's Android mobile app now has a voice assistant, and the feature will gradually be made available on iOS and the...

9 Jun 2020 9:04 PM IST

The century-old technology firm called for responsible national standards regarding how facial recognition systems should be used by police agencies. In this photo

IBM opposes use of facial recognition for racial profiling, tips hat...

CEO Arvind Krishna says IBM no longer offers general purpose facial recognition software, won't condone use of any tech...

9 Jun 2020 7:13 PM IST

The COVID-19 apps also continuously collect and process highly sensitive and personally identifiable information, about health, location and direct identifiers like name, age, email address and voter or national identification of a user.

In the next James Bond film, 007 should use COVID-19 app data; it...

Most COVID apps access data from mobile devices such as contacts, photos, media, files, location data, camera and...

9 Jun 2020 4:10 PM IST

Huawei was granted a limited role in January to build the UKs new high-speed 5G networks. However, last week the UKs National Cyber Security Centre began a review to examine the impact new US sanctions against Huawei could have on the countrys networks, officials said. (Photo | Flickr)

As UK reviews impact of US sanctions on Huawei, telecom firm launches...

It took out full-page ads in British newspapers outlining its commitment to providing telecom companies with equipment...

8 Jun 2020 7:41 PM IST