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Unlike this IBM Supercomputer, the Folding@Home project is powered by peoples desktops, laptops and even PlayStation consoles, as well as more powerful business computers and servers. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons)

Want to aid coronavirus research? Tag on to this crowdsourced virtual...

Anyone with a recent computer can contribute by installing an app called Folding@Home which downloads a small amount of...

22 March 2020 1:13 PM IST

People are relying heavily on businesses that are helping them adapt to the restrictions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.

How the coronavirus forced society and economy to adapt: Five ways we...

Pushed into isolation, the public have become private, adopting technology to drive economic and social activity

22 March 2020 11:50 AM IST

Wi-Fi speeds vary depending, among other things, on how many devices are actively using the network.

Frustrated by slow Wi-Fi while working from home? Try these five fixes

Here are some helpful tips to boost the network connectivity of your broadband internet.

21 March 2020 9:33 PM IST

FaceTime, Skype, call, text, message on our app.... all very romantic right now, leading matchmaking app OKCupid tweeted encouraging bonding online instead of at bars and restaurants.

Coronavirus keeps the love bug online and in conversation, just the...

On dating apps, men always want to skip the conversation and immediately meet in the flesh, but now romance is all about...

21 March 2020 1:47 PM IST

Leanne Francis, first grade teacher at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, conducts an online class from her living room on March 20, 2020 in San Francisco, California. (Photo | AFP)

Students can't wait to get out of digital classrooms as they wait for...

Challenges aplenty as students stare at a screen all day, interact with fewer classmates and teachers struggle to spot...

21 March 2020 12:31 PM IST

Pop-up messages directing users to credible coronavirus COVID-19 resources are displayed when one opens YouTube.

After Facebook, now YouTube takes measures to promote authoritative...

The move is the latest by technology platforms to curb rumours and hoaxes about the pandemic

20 March 2020 9:05 PM IST

The impact of air pollution on the skin is also known as polluaging.

Novel machine-learning based system predicts air pollution

Large amounts of data are fed into the system to enable predictions from learning patterns and other features

20 March 2020 8:49 PM IST

The Work@Home plan offers up to 5GB of free internet a day at 10 Mbps speed after which the speed is reduced to 1 Gbps for further usage. It is an unlimited plan with no cap on uploads and downloads.

One less worry while working from home: BSNL offers free broadband...

The offer is available to existing BSNL landline customers without any installation charges

20 March 2020 5:50 PM IST

In this Feb. 13, 2020, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, workers wearing masks labor at a factory for Chinese telecommunications company OPPO in Dongguan, in southern Chinas Guangdong Province. (Photo | AP)

Supply of phones, computers yet to spring back as China factories...

Over 80% of Apple, Samsung phones, 50% of world's PCs are made in China but chips must come from US where production is...

19 March 2020 8:23 PM IST

This meme comments on how strenuous working from home can be.

Help these researchers with corona memes: A study is on to find out...

A University of Amsterdam team has opened a portal where you can share memes in English, Mandarin, Korean, Polish, Dutch...

19 March 2020 7:03 PM IST

Real-time updates from national health authorities and global organisations such as the World Health Organisation, as well as vettehelpful articles, videos and posts about social distancing and preventing the spread of COVID-19

Facebook rolling out updated News Feed with fact-checked coronavirus...

The feature will be available today in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, UK and US, and will be expanded to more countries...

19 March 2020 5:13 PM IST

Brussels warning comes less than a month after US officials said thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts had embarked on a coordinated effort to spread alarm about the virus.

Fake news about coronavirus being spread by Russia to worsen crisis in...

An internal EU document warned that pro-Kremlin media outlets were promoting disinformation to undermine trust in...

18 March 2020 10:09 PM IST