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Apple is now producing face shields for medical workers

By Duncan Riley Apr 5, 2020

Apple Inc. is stepping up to the plate in supporting coronavirus medical relief by designing and producing face shields for those working in the medical field. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook took to Twitter…

Security

More security and privacy concerns dog Zoom

By Duncan Riley Apr 5, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has seen an unprecedented switch to remote working and online working and video apps have seen a massive boom — most of all for Zoom Video Communications Inc., which…

Emerging Tech

Report: Apple close to acquiring virtual reality startup NextVR

By Mike Wheatley Apr 5, 2020

Apple Inc. is reportedly close to acquiring a virtual reality company called NextVR Inc., which specializes in creating VR video content based on special events such as sports matches and musical performances. NextVR, based…

Security

Cyberhygiene in the age of COVID-19: Avoid online viruses by virtual social-distancing

By Betsy Amy-Vogt Apr 3, 2020

The world is staying home, and for many staying home means working from home. But bringing work home has a sinister side effect. Cybercriminals are rubbing their hands in glee as employees unable to…

AI

OctoML reels in $15M to automate cross-platform AI optimization

By Maria Deutscher Apr 3, 2020

OctoML Inc. today announced that it has closed $15 million in fresh funding, a mere six months after last raising capital, to continue work on its automated artificial intelligence optimization platform. Seattle-based OctoML was…

AI

IBM builds two AI-powered tools for coronavirus research

By Maria Deutscher Apr 3, 2020

IBM Corp. today launched two artificial intelligence-powered services that it developed specifically to help advance the study of COVID-19 and potential treatments. The services were announced by IBM research head Dario Gil in a blog post. The…

Policy

To help global health authorities, Google harnesses users’ location data

By Maria Deutscher Apr 3, 2020

Google LLC is harnessing the anonymized location data it collects about users for a new mapping tool that will enable public health officials battling the coronavirus to view movement trends across regions. The tool,…

Apps

Harvard and Pinterest team up on How We Feel coronavirus tracking app

By Kyt Dotson Apr 3, 2020

How We Feel, a crowdsourced COVID-19 symptom tracking app that respects privacy, launched Thursday to provide more data on the spread of the coronavirus. Pinterest Inc. Chief Executive Ben Silbermann partnered with researchers from…

Policy

Amazon announces new strategy to cope with COVID-19 amid scandal over fired worker

By James Farrell Apr 2, 2020

Amid waves of criticism for how Amazon.com Inc. has dealt with the spread of coronavirus, the company said on Thursday that big changes are on the way. Amazon told Reuters that starting next week…

Infra

The coronavirus fallout: CIOs now expect IT budgets to fall 4% in 2020

By Dave Vellante Apr 2, 2020

The impact on technology spending from the coronavirus pandemic continue to turn for the worse, according to new spending data from Enterprise Technology Research. Last week, we reported ETR’s results from more than 1,100 chief information…

all stories

Apple is now producing face shields for medical workers

More security and privacy concerns dog Zoom

Report: Apple close to acquiring virtual reality startup NextVR

Cyberhygiene in the age of COVID-19: Avoid online viruses by virtual social-distancing

OctoML reels in $15M to automate cross-platform AI optimization

IBM builds two AI-powered tools for coronavirus research

To help global health authorities, Google harnesses users’ location data

Harvard and Pinterest team up on How We Feel coronavirus tracking app

Amazon announces new strategy to cope with COVID-19 amid scandal over fired worker

The coronavirus fallout: CIOs now expect IT budgets to fall 4% in 2020

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