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Here are four ways to stay safe while enjoying Holi during the pandemic.

Four apps to safely virtually wish your friends for Holi amid the pandemic

Mar 29, 2021
by HT Tech

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) administers a Covid-19 PCR swab test patients.

Amazon gets FDA green flag for its COVID-19 test kit

Mar 28, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic boosted prospects of gaming companies as people stayed at home and turned to video games for entertainment during lockdowns.

Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10 billion

Mar 23, 2021

Facebook says it has removed more than 12 million pieces of content about COVID-19 and vaccines. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Facebook says it disabled more than 1.3 billion fake accounts between Oct-Dec 2020

Mar 22, 2021
by HT Tech

Apps will soon integrate standards from the Vaccination Credential Initiative once they are rolled out next month.-je/Pool via REUTERS

Microsoft, Salesforce-backed alliance to launch standards for Covid-19 vaccine verification

Mar 21, 2021
by HT Tech

Facebook and Instagram have been criticized for allowing anti-vaccination propaganda to spread and for being woefully slow in weeding out the misinformation, often with fact-checks, labels and other restrained measures.

Facebook to label vaccine posts to combat COVID-19 misinformation

Mar 16, 2021

The new research may help Facebook build policy around vaccine hesitancy in future.

A small number of users are driving vaccine skepticism on Facebook: Report

Mar 15, 2021
by HT Tech

A medical worker receives a dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as Japan launches its inoculation campaign, at Tokyo Medical Center in Tokyo,

China launches global version of travel health certificate online for its citizens

Mar 09, 2021

Analysis suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is now mutating faster than before.

Indian scientists reveal new mutations, proteins of novel coronavirus

Mar 04, 2021

Individuals will be notified directly when a label or required Tweet removal results in additional account-level enforcement.

Twitter tackles Covid-19 vaccine misinformation with labels, strike policy

Mar 02, 2021