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Apart from mango icecream and cake, which topped the search tally, people also looked for instructions on how to make samosa, jalebi, momos, dhokla, pani puri, dosa and paneer dishes.

As sweet shops stay closed during lockdown, Google searches for...

Searches for 'Chicken momo recipe' rose 4,350 per cent and for 'Mango icecream' 3,250 per cent in April compared to a...

8 May 2020 9:29 PM IST

Zoom, which boasts 300 million users, had the luck to be in the right place at the right time just as millions of employees around the world suddenly found themselves ordered to work from home.

Facing flak over lapses, Zoom acquires security firm Keybase to fix...

Keybase is Zoom's first acquisition. The company will help Zoom implement end-to-end encryption.

8 May 2020 8:12 PM IST

Sidewalk Labs, a unit of Googles parent company Alphabet, had been proposing to turn a rundown part of Torontos waterfront into a wired community but the project is no longer financially viable. (Illustration | Sidewalk Toronto)

Google abandons plan to build tech city where smart streets would melt...

Uncertainty in the real estate market of Toronto where it was planned has made the project unviable, Google affiliate...

8 May 2020 7:12 PM IST

Zoom will enhance security on free accounts too, firm says in deal reached on New York investigation

Zoom will enhance security on free accounts too, firm says in deal...

The company also agreed to conduct regular risk assessment and software code reviews to detect vulnerabilities.

8 May 2020 4:54 PM IST

The hackers have claimed that they have access to the complete database of Unacademy and decided to leak only users accounts at this point of time, Cyble said.

Hackers target Unacademy, the learning platform funded by Facebook and...

A database of 20 million accounts of Unacademy, said to be India's largest online learning platform, was sold on the...

7 May 2020 10:33 PM IST

In this file photo taken on March 19, 2018 a technician inspects bitcoin mining at Bitfarms in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec. (Photo | AFP)

Wanna find out what this Bitcoin business is all about? Everything you...

Bitcoin miners will soon get only half the bitcoins for validating transactions. Find out what that means and how it all...

7 May 2020 8:14 PM IST

Milano Digital Fashion Week from July 14-17 will include photo and video content, backstage interviews with designers, as well as webinars and live streaming of keynote speeches. (Photo | AFP)

No crowded shows, Milan Fashion Week will be live on Instagram,...

Thousands of Chinese buyers and media are prevented from travelling to the shows, forcing the fashion chamber to offer...

7 May 2020 5:14 PM IST

The Facebook oversight board will be able to overturn decisions by the company and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on whether individual pieces of content should be allowed on Facebook and Instagram. But critics call the oversight board a bid by Facebook to forestall regulation or even an eventual breakup. (Photo | Flickr - Anthony Quintano)

Facebook's Supreme Court' of Nobel winner, former Guardian editor,...

The oversight board is to make binding decisions on hate speech and misinformation, following free speech norms and...

7 May 2020 4:19 PM IST

The initiative aims to serve an estimated 1.7 billion people who lack access to digital financial services.

Google ties up with Gates Foundation on digital payments for the...

The open source software, Mojaloop, first established by Gates Foundation in 2017, is being tweaked for use by...

7 May 2020 2:03 PM IST

AI chatbots have drawn increased interest during the global virus pandemic, which has led to a sharp rise in isolation and anxiety.

Covid isolation makes more people dependent on relationships with...

The Replika app allows users to design an avatar-friend or romantic partner, while mental health chatbot Woebot helps...

6 May 2020 10:55 PM IST

China-based Huawei and Europe-based Nokia and Ericsson are major 5G equipment suppliers. (Photo | Flickr - Christoph Scholz)

With Huawei ostracised in US, alliance of 30 firms including Google,...

The group, including telecom operators Vodafone, AT&T and Verizon, says it wants to avoid depending on any single...

6 May 2020 10:07 PM IST

A migrant worker carries his child as he walks along the Delhi- Ghaziabad highway to reach his native place, during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus, in New Delhi, Thursday, April 30, 2020. Many migrant workers have not been paid for the past two months and therefore may not possess even a feature phone to make the toll-free call to the Aarogya Setu IVRS system. (Photo | PTI)

IVRS facility launched to bring those without smartphones under...

The Interactive Voice Response System will collect health data from landline and feature phone users and issue alerts...

6 May 2020 9:29 PM IST