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Coronavirus: Engineers share designs for DIY ventilators

With ventilators in dangerously short supply during the coronavirus pandemic, a number of DIY groups have begun working on open source designs that could be made at home.




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Couples share self-isolation horror stories as they are forced to work from home amid coronavirus

Couples have shared their self-isolation horror stories, as they've been forced to work together from home in a bid to slow the coronavirus pandemic.




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Former star Google engineer faces up to ten years in jail

A former Google engineer charged with stealing trade secrets from its self-driving car program has agreed to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors, according to documents filed in a California court yesterday.




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Google alerts users to call a doctor if they search for medical-related locations for coronavius

Google has added an alert that encourages users to call a doctor when the search for medical locations or search topics about coronavirus in order to help limit the spread of the virus.




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Google to provide location data to the UK government

Google is reportedly working with the UK government to provide anonymised location data to help identify the parts of the country where social distancing measures aren't being adhered to.




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Employees urged to turn off smart speakers while working from home during the coronavirus

As millions around the globe work from home to limit the spread of coronavirus, employers are urging staff to turn off their smart speakers to keep the devices from listening to phone calls.




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US government is 'in talks with Facebook and Google' to track coronavirus

The US government wants to see if private-sector companies could compile the data in a way that would allow them to map the spread of the deadly virus.




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Speech recognition systems from five tech companies are bias towards people of color, study reveals 

A study found AI-powered voice recognition systems from Amazon, Apple, Google, IBM and Microsoft make twice as many errors when interpreting speech from black people than words spoken by whites.




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How to use Australia's new coronavirus app 

The Australian Government has launched a coronavirus app to provide up-to-date information about the pandemic.




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Facebook and Apple say personal N95 masks they are donating were stockpiled during wildfires 

Tech giants are sending millions of N95 masks to healthcare workers in the US to help with the shortage, but the donations are raising questions to why these firms have a stockpile.




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The lockdown zoo: Families staying indoors are using 3D phone app to bring exotic beasts to life

Families in the UK enduring the lockdown are using an augmented reality feature from Google to bring an array of exotic beasts to life in their homes.




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Nazeem Hussain tricks his mother into thinking he has a TIGER in his house for April Fool's Day

Nazeem Hussain pulled off an epic April Fool's Day prank on his mother by tricking her into thinking he was keeping a live tiger in his house. 




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Engineer who stole Google secrets wants Uber to pay legal fees

Anthony Levandowski, 39, a pioneer in the field of driverless vehicles, claims that Uber reneged on an agreement to pay for his legal expenses after it convinced him to leave Google in 2016.




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Reese Witherspoon is giving away 250 dresses to teachers

They can enter via Google Form, from April 5, where eligible teachers will be able to win a gown from her line - which she launched back in 2015 - with the winners unveiled on April 7.




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Where they refuse to stay home: Arkansas has four counties where people are going out MORE

The data, released on Friday by Google, uses aggregated, anonymized data harvested from from Google Maps to track recent changes in population movement.




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Data scientist reveals EYE PAIN may be a symptom of Covid-19

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz claimed that Google search results from around the world could be key to determining undiscovered coronavirus symptoms.




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Google Maps app puts restaurants with delivery upfront so people know where to eat during lockdown

According to 9to5Google, when users open up their Maps app they will now see shortcuts on the home screen that help them find restaurants that are relevant from a delivery standpoint.




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NHS 'discussed allowing coronavirus app to identify people using their mobile phone ID'

A draft document from last month considered whether the app should include the ability to reveal a person's identity 'if ministers judge that to be proportionate at some stage'.




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Google CEO Sundar Pichai donates $1million to support families struggling in the coronavirus crisis 

The donations from Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Google.org are going to GiveDirectly, a charity which provides cash to needy families in the San Francisco Bay area.




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Tech firms plea to dodge new UK digital services tax

Trade body TechUK, which represents hundreds of technology companies in Britain including Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon, said the Government should 'look again' at the new tax.




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Google may be developing own processor for powering its line of Pixel phones and Chromebook laptops

Google's development of a processor for Pixel phones and Chromebooks could materialize a chip as soon as early next year and could help the tech giant support on-board artificial intelligence.




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Nest cameras reduced to default video quality in an effort to preserve internet capacity

According to an email from the Google-owned home security company sent to users, it will lower users' cameras to their default settings automatically to 'conserve internet resources.'




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Google and Facebook will be forced to pay media organisations for news content

Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will on Monday announce a mandatory code on digital platforms to be finalised by July, bringing forward a November deadline.




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Twitter's Jack Dorsey gives nearly $400m less to charity than the $1 billion he claimed

Dorsey tweeted that he would donate a billion dollars in the form of shares in Square to help coronavirus efforts but Securities Exchange Filings show he has donated less than that.




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Apple will release COVID-19 tracking technology to governments weeks before previously planned

France's Les Echos also reports that Breton also pressed Apple to guarantee that the technology would be built with privacy in mind as well as being voluntary and transparent.




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Apple and Google promise to discontinue COVID-19 tracking following the pandemic

The decision to disable tech supporting contact tracing apps designed to monitor the spread of COVID-19 be made on a geographic basis according to representatives.




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Contact tracing app to be released in weeks could help prevent Covid-19 infections

Professor Christophe Fraser, from Oxford University's Big Data Institute, said 60 per cent of the UK population - or 40 million - would need to download the app.




