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3 of 50 U.S. states are using Apple’s API for COVID-19 contact tracing
Engineers at Apple and Google have teamed up to create a decentralized COVID-19 contact tracing tool that will help individuals determine whether they…
Apple-Google COVID-19 contact tracing tech launches; 23 countries seek access
Authorities in 23 countries across five continents have sought access to contact tracing technology from Apple and perpetual follower Google…
How to opt out of COVID-19 contact tracing in iOS 13.5
Apple in iOS 13.5 is introducing an “exposure notification” (née “contact tracing”) API. In Apple’s iOS 13.5 beta, you can opt out of contact tracing …
Study shows COVID-19 patients testing positive after recovery aren’t infectious
In a very positive sign researchers have found evidence that patients who test positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus after recovering aren’t infectious …
Stock futures rise sharply on COVID-19 vaccine hope, Fed chief comments
Major U.S. stock indexes rose sharply Monday as news from a Moderna trial stoked optimism about a potential COVID-19 vaccine …
President Trump launches ‘Operation Warp Speed’ to find COVID-19 vaccine
President Trump announced “Operation Warp Speed” — a new initiative that is aimed at developing an effective COVID-19 vaccine …
Apple helps suppliers reconfigure factories to mitigate COVID-19 spread
In Apple’s annual supplier responsibility report released Thursday, the company said it’s helping suppliers to reconfigure factories in order to…
Stanford studying if Apple Watch can detect COVID-19
Stanford Medicine is trying to find out if information from wearable devices, like Apple Watch, can be used to detect infectious diseases like COVID-19 …
Utah COVID-19 contact tracing app rejects Apple-Google approach
The state of Utah is one of the first U.S. states to endorse a COVID-19 contact tracing app. The app uses Bluetooth and GPS data and was built by…
EU: Use of COVID-19 contact tracing apps should be voluntary
As countries rush to develop smartphone-based digital contact tracing apps, the European Commission will urge EU governments on Wednesday to use…
Apple plans to return more staff to offices in restart after COVID-19 pause
While other tech companies continueg work-from-home policies through at least the end of 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Apple plans to soon start…
Sun Valley ‘summer camp for billionaires’ canceled due to COVID-19
The 2020 Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, with attendees like Tim Cook and Warren Buffett, among many others, has been an epicenter for large…
Apple stock is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic quite nicely
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted Apple’s supply chain, initially caused the price of Apple stock to plunge, shut down the company’s stores, forced…
Apple Watch market share dominance grew in Q120 despite COVID-19 pandemic
Apple Watch market share increased in Q120 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Global smartwatch shipments grew 20 percent annually to reach 14 million units…
Apple awards $10 million to COPAN Diagnostics for COVID-19 tests
Apple today announced it is awarding $10 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to COPAN Diagnostics, a market leader in sample collection kits…
UK’s NHS COVID-19 contact-tracing app is fatally flawed and likely illegal
The United Kingdom’s NHS COVID-19 contact-tracing app is fatally flawed and likely illegal. “Britain is sleepwalking into another coronavirus disaster…
France accuses Apple of undermining the country’s ‘StopCovid’ app
France accused Apple of undermining its effort by refusing to help make its iPhones work with the government’s planned “StopCovid” contact-tracing app …
France continues to insist on centralized COVID-19 contact tracing while Apple refuses to budge
The government of France continues to insist on centralized COVID-19 contact tracing while Apple refuses to budge. France’s state-supported “StopCOVID” app…
Warren Buffett says COVID-19 cannot stop America
Warren Buffett says the US’ capacity to withstand crises provides a silver lining as it combats COVID-19, even as he acknowledged that the pandemic…
Apple stock stays in buy zone after COVID-19-infected quarterly report
Apple beat the oddsmakers with a better-than-expected March-quarter report on Thursday. But Apple stock dipped Friday amid a down market…
Apple earnings: COVID-19 effects, buybacks, dividends, and more in focus
