Technology
Walking daily for just 11 min can prevent risk of early death
London, March 1 Just 11 minutes a day (or 75 minutes a week) of brisk walking, dancing, riding a bike, playing tennis or hiking would be sufficient to lower the risk of death caused by diseases such as heart disease, stroke and a number of cancers, according to a new ...Just 1 night of sleep loss can age your brain by 2 years
London, March 1 Going sleepless for just one night can make your brain look years older, finds a study. The study appearing in the Journal of Neuroscience showed that sleep deprivation for one night increased brain age by one-two years. Importantly, the study showed that the changes are reversible after ...YouTube CEO Neal Mohan pens the first letter, to help creators make more money
New Delhi, March 1 Google-owned YouTube's new boss Neal Mohan on Wednesday wrote his first letter to creators, supporting their success and helping them make more money, along with building the YouTube of the future. Mohan, who replaced YouTube's long-time CEO Susan Wojcicki last month, said they are providing more ...European Commission directs all employees to remove TikTok from work devices
London, Feb 23 The European Commission (EC) on Thursday directed all employees to remove Chinese short-video making app TikTok from their corporate devices. The Commission's Corporate Management Board decided to suspend the use of the TikTok application on its corporate devices and on personal devices enrolled in the Commission mobile ...JPMorgan Chase restricts workers from using ChatGPT
London, Feb 23 US financial services major, JPMorgan Chase, has restricted employees from using ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, as the buzzy AI chatbot explodes in popularity. The bank did not restrict the use of the popular artificial intelligence chatbot due to any specific incident. It was unclear how many employees ...Data privacy labels for most top apps in Google Play Store misleading: Mozilla
San Francisco, Feb 23 A Mozilla study on Thursday claimed that in nearly 80 per cent of the apps reviewed on Google Play Store, it found the data privacy labels were false or misleading based on discrepancies between the apps' privacy policies and the information apps self-reported on Google's Data ...WhatsApp now lets users search settings on iOS beta
San Francisco, Feb 23 Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new feature which will allow users to filter app settings with a new search bar on iOS beta. The new feature is released to some beta testers after installing the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 23.4.0.73 update ...Apple iPhone 15 Pro to be equipped with 8GB of RAM
San Francisco, Feb 22 Tech giant Apple's upcoming iPhone 15 Pro smartphone will come equipped with 8GB of RAM, the media reported. The tech giant will "bump up the capacity and specifications" of RAM for the upcoming iPhone 15 models, reports MacRumors. For comparison, the iPhone 14 Pro models come ...Vodafone inks new deal with Google on RCS messaging, Pixel devices
London, Feb 22 Vodafone, a major telecommunications company, has announced plans to expand its European collaboration with Google in mobile messaging services, Pixel devices, and Vodafone's TV platform. The companies' expanded agreement will allow Vodafone customers to enjoy rich new messaging experiences by leveraging Google Jibe Cloud to power Vodafone's ...This wearable device alerts when your voice needs a break
New York, Feb 21 A team of US researchers has developed the first smart wearable device to continuously track how much people use their voices, alerting them to overuse before vocal fatigue and potential injury set in. Using Bluetooth, data is streamed to an app, where machine-learning algorithms distinguish singing ...