The biggest unanswered question about Apple and Google’s coronavirus tracker
On Friday, Apple and Google announced an unprecedented project to track and halt the spread of the novel coronavirus —
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Three astronauts are heading back from space, with a smaller welcoming crew to greet them
On Thursday afternoon, three astronauts on board the International Space Station will load into a Russian Soyuz capsule and embark
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Your temperature might never be 98.6 — and that’s normal
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have worked a new routine into our lives: temperature taking.
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Apple makes user location data from Apple Maps available to help COVID-19 relief efforts
Image: Apple Apple is now sharing aggregated mobility data from Apple Maps to help public health officials better understand changes
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Unemployment checks are being held up by a coding language almost nobody knows
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Small satellite launcher Virgin Orbit conducts dress rehearsal ahead of its first test flight
On Sunday, small satellite launcher Virgin Orbit did an intricate dress rehearsal of how it plans to launch rockets into
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Why we’re still relying on a century-old strategy to treat COVID-19
Photo by Adisorn Chabsungnoen / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images COVID-19 research is advancing at an unprecedented speed,
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What is contact tracing?
Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images During an infectious disease outbreak, one of the best tools public
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To prevent the next pandemic, scientists search for animal zero
Photo by Nick Garbutt / Barcroft Media / Barcroft Media via Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic that’s currently ravaging the
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Apple and Google are building a coronavirus tracking system into iOS and Android
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Apple and Google announced a system for tracking the spread of the new
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