As the world is still fighting with the epidemic of coronavirus, where conferences are getting canceled daily in China, the tech biggies have gone through some major changes.
Welcome to another installment of Tech News, where we share some of the latest developments in the tech world.
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Facebook Messenger Drops Chatbots, Deletes Discover Tabs
Recently, Facebook has decided to drop chatbots & discover tabs for a larger redesign process to remain simple and catch more attention.
A spokesperson from the company said, “The changes are part of a larger Messenger redesign that reorients the People tab around Stories as Facebook continues to try to dominate the ephemeral social media format it copied from Snapchat,”
Along with this, in an attempt to give parents more control over their kids on Facebook Messenger, the company added a new feature on Parent Dashboard in the app.
For further details read here.
LinkedIn to get Instagram story like a feature
LinkedIn said that it will soon be following Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat by adding its own stories feature.
Pete Davies, head of content products at LinkedIn, said “We’re never done meeting our members where their voices are. Last year, we started asking ourselves what Stories might look like in a professional context. Stories first appeared on Snapchat, with other platforms like Instagram and Facebook adopting them soon after….”
For more details, read here.
Apple sends iPad, Face Masks, Hand Sanitizer to China to fight Coronavirus
Apple is taking the Coronavirus fight pretty seriously. The company reportedly send gift packages of iPad, face masks, hand sanitizer and more, to its employees stranded in Wenzhou and Hubei due to the coronavirus.
Other details say that the care packages also enclosed with a letter from the iPhone maker to the employee saying that the iPads are provided for children’s online learning or to help pass the time during the prolonged stay at home.
In the letter, the company added, “We are sending our best wishes to you, on behalf of the entire Apple Team, together with another CareKit for you and your families. In the kit, you will find comfort items and an iPad that can be used to facilitate children’s online learning or help pass the time during the prolonged stay at home. In addition, a series of counseling and consultation services have been prepared especially for you to help you through this time,”
For the detailed news, read here.
Cortana soon to be removed from Microsoft launcher
Due to a lack of its popularity, the Cortana app has already been removed from many apps. Now it is reported that it is taking Cortana out of its Android app launcher.
Microsoft announced that it will be “turning off the Cortana services in the Microsoft Launcher on Android by the end of April.”
But for people who want to continue using the app, they can download separately as Cortana application.
For further details, read here.
NASA uses VR & AR in astronomy & engineering
After years of struggle, NASA team seemed to have finally found a way to successfully implement AR & VR technologies assembling useful science and engineering applications, with promising and unique results.
A spokesperson from the team said, “The hardware is here; the support is here. The software is lagging, as well as conventions on how to interact with the virtual world,”
He also added, “We’ll be in the same environment and when we point at or manipulate something in the environment, they’ll be able to see that,”
For further details on this news, read here.
PUBG Mobile’s New Update
PUBG is one of the most popular games of all time with an ever-increasing fanbase.
With the success of consoles and PCs, the developers started to dip their toes in the mobile gaming market. The news about the mobile version of Pubg made the mobile players very happy.
For this, there will be a series of new updates along with Night Mode.
For more details, read here.
MIT discovers antibiotic using machine learning
Machine learning has gone to great lengths.
Recently, MIT researchers have successfully discovered a powerful antibiotic compound using their machine-learning algorithm to counter many of the world’s deadliest bacteria.
In the study, the team has also identified several other promising antibiotic compounds, which can be put to the test further.
For further details on the subject, read here.
That’s it for today.
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