The popularity of an account on Instagram you fully trusted and followed zealously can be rigged with the help of underground Pods, say New York University (NYU) researchers
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By when do you see countries using COVID-19 vaccines?
Even as most people acknowledge that self- and imposed-quarantines are necessary steps to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, some researchers argue that it thwarts the natural human impulse to huddle together in times of danger.
Virtual reality, or VR, can help ease the psychological impact of social isolation, notes new research. It also provides a link to a free 3-dimensional 360 video and suggestions on how to use it.
Hong Kong appears to have averted a major COVID-19 outbreak up to March 31 by adopting far less drastic control measures than most other countries.
On 9 March, researchers at Yale University published a study which suggested that humans may warm up to social robots more if the latter make, or admit, mistakes. Published in…
A little over a century ago, governments tackled the 1918 influenza with a combination of isolation, quarantine, better personal hygiene, disinfectants, and limits on public gatherings. Yet, the pandemic claimed…
Privacy can easily take a back seat when governments are trying to help save lives with contact tracing apps. This, however, need not be the case. It’s hard to fault…
Social distancing across the globe due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) is cajoling and even forcing businesses to use tools like Zoom, Skype, web conferencing and FaceTime, to remain virtually connected.…
Almost two decades ago, the late Robin Williams starred in Bicentennial Man as an NDR-114 robot that was eventually declared a human by the courts. This remains science fiction. Three…