Facebook 'Messenger Rooms' takes on Zoom with group video chat for 50 people

San Francisco (IANS) Alarmed at the popularity of Zoom in social distancing times that allows up to 100 people to join a video meeting from the comfort of their homes, Facebook on Friday announced Messenger Rooms that will allow group video calls…

Centre: No spike in fever and pneumonia; no flooding of ICUs

New Delhi (IANS) Allaying fears over unchecked spread of the COVID-19, the Centre has said there is no spike in fever and pneumonia cases, no flooding of ICUs with patients and that other data-sets indicate there is nothing to suggest a large-scale…

COVID-19 killed by sunlight, warmer temperatures, humidity: White House

New York (IANS) Sunlight kills COVID-19 while warmer temperatures and humid weather significantly damage the virus, measured in terms of the virus' half life or the time it takes to cut its potency in half, according to the latest breakthrough…

ISRO invites proposals for tech relating to human space travel

Chennai (IANS) The Indian space agency which plans to send Indians has called for proposals from national research and academic institutions for developing affordable indigenous technologies for human survival in low earth orbit.

The space…

Why 47,000 Microsoft developers are generating 30,000 bugs a month

San Francisco (IANS) At Microsoft, 47,000 developers are generating nearly 30,000 bugs a month and these vulnerabilities get stored across over 100 AzureDevOps and GitHub repositories to quickly spot critical bugs and stay ahead of the hackers.

DRDO's mobile viral research lab to speed up COVID-19 screening

New Delhi (IANS) To speed up COVID-19 screening and related research and development activities, a mobile viral research laboratory (MVRL) has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Hyderabad.

The laboratory…

Full-time Facebook workers now reviewing harmful content too

San Francisco (IANS) As Facebook content moderators who are mostly on a contractual basis have temporarily been sent home owing to the coronavirus pandemic, full-time employees at the company are now sifting through harmful content.

According…

Google adds 4 new features to video calling app Duo

San Francisco (IANS) Google has started rolling out four new features in its video calling app Google Duo, along with a promise to add more soon.

The search engine giant is rolling out a new video codec technology to improve video call quality…

IIT-K, SGPGIMS develop alternative to N-95 masks

Kanpur (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) and Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), in a joint project, have developed a working prototype of a Positive Pressure Respirator System (PPRS)…

Turtles, sharks return to Thai coasts in absence of tourists

Bangkok (IANS) Rare sea turtles and reef sharks are some of the endangered species that have been sighted in recent weeks off the coast of Thailand, where beaches have been emptied of tourists due to the COVID-19 pandemic, although experts warn that…