A Multibillion-Dollar Opportunity: Virus-Proofing the New Office
Truework, an income verification start-up, recently introduced software to help employers keep track of their workers’ health status. Gensler, an architecture and design firm, has...
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Britain Didn’t Want Silicon Valley’s Help on a Tracing App. Now It Does.
LONDON — For months, British authorities have pursued an app that they promised would help ease the country’s coronavirus lockdown, despite growing criticism that it...
Apple Rejects Facebook’s Gaming App, for at Least the Fifth Time
Executives and engineers from Facebook’s games division submitted their new app, Facebook Gaming, to Apple last month for approval to offer it in the iPhone...
The Economy Is Reeling. The Tech Giants Spy Opportunity.
SAN FRANCISCO — Even as Facebook grappled this month with an internal revolt and a cascade of criticism over its refusal to take action on...
Contact Tracing With Your Phone: It’s Easier but There Are Tradeoffs
The handshake came first. Then the high-five, fist bump and more recently, the elbow touch. Canadian researchers are now working on a new greeting, the...
Microsoft is replacing newsroom journalists with machines
Dozens of news producers who oversee MSN websites for Microsoft are being replaced by software. Media reports in Seattle, where the company is based, say...
A Scramble for Virus Apps That Do No Harm
Faced with a growing coronavirus threat, the governor of North Dakota last month posed a question to a friend from his private-sector days. The friend,...
Zoom’s Security Woes Were No Secret to Business Partners Like Dropbox
One year ago, two Australian hackers found themselves on an eight-hour flight to Singapore to attend a live hacking competition sponsored by Dropbox. At 30,000...
Coronavirus Contact Tracing: Apple and Google Team Up to Enable Virus Tracking
OAKLAND, Calif. — In one of the most far-ranging attempts to halt the spread of the coronavirus, Apple and Google said they were building software...
The Lesson We Are Learning From Zoom
Ever since many of us started working from home in the coronavirus pandemic, I’ve been invited to countless gatherings taking place on Zoom, the videoconferencing...