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June 29, 2022

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Apple, Google build virus-tracing tech directly into phones

September 5, 2020 Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

Apple and Google are trying to get more U.S. states to adopt their phone-based approach for tracing and curbing the spread of the coronavirus by building more of the necessary technology directly into phone software. […]

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Britain scraps virus tracing app for Google-Apple system

June 18, 2020 The Associated Press

LONDON — Britain is scrapping plans to launch its own coronavirus contact tracing smartphone app because of technical problems and will now work on building one using technology supplied by Apple and Google, health authorities […]

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Blame game over COVID-19 toll in nursing homes

June 16, 2020 North State Journal Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C.  — A grim blame game with partisan overtones is breaking out over COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents, a tiny slice of the population that represents a shockingly high proportion of Americans who […]

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Norway ends virus tracing app over privacy concerns

June 16, 2020 The Associated Press

OSLO, Norway — Norway has suspended use of its smartphone app meant to track and trace coronavirus contagions after a public spat between health authorities and the information watchdog. Geir Bukholm, an official at the […]

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Apple, Google release technology for pandemic apps

May 21, 2020 Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

Apple and Google on Wednesday released long-awaited smartphone technology to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus. The companies said 22 countries and several U.S. states are already planning to […]

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Here come COVID-19 tracing apps — and privacy trade-offs

May 7, 2020 Matt O'Brien and Christina Larson, Associated Press

As governments around the world consider how to monitor new coronavirus outbreaks while reopening their societies, many are starting to bet on smartphone apps to help stanch the pandemic. But their decisions on which technologies […]

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