Athletes Run Marathons Despite Quarantine – Only Now They Do It Online
The cancellation of marathons and major races because of coronavirus lockdown measures doesn’t mean sports lovers can’t compete. Racing and...
Seniors Use Virtual Reality to Fight Dementia, Social Isolation
Elderly people are believed to be especially susceptible to the coronavirus. As a result, many senior living facilities have been...
The Doctor Will See You Now, But by Phone or Video Chat
Outside of rural areas and some medical practices, telemedicine in the U.S. has been slow to catch on. But the...
Report: Apple Plans to Sell Macs With Own Chips
Apple Inc. plans to sell Mac computers with its own main processors by next year based on the chip designs...
Google to Verify All Advertisers, and Their Location
Google said Thursday it would expand its program of verification of advertisers on its platform as part of an effort...
Zoom Boosts Encryption to Quell Safety Concerns as Users Top 300 Million
Zoom Video Communications Inc. said Wednesday it was upgrading the encryption features on its video conferencing app to quell safety...
Far-Right Hackers Publish 25,000 Email Addresses Allegedly Tied to COVID Fight
Far-right computer hackers have published nearly 25,000 email addresses allegedly belonging to several major organizations fighting the coronavirus pandemic, including...
Conspiracy Theorists Burn 5G Towers Claiming Link to Virus
The CCTV footage from a Dutch business park shows a man in a black cap pouring the contents of a...
Australia to Force Google, Facebook to Pay for News Content
Australia says Facebook and Google will soon have to pay news outlets for their content. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced Monday that...
FBI Official Says Foreign Hackers Targeting COVID-19 Research
A senior cybersecurity official with the FBI said on Thursday that foreign government hackers have broken into companies conducting research...
Mobile App Puts COVID Info in Hands of Millions
A mobile alert created in South Africa is putting information about coronavirus into the hands of millions. Praekelt.org has gone...
NASA Scientists Operate Mars Rover from Home
Like so many other workers around the world affected by a COVID-19 lockdown, the team of scientists that operates the...
Robots to the Rescue in COVID-19
When COVID-19 hit Washington, D.C., and health officials said people had to stay 2 meters apart, Broad Branch Market owner...
COVID-19 Could Be Robots’ Time to Shine
At a time when human contact is considered a health hazard, robots may be more useful than ever. From helping...
US Looks to Expand Use of Data in Fighting COVID-19
U.S. lawmakers and rights groups are raising concerns about privacy protections and civil liberties as health authorities study China, South Korea and other nations for insights into deploying big...
Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, ‘Global Hack’ Searches for Solutions
The internet is playing a special role in the coronavirus pandemic, allowing billions of people sheltered at home to communicate....
Global Hack Searches for Solutions
With billions locked down at home by COVID-19, the internet is a lifeline, allowing people to work, study and share...
Pentagon Issues New Guidance on Zoom Use
The Department of Defense has issued new guidance on the use of the popular videoconferencing application Zoom following a week-old...
Apple, Google to Harness Phones for Virus Infection Tracking
Apple and Google on Friday launched a major joint effort to leverage smartphone technology to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.New software...
Global Move to Telecommute Work Increases Security Risks
As countries scramble to control the coronavirus pandemic with stay-at-home orders, millions of people around the world have turned to...
US Military, Government Workers Still Use Zoom Despite FBI Warning
U.S. military and government employees continue to use the popular videoconferencing application Zoom for official business, despite FBI warnings about privacy...
Is Zoom Endangering Government Data?
U.S. military and government employees continue to use the popular videoconferencing application Zoom for official business, despite FBI warnings about privacy...
