Computer Sciences
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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Business
It is annual meeting season for public companies, but the coronavirus restrictions are quickening a trend toward virtual meetings.
Apr 22, 2020
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Internet
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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Internet
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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Business
Nine privacy, social justice and consumer groups are calling for the U.S. government to block Google's $2.1 billion acquisition of fitness-gadget maker Fitbit, citing antitrust and privacy concerns.
Nov 13, 2019
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Internet
Google on Tuesday defended a project aimed at modernizing healthcare while giving it access to medical data of millions of people.
Nov 12, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
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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Business
The purge initiated by Elon Musk at Twitter when he took over the company left more than half of its 7,500 employees on the sidelines and now many of them are taking the SpaceX and Tesla tycoon to court.
Dec 8, 2022
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Software
Britain scrapped plans to launch its own coronavirus contact tracing smartphone app because of technical problems and will now work on building one using technology supplied by Apple and Google, health authorities said Thursday.
Jun 18, 2020
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Software
Privacy concerns over Qatar's coronavirus contact tracing app, a tool that is mandatory on pain of prison, have prompted a rare backlash and forced officials to offer reassurance and concessions.
May 25, 2020
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