Google Maps shows COVID-19 hot spots
Google is updating its free mapping service this week with color-coding that maps out areas infected with COVID-19 cases, the search giant said in a blog post Thursday.
Sep 24, 2020
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Apple and Google team up to send you notifications if you've been exposed to COVID-19
Apple and Google teamed up to develop push notifications that let iOS and Android users know if they might have been exposed to COVID-19.
Sep 1, 2020
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Q&A: College COVID-19 pandemic apps should follow best practices for privacy, ethical computing
As students head back to campuses across the country, many colleges and universities are using mobile phone and web apps to help them manage the pandemic.
Aug 28, 2020
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3-D hand-sensing wristband signals future of wearable tech
In a potential breakthrough in wearable sensing technology, researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, have designed a wrist-mounted device that continuously tracks the entire human hand ...
Jul 21, 2020
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Do COVID-19 apps protect your privacy?
Mobile apps are helping track the spread of COVID-19 to contain the outbreak, but the apps also raise concerns about personal privacy.
Jun 9, 2020
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Virus apps expose tension between privacy and need for data
As more governments turn to tracing apps in the fight against the coronavirus, a deep-rooted tension between the need for public health information and privacy rights has been thrust into the spotlight.
May 27, 2020
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Qatar virus tracing app stirs rare privacy backlash
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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Apple Face ID fix: It just got a little easier to unlock your iPhone while wearing a face mask
Having trouble unlocking your iPhone with Face ID while wearing a face mask?
May 21, 2020
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The coronavirus contact tracing app won't log your location, but it will reveal who you hang out with
The federal government has announced plans to introduce a contact tracing mobile app to help curb COVID-19's spread in Australia.
Apr 16, 2020
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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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