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.

An increased use of phone location data by local authorities to track the spread of COVID-19 or observe social distancing could lead to greater public surveillance after the pandemic.

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.

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.

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.

April Fool's Day has rolled around once again and a few Australian companies still got in on the shameless tricks.

Britons have been using Google to look up the Government's guidance on helping firms with furloughed workers to keep them employed but without working.

Weather predicting app Dark Sky has been bought for Apple, which is killing off the Android version of the app. Dark Sky gives 'hyperlocal' global weather forecasts as well as interactive maps.

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.

YouTube is allowing ads to run on videos that promote sham coronavirus advice such as listening to music that 'improves cognitive positivity' and even not entering Chinese restaurants, a report says.

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

Self-isolating Australians are using the extra time they have holed up indoors to research the internet about anti-5G conspiracy theories, according to analytical search trends by Google.

The government of Taiwan has banned the popular video conferencing tool Zoom from being used for all official state business, and instead it recommends workers use Google or Microsoft.

Though hardware solutions allow those who are visually impaired to type on mobile devices, a virtual keyboard offers users a quick way to type without having connecting a physical keyboard.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the 'contract tracing' software would allow people who become unwell to warn those they had been in touch with 'over the past few days'  so they can 'act accordingly'.

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'.

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.

The US tech giant has more than billion users of its Gmail platform and has revealed it is currently blocking more than 100 million phishing emails a day.

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

Ex-Culture Committee chair Damian Collins is urging the government to follow the example of Australia, where new rules are being brought in to help prop up publications amid coronavirus turmoil.

Worldwide data reveals an all-time peak in queries pertaining to 'buzz cut' as people are forced to cut their own hair amid lockdown.

Charbel Kassas, 11, is talking and walking despite spending more than two months unconscious in Westmead Children's Hospital following the shocking crash in Sydney on February 1.

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.

The site is piled high with household items with hundreds of car tyres, piles of clothes, suitcases and doors scattered across the disused road off the M4 in Newport, south Wales.

Google will still allow users to scroll through the results and will sometimes provide 'alternative' searches that could not better results by re-tailoring language or using different terms.

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.

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.

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.

Google has been working tirelessly to combat the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus and found searches related to the pandemic are four times higher than the Super Bowl.

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.

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%.

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.

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.

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.

Developers from Google and Apple have been brought into the fold to provide technology that will overcome incompatibility issues with some mobiles reported on the Isle of Wight.

While most people would be happy with an iPhone for their birthday, Larry Emdur is receiving a new electric Tesla Cybertruck.

A fascinating look at how gifts have changed over the past five decades has shown how shoppers now spend up to eight times as much on Christmas presents. 

She's been spotted out with her rumored new beau Luke Benward. But on Sunday, Ariel Winter, 28, stepped out for some solo time as she headed off to a nail salon in Studio City.

Workers at Foxconn's biggest iPhone assembly plant were allegedly running a side business selling bootleg phones made from defective components that should have been destroyed.  

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

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.

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.

Max Knowles, six, from Anfield, burst into tears when he unwrapped an iPhone for Christmas. His mum Carli said he had 'no idea' about the surprise gift.

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.

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.

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.

The sales totals come as the Cupertino, Califorina,-based tech giant has shifted its focus more toward services, including Apple Music, as sales for its iconic Iphone have slowed.

She's the Myer ambassador who divides her time between Melbourne and Byron Bay.

Leaked images of the supposed iPhone SE 2 or 'iPhone 9' show a device with a 4.7-inch display just the iPhone 8, which Apple released nearly two-and-a-half years ago.

Student Katalin Sara lost her mobile in Avoriaz in the French Alps but had it returned to the bar by a determined Scot called Nicole Williamson (pictured in the video).