Category: NEWS

The internet giant company Facebook announced that it has invested $5.7 billion (INR 43,574 crore ) for a 9.99% stake in India’s Reliance Jio Platforms, a three-and-a-half-year-old subsidiary of the nation’s most valued firm, Reliance Industries, and the biggest telecom operator in the country with...

Netflix Inc. ended the first quarter with nearly 16 million new subscribers as people around the globe stuck at home due to the coronavirus pandemic are increasingly turning to streaming services to entertain themselves. The streaming service added more than 15.7 million subscribers globally in...

Netflix is rolling out a new feature called ‘Screen Lock’ on Android devices. The new feature will prevent mess up playback when you accidentally tap a button while watching Netflix on your phone. However, this feature is already rolled for iOS devices. This new feature...

Respiratory viruses like coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread when mucus or droplets containing the virus get into your body through your eyes, nose or throat. Most often, this happens through your hands. Hands are also one of the most common ways that the virus spreads from...

Facebook is canceling any physical events with more than 50 people through June 2021. CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted the news as part of an update on Facebook’s COVID-19 pandemic response, where he also said the “vast majority” of Facebook employees would work from home until at least...

TikTok is launching a new feature called ‘Family Pairing’ which allows parents to link their TikTok account to their teen’s and set restriction. Parents’ll be able to disable direct messages, turn on restricted content mode, and set screen time limits. TikTok announced on a blog...

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.  Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes,...

Adobe is launching a new feature in Premiere Pro today called Productions, making it easier to work on the same project with multiple people. Adobe previewed the feature at Sundance, saying it was designed with filmmakers in mind. The new Productions panel offers a Google...

Apple  is making a number of its original television series, kids shows and one documentary available for free as millions of families are cooped up indoors due to COVID-19 Pandemic. The free assortment is on the market now through this hyperlink within the US, or...

Instagram now lets you read and send direct messages from your desktop, according to an announcement on Friday, April 10. Users cheered the much-requested new feature, which had been in the works and available in limited testing since January. “Our hope is that this will give people, creators, and...

The e-commerce giant company Amazon said in a blog post that it is developing a lab to screen its workers for the novel coronavirus, showing that more visibility into who is infected is essential to returning its business to normalcy. Employees in at least 64...

Facebook is rolling out a new feature called ‘Quiet Mode’ which will pause “most” push notifications and remind you that it’s turned on when you try to open the software on your phone while the mode is still active. The company announced the change as...

TikTok has announced on a blog post that the company will provide a series of relief funds and initiatives to support those fighting the coronavirus pandemic, and to help other individuals and organizations struggling with its impact. In total, the company is pledging $375 million; including $250...

Netflix is rolling out a series of new tools that parents can use to filter what content their kids see while using the service, including the ability to remove titles entirely.

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, said Tuesday he will donate $1 billion worth of equity in Square to his Start Small Foundation to fund COVID-19 relief around the world.  Dorsey made the announcement in a tweet, revealing that the sum equates to roughly 28...

WhatsApp announced on a blog post that it’s putting new restrictions on forwarding messages, in order to stem the flow of misinformation over the messaging app. It already flags messages that have been forwarded multiple times with double arrows. Once flagged as such, these messages...

A space suit is a garment worn to keep a human alive in the harsh environment of outer space, vacuum and temperature extremes. Spacesuits are often worn inside spacecraft as a safety precaution in case of loss of cabin pressure and are necessary for extravehicular activity (EVA), work done outside spacecraft. Spacesuits have been worn...

A man was shot dead in Philippines for violating the rules of coronavirus lockdown. As per the reports, the man was 63-year old and believed to have been drunk. He threatened village officials and police manning the checkpoint in the town of Nasipit in the southern province of...

While speaking at the coronavirus task force briefing on Saturday, President Donald Trump said, “This will be the toughest week” in the U.S. fight against the pandemic. “There will be a lot of death, unfortunately,” he said. Trump painted a grim picture of the next...

According to tracking numbers from Johns Hopkins University, The number of cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the newly identified coronavirus, has hit 1 million worldwide, The US has the highest number of cases, at around 236,000. Italy, Spain and Germany follow.  Nearly 53,000 people have died and more...