FB slapped with $5bn fine over privacy violations
Washington-- In a historic judgment, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday slapped a massive $5 billion fine on Facebook over users' privacy...
Google chases Amazon, debuts shopping platform
San Francisco-- In a bid to take on Amazon in the burgeoning e-commerce space, Google has debuted its new shopping platform for the users...
Why Facebook is still your best friend
New York-- Transitioning from high school to college can be stressful for some students and to maintain connections with pre-college friends and form new...
Microsoft invests $1 bn in OpenAI startup
San Francisco-- Microsoft on Monday announced to invest $1 billion in Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up called OpenAI. The multi-year partnership will jointly develop new...
Udacity partners AWS for tech scholarship programme
New Delhi-- Global learning platform Udacity on Friday announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch the "DeepRacer Scholarship Challenge", to help...
Google removes stalker apps that may have spied on you
New Delhi-- Google has removed seven stalker apps that were available on its Play Store as apps for children's safety or finding stolen phones...
Indian bug hunter finds flaw in Instagram, wins $30,000
New Delhi-- Chennai-based security researcher Laxman Muthiyah has won $30,000 as a part of a bug bounty programme after he spotted a flaw in...
He created an app to help Muslims with their prayers
By Irvin Zhang
News at Northeastern
Eight months ago, Anas Abou Allaban was attending Muslim Hacks, an event in California where participants share technology and solutions to...
$10mn Microsoft project focuses on AI for cultural heritage
San Francisco-- Following multi-million programmes that use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Earth, accessibility and humanitarian action, technology giant Microsoft will now channel $10 million...
Will take action on those listening to your conversations: Google
San Francisco-- After facing widespread criticism for eavesdropping on users' conversations via its Assistant to improve speech recognition technology, Google said that it was...