Smartphones manufacturers are always innovating - what will the innovations to improve contract tracing be? (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP - credit: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) Ok, so contact tracing ...

Over the past two weeks, EPFL computer scientists have been testing and refining the smartphone-based system developed by the international Decentralized Privacy ...

Ongoing coverage of COVID-19, and its impact on Seattle and the technology industry. See all of GeekWire’s special coverage. by Lisa Stiffler on Apr 22, 2020 at 6:00 am April 22, 2020 at 9:59 am ...

U.K. startup Proximity Care is offering a low-cost solution for tracking the movements of individuals and issuing an alert if they wander away from caregivers. The system—consisting of a smartphone, ...

Distressed inventory in the travel business is the unsold hotel rooms and airplane seats that become available at the last minute on travel Web sites at fire-sale prices. But a hotel manager in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. So, the big news this week is that Apple and Google have launched ...

On April 30th, just a week after the EPFL tests, Payer led a 24-hour field test at a military facility with about 100 soldiers. This time, the soldiers performed routine tasks while the app ran on ...

After the Isle of Wight played a key role in testing the UK contact-tracing app, 175km to the southwest, Jersey has now introduced a smartphone app designed to alert users when they have been near ...

England’s long-awaited COVID-19 contact tracing application will officially begin beta testing this week, according to a new report from the BBC. The app is based on the Exposure Notification API ...

“This framework will allow them to take the zoo experience to the next level. We could make some incredible experiences with this technology." Okapis with prehensile tongues. Komodo dragons with ...

This Sunday 4th October, make sure that you keep an eye out for runners wearing a New Balance-sponsored number on the front and back of their top: the odds are they won't be on a casual week-end ...