Washington, April 23 Scientists have developed an algorithm that can help identify potential sex offenders in online chatrooms, especially the ones who are most likely to set up face-to-face meetings with children. Law enforcement officers are often inundated with cases involving the sexual solicitation of minors — some interested inRead More

San Francisco: Responding to a study that found nearly 60 per cent of free Andorid apps used by children potentially violate a federal law, Google has said that it will take action if company’s policies are violated. “If we determine that an app violates our policies, we will take action.Read More

New Delhi, April 21 Restaurants, caterers and others will be able to easily donate excess food to the needy through a new mobile application developed by students of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi. The app called Zero provides an interface between caterers/restaurant owners and NGOs involved in distributing excess foodRead More

New Delhi Facebook has no plans as of now to bring digital payment facility to its Messenger application in India, informed sources said on Thursday. “There are currently no tests planned for recharges or peer-to-peer payments on Messenger in India,” the sources told IANS. Factor Daily had reported that FacebookRead More

SAN FRANCISCO: To help beginners learn coding on their smartphones, Google has launched a new learn-to-code app called Grasshopper. Grasshopper has been created by a team of coders from Google’s workshop for experimental products – “Area 120”. “Coding is becoming such an essential skill, and we want to make itRead More

Sydney, April 20 Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffered a “catastrophic die-off” of coral during an extended heatwave in 2016, threatening a broader range of reef life than previously feared, a report revealed on Thursday. Scientists said some 30 per cent of the reef’s coral died in the heatwave from MarchRead More

New Delhi: Expanding its “Big View” screen design category, Panasonic India on Tuesday launched an affordable “P101” smartphone that comes with an 18:9 aspect ratio display for Rs 6,999. The dual-SIM 4G VoLTE device comes with a 5.45-inch 2.5D curved screen, Android 7.1 Nougat, 8MP and 5MP primary and secondaryRead More

San Francisco: Continuing with its efforts to protect users’ privacy after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook on Wednesday introduced new privacy updates for its users in Europe as part of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will be effective from May 25. Apart from seeking inputs from regulatorsRead More

San Francisco: Responding to a study that found nearly 60 per cent of free Andorid apps used by children potentially violate a federal law, Google has said that it will take action if company’s policies are violated. “If we determine that an app violates our policies, we will take action.Read More

New York, April 17 The Pentagon is working on an app that will keep track of US soldiers’ health and deliver cost-saving treatment by monitoring the data accumulated on their smartphones, the media reported. According to The Washington Post, scientists at the Pentagon’s secretive weapons development arm wants to useRead More