Uber, Lyft make it mandatory for drivers, riders to wear masks

San Francisco (IANS) Ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft have introduced face mask policies where drivers as well as riders will be required to wear face masks and coverings in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Uber announced that…

This antiviral drug can speed up recovery of COVID-19 patients

Toronto (IANS) An international team of researchers has found that an antiviral drug -- interferon(IFN)-a2b -- can help speed up the recovery of COVID-19 patients.

Published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology, the study revealed that treatment…

WHO predicts less number of COVID-19 infections, slower peak in Africa

Nairobi (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday predicted less number of COVID-19 infections in Africa and forecast a slower peak in most countries following growing success of anti-infection measures.

Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional…

Amazon unveils new tablet line-up, price begins at just $90

San Francisco (IANS) Amazon has announced the next generation of its Fire HD 8 tablet lineup, designed with the entire family in mind - the all-new Fire HD 8, Fire HD 8 Plus, and Fire HD 8 Kids Edition - in COVID-19 times when kids are home

The…

Samsung Galaxy A51 world's best-selling Android smartphone in Q1

New Delhi (IANS) With six million units shipped globally, Samsung Galaxy A51 became the worlds bestselling Android smartphone model in the first quarter of 2020, revealed new research on Thursday.

Xiaomi Redmi 8 became the second most popular…

Gilead inks pact with 3 Indian drugmakers to produce, sell Remdesivir

New Delhi (IANS) US drug-maker Gilead Sciences has signed non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreements with three Indian pharmaceutical companies -- Mumbai-headquartered Cipla, Hyderabad-based Hetero Labs and Noida-based Jubilant Life Sciences --…

Focus on manpower to reignite production cycle: Realme India CEO

New Delhi (IANS) The most important aspect in the smartphone industry right now is shortage of manpower as most of the workers have gone home due to coronavirus pandemic and the delay in bringing them back to restart the entire production cycle will…

Google Duo to soon let you make group calls on Chrome

San Francisco (IANS) As video calls among families and friends become the new normal in social distancing times, Google has announced fresh features on its video calling app Google Duo, including group calls on the web soon.

In the coming weeks,…

Honor 9X Pro coming to India on May 12

New Delhi (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker Honor is all set to launch Honor 9X Pro in India on May 12 that will be available on Flipkart.

The smartphone is expected to cost between Rs 15,000-Rs 20,000 which will be the company's first smartphone…

Google.org pledges $100 million in total towards COVID-19 relief

San Francisco (IANS) Google has committed another $50 million to COVID-19 relief via Google.org, bringing its total contribution to $100 million in grants focused on areas like health and science, economic relief and recovery, and distance learning.