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Germany flips on smartphone contact tracing, backs Apple and Google
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to trace coronavirus infections, backing an approach supported by Apple...
Apr 26, 2020
Australia launches controversial COVID-19 tracking app as some states start easing rules
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Australian government launched a controversial coronavirus tracing app on Sunday and promised to legislate privacy protections around it as authorities try to ...
Apr 26, 2020
Israel’s Elbit Systems gets $103 million electronic warfare contract
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems said on Sunday it won a contract worth about $103 million to supply electronic warfare (EW) suites for an air force of an Asian country. T...
Apr 26, 2020
Shopping robots come into their own in locked-down English town
MILTON KEYNES, England (Reuters) - A fleet of robots on wheels that deliver shopping in the English town of Milton Keynes have seen their popularity surge as residents are stuck indoors due to the cor...
Apr 25, 2020
Showdown looms between Silicon Valley, U.S. states over contact tracing apps
By Stephen Nellis and Paresh Dave SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. states promoting apps that could prove essential to ending the coronavirus lockdown may be headed for a showdown with the two Silicon V...
Apr 24, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic inspires demand for UV airplane cleaner
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that ultraviolet light could be inserted into coronavirus patients was widely panned on Friday, but a California company thinks it's a perfect solu...
Apr 24, 2020
Facebook enters the videoconferencing fray with Messenger Rooms
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc introduced a videoconferencing tool and expanded livestreaming features on Friday, capitalizing on a surge in demand for video chats during the cor...
Apr 24, 2020
Apple, Google update coronavirus contact tracing tech ahead of launch
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google on Friday updated technical details of the coronavirus contact tracing system they plan to release next month, saying new features wou...
Apr 24, 2020
France, Germany in standoff with Silicon Valley on contact tracing
By Mathieu Rosemain and Douglas Busvine PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - A standoff between the two largest nations in the European Union and Silicon Valley escalated on Friday as Apple and Google rebuffed de...
Apr 24, 2020
FCC may revoke ability of four Chinese-controlled firms to operate in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday said it may revoke the ability of four Chinese government-controlled telecommunications companies to operate in the United ...
Apr 24, 2020
