Coronavirus: Apple and Google launch contact-tracing software

Apple and Google have today announced the launch of their coronavirus contact-tracing app software.  The API — a software blueprint — will be used by a nation’s health authority to build their own apps and has so far been given to 22 countries who requested access to the technology.    Apple and Google did not reveal … Read more

Apple and Google launch their coronavirus contact-tracing software

Apple and Google have today announced the launch of their coronavirus contact-tracing app software.  The API — a software blueprint — will be used by a nation’s health authority to build their own apps and has so far been given to 22 countries who requested access to the technology.    Apple and Google did not reveal … Read more

Google is developing a ‘smart’ hoodie drawstring that lets you control the music on your phone

Google is developing a ‘smart’ hoodie drawstring that lets you control the music on your phone by twisting and tapping the cord The wearable cord is made up of intertwining conductive and insulating fibres Conductive fibres let it to perform complex capacitive sensing when handled This allows it to distinguish gestures including flicking, sliding and grabbing Wearers … Read more

The amazing sights available to explore on Google Street View, from the Pyramids to epic waterfalls 

To help relieve itchy feet brought on by extended stays at Costa Del Sofa, Google has pointed out that it has over 10 million miles of Street View imagery available for exploration. And some of it can even be explored with professional guides who have taken their tours virtual.  Google says that in the past … Read more

Google may kill off hand-gestured controls in the Pixel 5 by removing a motion-sensing radar chip

Google may kill off hand-gestured controls in its upcoming Pixel phone by removing the device’s motion-sensing radar chip Google may remove one of its biggest features in the Pixel 4 Sources tell 9to5Google that the company may do away with hand gestures The move would nix Google’s motion-sensing radar chip It could reduce cost and … Read more

Two-in-three people have been misdiagnosed after seeking help from online symptom checkers

Two-in-three people are misdiagnosed after turning to ‘Dr Google’ with their symptoms, new research shows. Online symptom checkers got the right illness just 36 per cent of the time, and placed it in the top three in only 52 per cent of cases. Warnings to visit health services were also inappropriate in more than half … Read more

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend wish their ‘tiny fearless love bug’ son Miles a happy 2nd birthday

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s youngest child Miles Theodore turned two years old on Saturday. So his doting parents marked the occasion with a lavish party that was well documented on Instagram. Teigen, 34, uploaded an adorable shot of the toddler, who looks like John’s mini-me, in which he’s seen sitting on the floor next … Read more

Trump slams the ‘radical left’ and says it’s ‘in total command and control’ of social media

Trump claims the ‘radical left’ is ‘in total command and control of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google’ and vows administration is ‘working to remedy this illegal situation’  On Saturday, Trump said in his tweet: ‘The Radical Left is in total command & control of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google’  He added: ‘The Administration is working … Read more

Trump slams the ‘radical left’ and says it’s ‘in total command and control’ social media

Trump slams the ‘radical left’ in tweet and says it’s ‘in total command and control of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google’ as he vows administration is ‘working to remedy this illegal situation’ President Donald Trump launched into his tirade on Saturday morning  ‘The Radical Left is in total command & control of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter … Read more

A dog is for LIFE, not just for lockdown: Charity urges people to think twice before getting a puppy

A UK charity is warning a dog is ‘for life, not just for lockdown’ as millions of people working from home scour the internet in an attempt to buy a puppy – at much-inflated prices. The UK’s largest dog welfare charity, Dogs Trust, is urging people to consider how their lives will change after the … Read more