Google Lens Rolls Out New Updates Posted June 30, 2020 Google Lens, Google’s multipurpose image recognition program, recently launched an update that enables users to convert text on paper to a digitally editable vers…
Microsoft Enables Feature That Blocks Reply-All Emails Posted June 24, 2020 Microsoft has introduced a new "Reply All Storm Protection" feature in Office 365. This email protection feature is intended to detect and stop "reply-all email storms,” which …
Facebook Launches New Video Chat Feature Posted June 15, 2020 Social media company Facebook recently introduced Messenger Rooms, a new feature that allows as many as 50 people to communicate in a video chat room. Because of the Covid-19 p…
Virtual Braille Keyboard Now Available on Android Posted June 8, 2020 Google’s mobile operating system Android now includes a built-in braille keyboard that can help people who are blind or have low vision. Prior to the release of the built-in br…
NASA Creates Video Game that Can Map Out the World’s Coral Reefs Posted May 31, 2020 NASA has created NeMO-Net, or the Neural Multi-Modal Observation and Training Network, a video game that enables players to map out the world’s coral reefs. In NeMO-Net, gamers…
Revived Polaroid Company Releases New Instant Camera Posted May 10, 2020 Popular film and camera company Polaroid merged with startup The Impossible Project and released a new instant camera. Polaroid Now, the newest Polaroid product, is a compact i…
WhatsApp Develops New Feature to Combat Misinformation Posted May 6, 2020 Messaging application WhatsApp has unveiled a new feature that enables users to easily fact-check the contents of forwarded messages. The new feature appears a…
Startup Creates Bathroom-Cleaning Robot Posted April 16, 2020 Somatic, a tech startup, has developed a robot that is meant for bathroom cleaning. The New York-based company showcased the new robot at a tech event in March. The innovation …
Google Removes Apps Showing Distracting Ads from Play Store Posted April 2, 2020 Tech giant Google recently removed around 600 apps from the Play Store due to disruptive ads. According to Google, these apps violated the company’s ads policy, which f…
New Google Apps Help Monitor and Reduce Screen Time Posted March 27, 2020 Google has launched three new apps to help people monitor and reduce their smartphone use. This is part of Google’s Digital Wellbeing Experiments—an open platform for designers…