Healthium maintains production for healthcare amid lockdown

Bengaluru (IANS) Leading medical devices firm Healthium Medtech is maintaining production to meet demand for healthcare amid the COVID-19 lockdown, the company said.

"Production is maintained to ensure supply of essential devices like gloves,…

Apple releases iOS, iPadOS updates with bug fixes

San Francisco (IANS) Apple has released iOS 13.4.1 and iPadOS 13.4.1 with focus on bug fixes, performance improvements and security enhancements.

The update addresses an issue that prevented devices running iOS 13.4 from participating in FaceTime…

Facebook asks for users' data to generate COVID-19 'heat maps'

San Francisco (IANS) Facebook is asking users in the US to participate in a voluntary survey from Carnegie Mellon University to help health researchers generate new insights on how to respond to the crisis, including "heat maps" of self-reported symptoms.

Second potential COVID-19 vaccine in US starts safety test

Washington (IANS) A second US company is poised to begin safety test of a vaccine against COVID-19.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals said on Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company's Investigational New Drug…

Microsoft joins digital platform WalkMe to boost Dynamics 365 sales

San Francisco (IANS) Microsoft has announced a strategic partnership with leading digital adoption platform WalkMe to help increase Dynamics 365 adoption among enterprises to utilise the technology efficiently and productively.

Through this…

Realme X2 Pro Master Edition wins Red Dot Design Award

New Delhi (IANS) Chinese smartphone manufacturer Realme on Monday announced that its X2 Pro Master Edition smartphone has won the ‘Red Dot Design Award.

Founded by German Design Council, the award is an internationally acknowledged global industrial…

Xiaomi working on 144MP camera smartphone: Report

Beijing (IANS) Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi is reportedly working on a new smartphone that features a whopping 144MP camera sensor.

According to media reports, Xiaomi's upcoming 144MP camera smartphone and it is likely to be named…

Govt advocates homemade face-masks for personal hygiene

New Delhi (IANS) In an advisory, the Union Health Ministry, here on Saturday, suggested use of homemade masks for the people living in densely-populated areas for protecting self as well as others in the community.

"Certain countries have claimed…

3rd SpaceX prototype spacecraft blows up during pressure test

San Francisco (IANS) A third prototype of Elon Musk-run SpaceXs next-generation rocket Starship 'SN3' broke apart during a pressure test at the companys test site in Boca Chica, Texas.

"We will see what data review says, but this may…

Google to shut down 'Neighbourly' app

San Francisco (IANS) Google has announced that it is shutting down its Q&A social app Neighbourly on May 12, as the project did not take off as expected.

The search engine giant unveiled the app in May 2018 as a test in Mumbai to let users…