Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system the two are building to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Apple Inc on Monday launched an updated version of its MacBook Pro with modified keyboards, as the laptop line had faced criticism for typing-related problems, while boosting performance and adding storage.

Over the weekend, Bloomberg reported that Apple’s CEO confirmed that the company has plans to reopen all its retail stores in Austria and Australia and “just a few” in the United States.

As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, Instagram has rolled out new features that aim to support micro, small and medium enterprises (UMKM) impacted by the virus.

Here is a selection of five video games from the 1990s, which offer plenty of thrills to pass the time in this period of social distancing.

Hackers put more than half a million login details for the teleconferencing app Zoom on the dark web, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.

Robots delivering meals, ghostly figures in hazmat suits and cameras pointed at front doors: China's methods to enforce coronavirus quarantines have looked like a sci-fi dystopia for legions of people.

NASA and SpaceX said they were pressing ahead with plans to launch astronauts to space from US soil for the first time in nearly a decade later on this month, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Gamers escaping coronavirus lockdowns have seen their virtual savings slashed in hit video game "Animal Crossing", highlighting the limited rights users have to digital property.

The World Health Organization said Friday it was working with social media companies in a bid to quash misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic.

An Indian school drop-out has built a motorbike with a one-meter gap between the rider and the passenger to drive home the importance of social distancing in the coronavirus pandemic.

The sun appears to be far less active than similar stars in terms of brightness variations caused by sunspots and other phenomena - a "boring" personality, according to scientists, that may not be a bad thing for us Earthlings.

Video conferencing provider Zoom said on Thursday it had mistakenly published a blog last week that put its daily users at 300 million people when the figure instead referred to the number of meeting participants.

Millions of people are skirting global coronavirus lockdowns to stroll through public spaces, fly overseas and watch idyllic sunsets... in the virtual world of smash-hit video game "Animal Crossing: New Horizons".

NASA on Thursday awarded almost $1 billion in contracts to three space companies including those owned by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to develop lunar landers as the United States seeks to return human beings to the Moon.

Google on Wednesday made its business videoconferencing service free to all users, ramping up competition for Zoom as people flock online to stay connected during the pandemic.

Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google would release two early versions this week of their proposed technology to slow coronavirus spread to select developers for testing purposes, the companies said on Wednesday.

Colorful characters tackle impossible removal jobs in the multiplayer frenzy that is "Moving Out."

Popular messaging service WhatsApp now allows up to eight people to participate in a voice or video call.

WhatsApp says it has seen a 70 percent decrease in highly forwarded messages, following measures to curb the virality of messaging.

A group of Japanese retro video game enthusiasts is hoping that lockdown-induced boredom will convert today's children into fans of yesteryear's games, offering 100 classic Nintendo consoles.

French researchers on Monday launched a voice assistant that can help callers suffering from potential coronavirus symptoms and direct them towards emergency services or their doctors using artificial intelligence.

With an antenna the size of nine basketball courts, a radio telescope built in north China will help receive data from the country's first Mars exploration mission.

The US Defense Department said Monday that it has authorized the release of three UFO videos that have already been circulating among the public.

Singapore-based video streaming platform HOOQ has announced that it will shut down its service on April 30.

The classes will include cityscape photography, being a celebrity photographer, journalistic photography during the COVID-19 pandemic and travel videography.

Here's how to improve your digital security during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Being bilingual brings many benefits, but it doesn't make you smarter, says new research.

Elite Fortnite players anticipating the delayed start to Chapter 2 - Season 3 won't have to wait until June to get back to competition.

It might not be quite the same as catching up in real life, but video calling friends and family can still elicit the same physiological responses says new research.