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  1. article

    Singapore gives out pocket-sized device to trace coronavirus

    Mon, 14 Sep 2020 11:55 AM

    Similar apps have raised privacy concerns, but Singapore has said its contact-tracing token will store data locally for no more than 25 days and that it does not have internet or cellular connectivity

  2. article

    COVID robocop: the droid that reminds you to wear your mask

    Tue, 8 Sep 2020 15:52 PM

    The robot can detect whether people are wearing a mask by scanning their faces

  3. article

    Health tech pins hope on Africa's pandemic shift to online care

    Mon, 7 Sep 2020 09:22 AM

    Across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated changes in the way medicine is practised

  4. article

    'Black holes': India's coronavirus apps raise privacy fears

    Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:01 AM

    Weak privacy policies and lack of transparency put citizens' sensitive personal data at risk, say campaigners

  5. blog

    OPINION: Cooperatives help cross border traders stay in business during COVID-19

    Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:20 AM

    Collective support can help communities with financial backing, advice and information

  6. blog

    OPINION: Digital schooling: an advantage for the Global South?

    Fri, 14 Aug 2020 15:03 PM

    Coronavirus will inflict huge costs on education, but the 'new normal' of digital learning may increase educational inclusion

  7. article

    Don't stand so close: Singapore trials automated drones to check

    Thu, 6 Aug 2020 11:46 AM

    Singapore implements the use of drones to enforce social distancing measures

  8. article

    Are they any use? With Europe's black-box coronavirus apps it's hard to tell

    Wed, 5 Aug 2020 09:17 AM

    Smartphone apps seek to break chain of COVID-19 infection are often limited as design choices were made to protect people's privacy

  9. article

    Northern Ireland launches UK's first COVID-19 tracker app

    Fri, 31 Jul 2020 13:00 PM

    Almost 1.5 million people downloaded the Irish app and 137 users have been alerted that they have been in contact with a case of COVID-19

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    Pandemic turns smartphones from luxury to must-have as India's schools go online

    Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:47 PM

    Smartphones help classes continue as schools remain closed, but the poorest families are struggling to keep up