Technology
WhatsApp To Bring Self-Destructing Messages Soon
Most recently, Whatsapp finally brought a dark mode toggle to all of the users and it's now planning to introduce a feature that has been around in other messaging apps for some time now - self-destructing messages. In two beta versions of the app, the option to set self-destructing messages [...]
Alphabet’s Verily Launches A Limited Coronavirus Screening Website
Alphabet’s Verily on Sunday night launched a pilot of a COVID-19 screening and testing website in the San Francisco Bay Area, a day earlier than it said it would.
Bill Gates Funds Coronavirus Home Testing Kits
The at-home tests would reportedly have a two-day turnaround for results. Business titan Bill Gates' foundation will reportedly fund home testing kits for those who think they might be infected with the coronavirus in Seattle, Washington. The kit will allow the user to swab their nose and send the sample [...]
University of Tennessee scientists use ORNL supercomputer to seek possible coronavirus cure
Two researchers have discovered a chemical compound, which will be further tested soon, that could stop the virus and prevent it from spreading further.
The 30-Year-Old Woman Who Designed a $1bn Business
When a 22-year-old Melanie Perkins nervously pitched her start-up idea to a Silicon Valley multi-millionaire she followed a novel if somewhat risky tactic. The university drop-out had flown all the way from her home in Perth, Australia, to Palo Alto, California, for the meeting with well-known technology investor Bill [...]
Turn Your Old Phone Into a Home Security Camera for Free
If you have some old phones collecting dust in a drawer somewhere, don't sell them for a fraction of what you bought them for. If they still turn on, you can put them to good use in your home.