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These are the top 10 most Googled recipes during the coronavirus crisis

People are most interested in learning how to bake banana bread and roll pizza dough from scratch in isolation during COVID-19, new data from search giant Google reveals.




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A new poll suggests 60 PERCENT of Americans are unable or unwilling to use coronavirus-tracking apps

According to a recent survey, three out of five Americans are either unable or unwilling to use contact tracing technology that uses a phone's Bluetooth signal to track the spread of COVID-19.




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Google tells its employees they won't return to company office until at least June 1st

Google has told its employees the company offices will remain closed until at least June 1st because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and when it does reopen it will likely be in stages.




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Google makes its video conferencing service Meet free in a bid to unseat popular rivals like Zoom

Meet was previously only available to customers who paid for Google's G Suite, but the service will be free without restrictions until Sept. 30 in a bid to challenge rivals like Zoom.




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How to give your Zoom photo a touch of the exotic: Holiday companies make beautiful photos available

Google Trends data has revealed the most popular destinations for Zoom background pictures, and it's the Caribbean that's in the No1 spot, with searches for locations there up 9,900%.




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Google searches for 'how to do fractions' and 'what is an adverb' soar in Britain since lockdown

After schools were closed in March and children were sent home, many pupils have been taught by their parents and taken to Google themselves to help with school work.




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Son, 55, nurses Covid-stricken father, 81, back to health after he was released from hospital to die

Raj Nathwani (left, with his mother Kanchan, father Suri and brother Manish) also used a Google spreadsheet to monitor 81-year-old Suri's vital signs and kept his house clean in Watford.




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Google mobility data shows people are flocking to parks during sunny weather

At a coronavirus pandemic press briefing at Downing Street today, Medical Director for NHS England Professor Stephen Powis shared data showing the public's movements for the first time.




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Apple iPad now has up to 20% off in Amazon's Last Minute Christmas Deals

Looking for the best iPad deals this Christmas? You won't want to miss out on Amazon's current offer. The retail giant has slashed up to 20% off the Apple device. Here are the best iPad deals.




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iPhone shipments to China fall 35 percent even as the country's smartphone market continues to grow 

iPhone shipments to China fell by 35 percent in November, the second straight month of double-digit declines in the country compared to the same periods the previous year, likely due to tariffs.




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Apple tipped to release SEVEN new iPhones in 2020 - including the long-awaited iPhone SE 2

Details of the new models were revealed in a private note to investors by analyst Jun Zhang of international brokers Rosenblatt Securities, leaked to Apple Insider.




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The decade's top 10 most 'important and influential gadgets' - with Apple's iPad ranking first

Apple's iPad took the number one spot, followed by Tesla Model S and Raspberry Pi ranked as the second and third of the decades top 10 most 'important and influential gadgets'.




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Royal Mail warns of text scam claiming to offer free iPhone 11 Pro

The fraud targeting UK phone users involves a text from a sender entitled 'Royal Mail' which reads: 'There is an item waiting to be confirmed. You took one of the spots on our Currys' XMAS-list.'




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Last minute Christmas deals: Shoppers are saving a massive £300 on the iPhone XS Max today on Amazon

The silver iPhone XS Max 64GB is currently an Amazon Lightning Deal. Shoppers are snapping it up fast, so you'll need to be quick if you want to take advantage of this unmissable deal.




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Man stole identities of 75 people in sim-swapping cryptocurrency scam where he made $1M in months

Yousef Selassie was arrested in California for stealing the identities of at least 75 people in the scam based from his New York apartment and targeted people in lucrative industries.




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Brendan Fevola shares a hilarious photo of his one-year-old daughter Tobi 'drinking beer'

He's the proud father of four adorable daughters. And on Thursday, Brendon Fevola took to Instagram to share a cheeky snap of him enjoying some adorable father-daughter time




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Apple launches $1million prize program for hackers to learn more about 'zero click attacks'

Today, Apple officially opened a hacking program that will pay people who discover bugs and security holes in the company's full range of devices, with the top prize offered being $1million.




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Photographer Amos Chapple tests the new iPhone 11 Pro's night mode in Arctic Murmansk during winter

Where better to test the iPhone 11 Pro than in Murmansk in December, when the sun never rises? That was the thinking behind Kiwi photographer Amos Chapple's odyssey to the Russian city.




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Renders claiming to be the 2020 iPad Pros reveal each will have a triple rear camera

Renders claiming to be Apple's 2020 iPad Pro family have surfaced online. The images show two devices, an 11in and 12.9in, both of which will be designed with a triple rear camera system.




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Apple's top 2020 iPhone model may be first entire-screen device with embedded fingerprint reade

Among the major changes, according to LetsGoDigital, would be getting rid of Apple's current face recognition software, Face ID and replacing it with in-display fingerprint technology.




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Dell set to release software that lets users control their iPhones

Dell is integrating with Apple's iPhone, allowing users to mirror the smartphone screen onto the laptop where they can see notifications, respond to text messages and sync data.




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Dominatrixes are using the WETHERSPOONS app to order fawning men to buy them food and drinks

Hundreds of women are using social media to demand cash for drinks and food through the Wetherspoon app. Dominatrixes are using the app to get subservient men to pay their bills.




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Apple reveals it scans iCloud photos to check for child sexual abuse images 

Speaking at a panel at CES in Las Vegas, Jane Horvath from Apple said the company uses specialist software to automatically screen iPhone images backed up to iCloud.