Consumer & Gadgets
Diners could be serving up a lot more than just their burger order if they use the contact-free QR codes suddenly available at many restaurants and bars, warns David Choffnes, who studies cybersecurity at Northeastern.
Jul 29, 2021
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Business
The Australian government has appointed the commercial company HealthEngine to establish a national booking system for COVID-19 vaccinations.
Apr 15, 2021
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Business
The Federal Communications Commission issued its largest ever fine of $225 million to Texas telemarketers who sent about 1 billion robocalls falsely claiming to sell health insurance for Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and ...
Mar 18, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
With gyms closed and millions cooped up and restless at home, it's little wonder that "healthtech" is now being billed as the next big battleground over which the likes of Microsoft, Apple and Google will fight. Chief among ...
Feb 9, 2021
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Internet
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only severely impacted public health in Indonesia but also people's human rights.
Dec 4, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Have you ever used Google Assistant, Apple's Siri or Amazon Alexa to make decisions for you? Perhaps you asked it what new movies have good reviews, or to recommend a cool restaurant in your neighborhood.
Oct 19, 2020
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Software
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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Security
A contact tracing app pushed by the governors of North Dakota and South Dakota as a tool to trace exposure to the coronavirus violated its own privacy policy by sharing location and user identification information with third-party ...
May 22, 2020
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Security
To help societies around the world control the spread of COVID-19 and get schools and businesses up and running, health officials are considering a range of technological solutions. Contact-tracing apps, which would make ...
May 1, 2020
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Engineering
Free open source hardware and 3-D printing could help to alleviate the burden of Covid-19 on global health systems, according to scientists at the University of Sussex.
Apr 27, 2020
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