Google.org would host online training to help refugees and host community members in the MENA region including Algeria and Morocco learn digital skills throughout a course of a year, the company said in a statement late Saturday.
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After Google, Facebook commits $200mn to support black entrepreneurs
After Google which announced to give $175 million, Facebook has pledged $200 million to support black-owned businesses and organisations in the US, along with several other initiatives to support black communities on the occasion of Juneteenth.
Twitter, Facebook remove Trump campaign video
The video posted from @TeamTrump and @TrumpWarRoom accounts was a four-minute tribute to African American George Floyd who died in Minneapolis after a police officer pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes.
Elon Musk tells Bezos it is time to 'break up' Amazon
After successfully sending 2 NASA astronauts into space aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Elon Musk has slammed Blue Origin and Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos, saying it is time to break up the ecommerce giant and end its monopoly.
Russian agents engaged in email hacking campaign, warns NSA
The Russian actors have used this exploit to add privileged users, disable network security settings, execute additional scripts for further network exploitation as long as that network is using an unpatched version of Exim mail transfer agent.
Facebook CEO criticizes Twitter for fact-checking Trump
Criticising Twitter for flagging tweets by US President Donald Trump, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that social media companies should not be the arbiter of truth.
Twitter CEO donates another $10mn towards Covid-19 efforts
Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey has donated $10 million to Project 100 which will give $1,000 in cash to 10,000 families who have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Google to reopen offices from July 6, gives workers $1,000 each
Pichai said that in this case, they need to review the guidelines which include important information about a number of personal factors such as your tax filings and health coverage/eligibility.
SARS antibody found to neutralise COVID-19 virus
Combining the S309 antibody with other, though weaker, antibodies identified in the recovered SARS patient enhanced the neutralisation of the COVID-19 coronavirus, said the study.
Uber sacks 3,000 more employees, to shut 45 offices globally
Uber is also closing or consolidating some 45 offices globally, including its Pier 70 office in San Francisco, a branch responsible for its experimental projects like self-driving cars.
Antibody found to block COVID-19 virus 100% in experiments
US-based Sorrento Therapeutics has announced that an antibody has demonstrated its ability to completely block SARS-CoV-2 infection of healthy cells in preclinical laboratory experiments.
Musk reopens Tesla factory in California, Trump supports him
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed Tesla CEO Elon Musk in his fight with the local authorities in California as he reopened the companys electric car factory in Fremont against the state guidelines.
792 inmates in California prison test COVID-19 positive
Nearly half of the inmates at another federal prison in California, the Terminal Island Correctional Institution in San Pedro, had tested positive for COVID-19, the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed last week.
Jeff Bezos donates $100 million to feed out-of-work Americans
Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has announced to donate $100 million to US food banks to help them feed a growing number of out-of-job Americans during the ongoing new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Ford to make 50,000 ventilators in next 100 days
US automaker Ford has said it will make 50,000 ventilators over the next 100 days, starting April 2, at its Rawsonville plant in Michigan in the US to meet the critical demand.
Elon Musk donates 50,000 N95 masks to US hospital
In a bid to help battle the novel coronavirus pandemic, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has donated 50,000 N95 surgical masks and various protective items to a hospital in the US.
IBM tech support to institutes fighting COVID-19
During this critical period, IBM intends to work together with medical institutions and practitioners by leveraging the ICD system to help support the accelerated development of key drugs to combat the virus.
US IRS sues Facebook for $9 bn in unpaid taxes
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has sued Facebook for $9 billion in unpaid taxes, alleging that the social networking giant undervalued the intellectual property it sold to the subsidiary, thereby dodging billions in taxes.
Musk aims to send 10 lakh people to Mars by 2050
Throwing more details about his Starship programme, Musk said the rocket would carry many megatons of cargo per year to the Red Planet to prepare Mars for a human presence by mid-century.
Advanced AI set to manipulate social media soon: Musk
Advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) which is beyond mere chatbots will soon be used to manipulate social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has warned.
Google contractors listening to your bedroom talks via Assistant
Third-party contractors working for Google are recording and secretly listening to your bedroom conversations via Google Assistant on smartphones, home speakers and security cameras, a new report has claimed,
Google employees in San Francisco join worldwide walkout
On the Mountain View campus at Google's headquarters in northern California, hundreds of employees also staged a walkout to express their discontent about Google's lax handling of sexual harassment at the company.
Amazon CEO becomes world's richest man
Bezos' wealth has grown more than USD 5 billion since June 1 to beat Bill Gates, the principal founder of Microsoft Corporation, who is the second-richest man in the world with USD 92.9 billion.
Family of woman killed by self-driving car settles with Uber: Report
A self-driving Volvo SUV from Uber travelling at 64 km per hour killed the woman in Arizona earlier this month, triggering a heated debate on whether autonomous cars are safe enough and who is to blame for the death.
Trump a world leader, won't block him: Twitter
"Blocking a world leader from Twitter or removing their controversial tweets would hide important information people should be able to see and debate," the company said.