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Zoom said Thursday it acceded to Chinese government demands that it close accounts of US and Hong Kong activists who gathered on the popular chat app to mark the deadly Tiananmen crackdown. The admission came as the American video app, which has soared in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic, said it would build software to stop takedown demands from authoritarian …

Twitter is testing a new feature which will ask users if they would like to open the article before retweeting it in order to stem the rapid spread of misinformation. According to engadeget, the feature which is currently being tested on Android phones should “help foster informed discussion”. The micro-blogging site added that it doesn’t have a timeline for bringing the …

MOSCOW: The Russian manufacturer of ventilators involved in two deadly fires at hospitals treating virus patients said Wednesday it has recalled the devices for checks. In a statement sent to AFP, the Urals Instrument-Building Factory that makes the ventilators said it decided to “carry out extra technical tests on the equipment supplied earlier”. Doctors said the Aventa-M ventilators made by the …

KARACHI: The government’s Covid-19 Gov PK mobile application came under criticism for security flaws on Tuesday by a French security researcher. Baptiste Robert, a French security researcher who specialises in smartphone apps that abuse user data, reported several privacy gaffes in the application developed by the National IT Board (NITB). The Android app requests users to allow it to access …

Google is adding features on its Maps service to alert users about COVID-19-related travel restrictions to help them plan their trips better, the Alphabet Inc unit said on Monday. The update would allow users to check how crowded a train station might be at a particular time, or if buses on a certain route are running on a limited schedule, …

ISLAMABAD: Mobile phones are the dominant form of digital connectivity in Pakistan, with 89 million unique subscribers as of the end of 2019, according to the GSMA — an industry body representing mobile networks. In a report ‘Pakistan Progressing towards a fully-fledged digital economy’ launched on Monday, it suggested that to achieve digital ambitions and unleash the potential of the …

It’s been rumoured for a while but it finally seems WhatsApp is getting ready to unleash the ability to chat on multiple devices. Currently, WhatsApp only allows only one device to signed up into an account. So if a user were to sign in his WhatsApp account on a new smartphone, the older one would automatically get disconnected. There’s been …

BEIJING: Chinese short video app makers have taken their rivalry overseas, with TikTok facing stiff competition from a newcomer that has surged in popularity abroad — by paying users to keep scrolling. Zynn, a product of China’s number-two video app maker Kuaishou, launched in May and became the most popular free app in the US Apple App Store just a …

WASHINGTON: When a friend shared a Facebook post with Michelle Burris inviting her to protest in downtown Washington, DC, last Saturday, she knew she had to go. So she bought a Black Lives Matter mask from a street vendor before marching the streets of the district with a “No Justice, No Peace” sign. After that march ended, she pulled up …

KARACHI: Education experts got together for a seminar on Zoom on Saturday to discuss the ‘Digital classroom: the way forward’ from the perspective of early childhood education. The event was organised by Winchester Publications Group. “The parents, schools and students all need to cooperate with one another to make the digital classroom and online education work,” said M. Jehanzeb Saeed, …