Tech

Singapore, March 20 (TheStraitsTimes) - A contact-tracing smartphone app has been launched to allow the local authorities to quickly track people who have been exposed to confirmed coronavirus cases. Dubbed TraceTogether, the app is able to identify people who have been in close proximity - within 2m for at least 30 minutes - to coronavirus patients using wireless Bluetooth technology, said its...

March 18 (Gamer.lk) - How do you get millions of Sri Lankan’s to get on the social distancing band-wagon? The answer for the youth of the country is video games! It requires no physical contact, allows you to maintain social interaction remotely and provides endless entertainment thus allowing you to keep sane even in a lockdown situation. Video games identified...

London, March 13 (Reuters) - Bitcoin plummeted on Thursday amid wild volatility in cryptocurrency markets, with traders citing a sell-off across assets as fears of the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic take hold. The biggest cryptocurrency slumped as much as 25% during morning trading before clawing back some of its losses. It was last down 22% at $6,206, heading...

Colombo, 10 March (Olympic.lk) – In a drive to position Sri Lanka as a South Asian leader in Esports, Gamer.LK has partnered with the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka to host a series of international Esports tournaments, starting with the InGame Esports South Asia Cup this March. Electronic Sports, referred to as Esports, is the competitive play of video...

Feb 21 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said on Thursday that it was testing a new community moderation approach that would enable users to identify misleading information posted by politicians and public figures and add brightly colored labels under those tweets. NBC News earlier reported that Twitter company documents showing a mockup of the new approach were accessible on a...

Feb 20 (Gizmodo) - The advent of the personal computer wasn’t just about making these powerful machines available to everyone, it was also about making them accessible and usable, even for those lacking a computer science degree. Larry Tesler, who passed away on Monday, might not be a household name like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, but his contributions to...

Feb 13 (Reuters Health) - Immersion in virtual reality may relieve some of the pain of contractions before childbirth, a small study suggests. In a half-hour test among 40 hospitalized women in labor, those who used VR headsets that provided relaxing scenes and messages reported pain reductions compared with those who didn’t get headsets, researchers said in a presentation at...

Seoul, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics is set to unveil a new, square-shaped foldable smartphone and updated versions of its flagship Galaxy S range on Tuesday, seeking to revive sales after ceding its smartphone crown to Apple Inc last quarter. Ahead of the launch event in San Francisco, Samsung in a surprise U.S. TV commercial on Sunday gave a...

Colombo, Feb 6th (Gamer.lk) - Gamer.LK’s Mobitel Esports Premier League, the largest PUBG Mobile tournament in Sri Lanka with Rs. 1,000,000 in prize money reached 300 squads participating at the close of registration last night. Registration for the tournament was open from 22nd January to 5th February 2020. The number of participating players is a record for Sri Lankan Esports in...

Feb 4th (Mashable) - Sometimes, a system as sophisticated as Google Maps can be tricked in the simplest of ways. This was recently proved by artist Simon Weckert, who hauled around 99 smartphones in a handcart, thus generating a traffic jam on Google Maps, which falsely registered this activity as a bunch of cars being around the same location. In...