Neowin News Feed for: Who

Apple shares Hearing Study insights for World Hearing Day

Paul Hill — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:18:01 +0000

Apple has published findings from a study it's doing into people's hearing. Many with hearing loss do not use technologies like hearing aids and many more haven't had a hearing test in 10 years. Read more...

World Health Organization sees fivefold increase in cyber attacks

Paul Hill — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:24:01 +0000

The WHO has reported that there has been a fivefold increase in the number of cyberattacks directed at it and members of the public. It has warned that people should look out for fraudulent e-mails. Read more...

Minecraft creators partner up with UNDP to spread awareness about COVID-19

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 03:18:01 +0000

Microsoft and Mojang, the creators of the wildly popular game Minecraft, have announced a campaign in collaboration with the UNDP and its partner Heart17 to spread awareness about COVID-19. Read more...

WhatsApp works with WHO to launch a new sticker pack

Paul Hill — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:08:01 +0000

WhatsApp and the World Health Organization have teamed up to create the Together at Home sticker pack. The two hope to encourage people to stay home more often in order to stop the spread of COVID-19. Read more...

KaiOS Technologies outlines how it helps users fight COVID-19

Paul Hill — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:50:02 +0000

KaiOS Technologies has announced measures it has taken to get information about COVID-19 out to its growing user base in developing countries around the world. It also launched a new phone in Mexico. Read more...

Bill Gates calls Trump's de-funding of WHO dangerous

Paul Hill — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:58:01 +0000

Bill Gates has called President Trump's decision to withdraw funding from the World Health Organization "dangerous". Gates' foundation, in 2018, was the second-largest contributor to WHO. Read more...

Pinterest rolls out Today tab for trending topics and recommendations

Jay Bonggolto — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 19:30:01 +0000

Pinterest launched today a new tab at the top of your home feed called Today. It will display curated ideas and popular Pins to provide you with daily information on trending topics worldwide. Read more...

WhatsApp and WHO launch chatbot to answer public queries on COVID-19

Jay Bonggolto — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 23:58:01 +0000

WhatsApp has launched a new chatbot in partnership with the World Health Organization to respond to public queries concerning the coronavirus pandemic. It's initially available in English, though. Read more...

World Health Organization gets free ads on Facebook to fight Covid-19

Paul Hill — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 16:34:01 +0000

Facebook is working with health organizations worldwide and giving them free ads in order to more fluidly transmit important information about Covid-19 to people all around the world. Read more...

Here are five great apps to help you stay healthy in 2020

Paul Hill — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 09:46:01 +0000

If you pledged to be healthier this year, these five mobile apps will be of great help. All of the selections are available on Android and iOS and the broad range covers different health aspects. Read more...

It's official: gaming disorder is now officially recognised as an illness by the WHO

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sun, 26 May 2019 07:46:01 +0000

The World Health Organisation (WHO) this week officially adopted the ICD-11, which recognises 'gaming disorder' as an illness, despite opposition from the gaming industry and lobbyists. Read more...

The video games industry asks WHO to reconsider "gaming disorder"

Faheemmuddeen Patel — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 10:08:01 +0000

The videos games industry has asked the World Health Organization to reconsider its addition of gaming addiction on to its list of mental health disorder. The addition came at the start of 2018. Read more...

China resumes game approvals after freeze over addiction fears

Paul Hill — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:42:01 +0000

China has resumed issuing licenses to game publishers after it spent the last nine months figuring out how to filter out extreme violence and how to limit games being too addictive for children. Read more...

WHO has classified gaming addiction as a disorder

Paul Hill — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 16:08:01 +0000

The World Health Organisation has for the first time listed gaming addiction as a disorder. It'll be added to the International Classification of Diseases manual due to be published this year. Read more...