Digital contact tracing is turning out to be nothing more than a charade, as we, of course, quite clearly predicted months ago…
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Apple CEO Tim Cook, other big tech CEOs ready defenses for U.S. Congressional hearing
Apple CEO Tim Cook and the CEOs of Facebook, Amazon, and Alphabet (Google) are set to speak – virtually – before the House Judiciary Committee…
Woz sues Google’s YouTube over bitcoin scams
Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak says YouTube has for months allowed scammers to use his name and likeness as part of a phony bitcoin giveaway…
WSJ: Quit Google’s Chrome. Safari and Edge are just better browsers
As sufferers of Google’s Chrome know very well, it’s a battery hog that causes your computer’s processor to work so hard it’s sometimes difficult to…
Parler CEO invited to U.S. House’s antitrust investigation into Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google
U.S. representatives Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) asked the head of upstart social media service Parler to weigh in ahead of…
Apple CEO Tim Cook to testify before U.S. Congress on July 27th
Apple CEO Tim Cook, along with CEOs of Google parent Alphabet Inc., Amazon, and Facebook are set to testify July 27 before the U.S. House…
Google-backed advertising groups criticize Apple’s new warnings on user tracking
Digital advertisers, backed by Google, on Friday criticized Apple’s plans to require apps to seek additional permission from users before tracking them…
Apple CEO Tim Cook to testify at U.S. House antitrust hearing
Apple CEO Tim Cook is scheduled to testify at a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing as part of its antitrust investigation…
Apple App Store and Google Play Store block dozens of Chinese apps in India
Two days after India blocked fifty-nine apps developed by Chinese firms, Google and Apple have started to comply with the Indian government’s order…
U.S. government asks Apple, Facebook, Google, Snapchat, and Twitter to ensure online platforms are not used to spur violence
The U.S. government sent a letter to chief executives of five large tech companies — Apple, Facebook, Google, Snapchat, and Twitter to ensure online…
UK makes U-turn; to use Apple-Google contract-tracing API
In a major U-turn, the UK is ditching the way its COVID-19 contact-tracing app works and shifting to a model based on technology provided by Apple…
Australian regulator warns on Google’s $2.1 billion Fitbit acquisition over competition concerns
Australia’s antitrust regulator has warned Google’s planned $2.1 billion acquisition of fitness tracker maker Fitbit may give it too much of people’s…
Analyst: Apple should buy DuckDuckGo search engine
In a new note to clients, Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi suggests that Apple should buy DuckDuckGo, the search engine which he values at…
U.S. states lean toward breakup of Google’s ad tech business
The state attorneys general investigating Google are considering pushing for a breakup of the tech giant’s ad technology business as part of an expected…
Google faces $5 billion lawsuit for tracking people in ‘private’ mode
Google faces a lawsuit that accuses the tech giant of invading people’s privacy and tracking internet use even when browsers are set to “private” mode…
Apple accused of competition abuse in EU over item tracking tech
In a move that could ratchet up Apple’s regulatory woes in Europe. Apple has been accused by smaller rival Tile of abusing its power to unfairly favor…
France’s centralized contact-tracing app approved by lawmakers, to launch this weekend
In France, the government’s contact-tracing app project was approved by the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, paving the way for a weekend launch…
Apple set to break out in coronavirus market rally as Dow futures jump on vaccine hopes
Dow futures jumped Tuesday morning, along with S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures, amid continued coronavirus vaccine hopes. The coronavirus stock market rally …
Stock futures jump on Memorial Day as coronavirus stock market rally rolls on
On Monday morning, Dow Jones stock futures rose solidly, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, with U.S. markets closed for Memorial Day…
North and South Dakota’s COVID-19 contact tracing app sends location data to Google and Foursquare
One of the first contact-tracing apps violates its own privacy policy. The Care19 COVID-19 contact-tracing app sends users’ location data …
Many U.S. universities to encourage use of contact tracing apps for on-campus students and staff
Many U.S. universities are likely to strongly encourage the use of contact tracing apps for on-campus students and staff. In fact, several institutions…
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 …
EU consumer group warns against Google’s Fitbit acquisition
Alphabet-owned Google’s planned $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit may harm consumers and hinder innovation, European consumer group BEUC said…
Apple gets a win in long-running DRM patent lawsuit
the Federal Circuit handed Apple a win by affirming a previous PTAB decision to review a patent in a long-running DRM patent lawsuit saga…
Apple is on ‘cloud computing hiring spree’
Over the past few months, Apple has gone on a cloud computing hiring spree, snapping up several well-known software engineers working across a range of…
Eric Schmidt completely departs from Google
Eric Schmidt, known unaffectionately in these parts as Eric T. Mole, has quietly ended his 19-year tenure at Google, where he was brought in to be…
Loose European coalition forms on coronavirus contact tracing
A loose European coalition is forming around an approach to using smartphone technology for coronavirus contact tracing. Supporters of the decentralized…
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 …
Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in contact tracing apps
Apple and Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system on which the two firms
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…
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 …
Most Americans are not willing or able to use a contact tracing app
Apple and Google have released the first version of their COVID-19 contact tracing API (they’ve rebranded it as “exposure notification”) in a new…
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…
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…
Apple and Google look to rebrand ‘contact tracing’ as ‘exposure notification’
Apple and Google, working together on a COVID-19 contact tracing system are now rebranding their tools as “exposure notification.”
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…
Privacy: Apple won’t support invasive French, German contact tracing
A standoff over contact tracing privacy between Germany and France, the two largest nations in the European Union, and Silicon Valley escalated…
U.S. Senator demands Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai be personally accountable for coronavirus contact tracing privacy
A U.S. Senator is calling for Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai to be held personally accountable for any contact tracing privacy …
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…
