Virus Outbreak Gives Tech Darlings a Harsh Reality Check
Just as the coronavirus outbreak has boxed in society, it’s also squeezed high-flying tech companies reliant on people’s freedom to...
Smart Thermometer Shows Fevers Dropping in Areas with Sheltering Measure
In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, one sign that social distancing measures may be working is that people’s temperatures...
Gamers Check Back in to Habbo Hotel as Coronavirus Refuge
Habbo Hotel, a hit online networking game more than a decade ago, is drawing back hundreds of thousand of players...
Taiwan Tells Agencies Not to Use Zoom on Security Grounds
Taiwan’s cabinet has told government agencies to stop using Zoom Video Communications Inc’s conferencing app, the latest blow to the...
Hackers’ New Target During Pandemic: Video Conference Calls
Ceri Weber had just begun to defend her dissertation when the chaos began: Echoes and voices interrupted her. Someone parroted...
Technology Helps Doctors, Health Industry Track Patients, Treatments
As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to overwhelm doctors and hospitals throughout the country, medical technology firms and health centers are...
Delivery Apps Trending as Americans Seek to Avoid Infection
With social distancing now the mantra to keep the coronavirus from spreading further, more American consumers are turning to online...
Twitter Deletes Egypt, Saudi Accounts Over ‘Pro-Govt Direction’
Twitter said Thursday it has removed thousands of accounts in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Honduras, Indonesia and Serbia that allegedly took...
Google Boosts Support for Checking Coronavirus Facts
Google on Thursday said it is pumping $6.5 million into fact-checkers and nonprofits as it ramps up its the battle...
California Energy Company Pivots to Refurbishing Ventilators
A California hydrogen fuel cell company is now repairing and updating old ventilators, answering a challenge by the state to...
China’s Huawei Warns More US Pressure May Spur Retaliation
Huawei’s chairman warned Tuesday that more U.S. moves to increase pressure on the Chinese tech giant might trigger retaliation by...
Spain Tries Tracking Coronavirus, Sparking Privacy Concerns
In Madrid only a few weeks ago, thousands of demonstrators took part in a women’s march, defiant or unaware of...
Coronavirus-Stricken Cities go Digital to Boost Solidarity, Wellbeing
On the streets of Barcelona, a few lone shoppers and dog walkers, their faces obscured by masks, are the only...
COVID-19 Started in China. To Change the Narrative, China Started to Tweet
Jeff Kao is a ProPublica reporter who FILE – In this Feb. 16, 2020, photo, a policeman stands guard at...
Coronavirus Life Poses Tech Challenges for American Teleworkers
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many office workers to do their jobs from home. And they are using technology like...
Robots Do COVID-19 Jobs Too Dangerous for Humans
Before the coronavirus outbreak, a Beijing technology company was already working to integrate autonomous vehicles into daily life in China....
Amid COVID-19, Technology Helps American Teleworkers Stay Connected
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many office workers to do their jobs from home. And they are using technology like...
Virginia Man Uses 3D Printer to Make Mask Shields for Health Workers
A Virginia man has come up with a way to help medical workers caring for people with COVID-19. Jeremy Filko...
US Cybersecurity Experts See Recent Spike in Chinese Digital Espionage
A U.S. cybersecurity firm said Wednesday it has detected a surge in new cyberspying by a suspected Chinese group dating...
Robots Rise to Battle Against Coronavirus
They are known as “Little White Snails,” self-driving street sweepers that for several years cleaned up parks and other public...
EU Commission Warns of Increased Cybercrime During Coronavirus Crisis
The president of the European Commission is warning EU citizens to beware of on-line scams, particularly for counterfeit medical products...
Robots That Help People Walk Are Now A Reality
Trexo Robotics is the invention of two passionate robotics engineers who decided they wanted to help those who cannot walk or...
