Tinder adds new features as love seekers stay virtual
Dating app Tinder on Tuesday added more ways for people to get to know each other from afar before meeting in a world changed by the pandemic.
Jun 22, 2021
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Telecom
Smartphones and contact-tracing: Balancing care and surveillance
The astonishing rise of smartphones in everyday life has created many solutions (GPS maps, internet browsing and messaging, to name just a few). But they have also brought new moral dilemmas. One issue in particular stands ...
Jun 22, 2021
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Business
EU plans digital ID wallet for bloc's post-pandemic life
The European Union unveiled plans Thursday for a digital ID wallet that residents could use to access services across the 27-nation bloc, part of a post-pandemic recovery strategy that involves accelerating the shift to an ...
Jun 03, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Huawei rolls out its own operating system to smartphones
Huawei launched its own HarmonyOS mobile operating system on its handsets on Wednesday as it adapts to having lost access to Google mobile services two years ago after the U.S. put the Chinese telecommunications company on ...
Jun 02, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Making Bitcoin more secure
A computer science engineer at Michigan State University has a word of advice for the millions of bitcoin owners who use smartphone apps to manage their cryptocurrency: don't. Or at least, be careful. Researchers from MSU ...
May 05, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Study explains how consumers can be encouraged to conserve energy during peak periods
New research by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation has identified how effective certain incentives can be in motivating people to use less energy in their homes.
Mar 11, 2021
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Hackers thwart F1 team Williams' innovative car launch
Formula One team Williams scrapped an "augmented reality" launch of its new car on Friday after its smartphone app was hacked.
Mar 05, 2021
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Business
No tills? No problem. Amazon opens 'contactless' UK grocery store
Amazon on Thursday launched its first "just walk out shopping" outlet outside the United States, as the online retail giant steps up its competition with traditional supermarkets and other retailers.
Mar 04, 2021
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Automotive
Kia and Hyundai recovering from days-long network outages
Kia Motors America says it's restoring services crippled by a computer network outage that began Saturday and which apparently affected dealers' ability to order vehicles and parts and knocked offline a smartphone app that ...
Feb 19, 2021
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Software
Google fitness app to catch breath and heart rate
Google on Thursday unveiled an upgraded fitness app which uses smartphone camera capabilities to measure respiration and heart rate.
Feb 04, 2021
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