Facial recognition tech fights coronavirus in Chinese city
Facial recognition tech linked to personal health codes has been rolled out in a Chinese city bordering Myanmar as authorities seek to squash a coronavirus outbreak.
Jul 13, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Smartphone vs virus, is privacy always going to be the loser?
In Europe, officials, doctors and engineers are looking at how smartphones could be enlisted in the war against the spread of the new coronavirus.
Apr 4, 2020
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Internet
Apple, Samsung, Google get letter from lawmakers to protect data from period tracker apps
Lawmakers are sounding the alarm on Big Tech to ensure that menstruation and fertility tracking apps are not sharing users' health data without their consent.
Mar 12, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Safe Paths: A privacy-first approach to contact tracing
Fast containment is key to halting the progression of pandemics, and rapid determination of a diagnosed patient's locations and contact history is a vital step for communities and cities. This process is labor-intensive, ...
Apr 13, 2020
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Internet
Internet giants fight spread of coronavirus untruths
As the new coronavirus spreads globally, the online battle to keep misinformation about the disease is also stepping up.
Feb 26, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Computer scientists offer wiFi-based contact tracing software for national campus use
Researchers at the Center for Smart and Connected Society at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently released a new digital contact-tracing technique that is based on widely-deployed Wi-Fi technology. They intend ...
Aug 7, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
How data from period-tracking and pregnancy apps could be used to prosecute pregnant people
Many popular reproductive health apps are lacking when it comes to protecting users' data privacy, according to a new report highlighting the potential legal risk to people seeking an abortion.
Aug 17, 2022
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Business
Amazon keeps growing, and so does its cache of data on you
From what you buy online, to how you remember tasks, to when you monitor your doorstep, Amazon is seemingly everywhere.
Aug 23, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
IAEA says Fukushima water release to follow safety standards
The head of a U.N. nuclear agency task force assessing the safety of Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the wreaked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea said Friday that Japanese regulators have shown ...
Jan 20, 2023
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Public concern about smartphone location tracking to combat COVID-19
Public concern over the use of smartphone location tracking (SLT) could jeopardize governments' efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 using surveillance technologies.
May 18, 2020
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