We’re less than two hours away from what promises to be an historic Apple earnings report and conference call with Apple having closed all of their…
How to opt out of COVID-19 contact tracing in iOS 13.5
Apple in iOS 13.5 is introducing an “exposure notification” (née “contact tracing”) API. In Apple’s iOS 13.5 beta, you can opt out of contact tracing …
Apple, Google release early COVID-19 contact tracing API to developers
Apple and Google have released the first version of their COVID-19 contact tracing API, which they’ve since rebranded as “exposure notification.” This is a…
Apple shares, Wall Street jump on COVID-19 drug hopes
U.S. stocks jumped to seven-week highs on Wednesday as Gilead Sciences gave an encouraging update on a potential COVID-19 treatment and upbeat earnings…
Apple adds COVID-19 testing sites to Maps in the US; shares more mobility data
Apple has now added COVID-19 testing sites to its Apple Maps app across the U.S., covering all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The Maps update shows…
Britain’s NHS rejects Apple-Google COVID-19 contact-tracing scheme
Britain’s NHS has rejected the Apple-Google COVID-19 contact-tracing scheme. The UK’s coronavirus contact-tracing app is set to use a different model…
Germany dumps centralized COVID-19 contact tracing plan, backs Apple – Google approach
Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to attempt a COVID-19 contact tracing architecture, ditching…
Bill Gates: Getting a COVID-19 vaccine by 2H21 would be ‘history-making achievement’
Getting a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine by second half 2021 would be “history-making achievement,” Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says…
Investors think COVID-19 sent US economy into another Great Depression
Since mid-March, 26M more people have applied for jobless benefits in the U.S. for an unemployment rate of 20.6%, closing in on Great Depression levels…
The COVID-19 data is clear: Stop the panic and end the total isolation
The COVID-19 pandemic is entering the containment phase. We now need sensible policymakers who have the courage to ignore the panic and rely on facts…
U-turn: French parliament to vote on COVID-19 contact tracing app after all
In a U-turn, the French government has decided after all to allow lawmakers to vote on its plan to launch a COVID-19 contact tracing app, lawmakers and…
France complains Apple’s Bluetooth privacy policy is blocking their COVID-19 contact-tracing plan
The limitation is standing in the way of a government contact-tracing app that France wants to build, Digital Minister Cedric O said…
Apple donates 160,000 face shields to Logistics Victory Los Angeles to help combat COVID-19
Apple has donated 160,000 face shileds to Logistics Victory Los Angeles. Donated through Apple’s Giving program, the face shields will assist in L.A.’s…
ACLU has concerns with Apple-Google’s COVID-19 contact-tracing plan
A well-designed, widely-used COVID-19 contact-tracing tool could offer public health benefit, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says, but…
Tim Cook confident Apple will emerge strongly from COVID-19 crisis
A confident Tim Cook led an Apple companywide virtual meeting on Thursday to address concerns about the impact of COVID-19 and discuss…
Dow tumbles more than 500 points as COVID-19 shutdown slams economy
Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday as the COVID-19 shutdown slams the economy. Dismal economic data and weak bank earnings fueled concerns…
Apple makes mobility data available to aid COVID-19 mitigation efforts
Apple today released a mobility data trends tool from Apple Maps to support the impactful work to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. This mobility data…
Apple, Google address questions about COVID-19 contact-tracing system
Apple and Google addressed questions about their upcoming COVID-19 smartphone contact-tracing solution on Monday, providing details…
President Trump: Some have ‘very big constitutional problems’ with Apple-Google COVID-19 contact-tracing tech
Last week, Apple and Google jointly announced a partnership to create a COVID-19 contact-tracing system that works with both iOS and Android…
Dow futures point to 400-point jump as COVID-19 outlook improves
Stock futures jumped in early morning trading Tuesday as investors grew more optimistic about the COVID-19 outlook while bracing for the start…
What’s wrong with the Apple-Google COVID-19 contact tracing scheme
There have recently been several proposals for pseudonymous COVID-19 contact tracing, including from Apple and Google. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS)…
