Zoom, the video conferencing app that grew exponentially during the novel coronavirus pandemic as people were forced to stay back home and work from home on lockdown orders, is being taken on by the social media giant Facebook which has a long history of incorporating new features on to the platform to mimic what the…
Britain is set to start trials to see whether plasma from coronavirus survivors could help in the recovery of those who have been severely affected with the COVID-19 disease. According to a statement on Saturday from British health department, up to 5,000 severely ill patients with COVID-19 could soon be treated each week with plasma…
In a statement, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) stated, it is mulling options which include the shutting down the U.S. operations of three state-controlled Chinese telecommunications companies, due to potential national security risks. To this end, the FCC has issued show cause orders to China Unicom Americas, China Telecom Americas, and Pacific Networks Corp along…
Although U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that inserting ultraviolet light into coronavirus patients was widely laughed off, Dimer UCV Innovations, a California company thinks it’s a perfect solution for decontaminating airplanes. Dimer UCV Innovations had created a UV-C-emitting cleaning machine for the airline industry way back in 2014. Its only now with the coronavirus pandemic…
At the time the board of Virgin Australia decided to appoint administrators last Monday, the airline owed more than $6.8bn to more than 12,000 creditors which included its employees, banks, aircraft financiers and landlords, according to a report published by The Guardian. The company is also unsure about whether to continue leasing some of the…
The largest online retailer of the world Amazon has delivered another shocker to the world. the company that has been long accused of killing off bricks-and-mortar book sales has donated £250,000 to a fund that is aimed at helping out book stores that have been hit by the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Book Trade…
A Google blog post on Thursday announced that starting soon, the company will make it mandatory for all advertisers to verify their identity. This measure is being taken by the tech giant to prevent advertisers from misrepresenting themselves. The company said that this measure will allow users and consumers to see who is running ads…
A new report by a wildlife campaign group has found that there are double the number of tigers that are currently in captivity than those that are left in the wild. There are an estimated 7,000 captive tigers in the United States and about 1,600 more in Europe while there are just 3,900 tigers left…
A computer bug, discovered by San Francisco-based ZecOps, a mobile security forensics company while it was investigating a sophisticated cyberattack against a client that took place in late 2019, has left 500M iphone and iPad users vulnerable to cyberattacks. Zuk Avraham, ZecOps’ CEO said, he found evidence that the vulnerability has been exploited in at…
Facebook has its eyes on the internet boom in the Indian market and is set to take up a stake in India’s largest mobile operator with an investment of billions of dollars. It is also partnering with the Indian telecom company to take advantage of the boom. The largest social media company is set to…
