Sources: NHSX, UK health service's technology arm, is working on a Bluetooth-based contact tracing app with Google and Apple at a “breakneck speed”
Ministers have ordered the creation of an NHS mobile phone app the government hopes will help end the coronavirus lockdown.
Apple and Google announce a joint effort to introduce iOS and Android APIs in mid-May for opt-in Bluetooth-based COVID-19 contact tracing
A huge step forward in the fight against COVID-19 — Apple and Google announced a system for tracking the spread of the new coronavirus …
Cloudflare says it will drop Google's reCAPTCHA bot detection service, as Google plans to charge for its use, and replace it with Intuition Machines' hCAPTCHA
Cloudflare says its moving to hCaptcha, an alternative CAPTCHA service, more private than reCAPTCHA.
A look at the evolving safety precautions at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, New York, and how changes are driven primarily by worker pressure
Early Tuesday, March 24th, Barbara Chandler drove from her home in Queens to the Staten Island Amazon warehouse where she'd worked for three years.
Apple launches a site for COVID-19 testing providers to submit info on their testing locations, which, once reviewed, will be displayed on Apple Maps
Continuing Apple's efforts in helping fight the coronavirus, Apple Maps will soon display testing sites directly on the map.
A look back at Leisure Suit Larry and the claims that pirated versions of the game contributed to the spread of the Jerusalem DOS virus in the late 1980s
Leisure Suit Larry sprang from the womb a combed-over Casanova in white polyester. A court jester with a satyr's appetites … Tweets: @mistertechblog , @vice , @duncanfyfe , @robzacny , and @derektmea...
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced experts to reframe the debate about screen time, at least temporarily, as devices become portals to employment and education
Go ahead, look at your phone and tablet. Much of it is necessary. Even the frivolous stuff. — We're on Zoom calls six hours per day.
Experts say social distancing directives, likely to continue in some form after the COVID-19 crisis, could prompt various industries to accelerate automation
Broad unease about losing jobs to machines could dissipate as people focus on the benefits of minimizing close human contact.
Instacart is paying workers about the same to do 2-3 orders at a time as it does for one order as demand rises during the pandemic, interviews and receipts show
and then changing them to zero https://www.cnn.com/... @juliaangelenpr : Well we've hit a new low as humans: https://twitter.com/... Frankie Pumps / @fiercefrankie1 : Who even thinks of this like wtf ...
Accellion, maker of an enterprise content firewall for consolidating and protecting sensitive third-party communications, raises $120M led by Bregal Sagemount
Accellion, Inc., a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of an enterprise content firewall that consolidates, controls …
Interview with journalist Geoffrey Cain, author of the new book Samsung Rising, which chronicles the company's rise as a global technology powerhouse
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SF mayor caps commissions for food delivery startups to 15% during the pandemic; startups say the cap will raise customer fees, hurt delivery people's income
& restaurants can always do their own Be careful @LondonBreed, the city interfering with the invisible hand can have unintended consequences—like the delivery services leaving SF & lawsuits https://tw...
Canalys: global PC shipments in Q1 declined 8% YoY to 53.7M units because of supply chain issues caused by COVID-19, despite surging demand due to remote work
Appeals court allows a proposed class action, which claims Facebook violates users' privacy rights by tracking them even when they are logged out, to proceed
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday revived nationwide litigation accusing Facebook Inc (FB.O) of violating users' privacy rights … Tweets: @amatwyshyn Tweets: Andrea Matwyshyn / @amatwysh...
An Amazon Flex delivery driver shares his fears while working on the frontlines of the US coronavirus pandemic
DUBLIN, Calif. (Reuters) - Excelso Sabulao delivers groceries for Amazon.com Inc in California so he can help provide his parents an income. Now, with endless interactions … Tweets: @reuters , @reute...
A third of India's 4M IT workers at firms like Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, and Wipro still go to the office daily to serve clients abroad amid lockdown
Looking at Big Tech as the next Big Oil. — The world's abrupt slowing down in the past few weeks may have introduced millions … Tweets: @aakar__patel and @passivefool Tweets: Aakar Patel / @aakar__p...
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.