The MI COVID Alert app is supposed to warn you if you’ve been near an infected person. My phone has been suspiciously silent. Credit: Lee DeVito About a year ago, Michigan got a new weapon in its ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Bluetooth-based system predicted close contacts with an accuracy between 0.88 and 1. The system also ...

(TNS) — It’s been nearly a year since North Carolina and dozens of other states introduced contact tracing apps to their arsenal of tools to fight the spread of COVID-19. North Carolina’s app, ...

Apple and Google join forces using Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of COVID-19. Photo: Apple/Google In a rare moment of collaboration, Apple and Google ...

In a recent study published in Nature Biotechnology, researchers assessed the role of smartphone apps during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Smartphone apps were widely used for ...

Covid-19 has turned our lives upside down. But it has also been a catalyst for plenty of new technology, and it made apps even more popular than they were pre-pandemic. Among the most controversial ...

LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Branch staff at some of Britain's biggest banks say rules that require them to store phones in lockers while at work are putting them at undue risk of COVID-19 from ...

Less than two months into the school year, the valley’s three school districts have reported hundreds of cases of COVID-19 between students and staff. As of Oct. 6, Desert Sands Unified has reported ...

Contact tracing has been a core component of the public health response to the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Its main objective is to interrupt transmission chains by identifying people who ...

Two men who own Android devices are suing the Massachusetts health department on behalf of millions of residents, accusing the agency of installing COVID-19 tracking software on their mobile phones ...