It may feel like a long time ago, but it's only nine months since the UK was in the grips of the "pingdemic". Back in the summer of 2021, lifting COVID restrictions saw the country's contact-tracing ...

As the world scrambles to flatten the curve, contact-tracing apps have been positioned as a vital defense for suppressing the spread of coronavirus. Out of the more than 200 countries that have been ...

(TNS) — It’s been nearly a year since North Carolina and dozens of other states introduced contact tracing apps to their arsenal of tools to fight the spread of COVID-19. North Carolina’s app, ...

A COVID-19 patient's iPhone receives its daily contract tracing message from the city of New York on November 19, 2020, in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) ...

There’s a growing problem with Apple’s role in the contact-tracing apps that countries are developing to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. This has been underlined by the UK’s announcement that its ...

During the first wave of COVID-19, researchers at Oxford University built a computer model that suggested if 56% of the UK downloaded and used a contact-tracing app (alongside other control measures) ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Smartphone apps track lots of data to provide users with an optimal experience. During the COVID-19 pandemic, contact tracing apps in particular have gained massive amounts of ...

It’s been nearly a year since North Carolina and dozens of other states introduced contact-tracing apps to their arsenal of tools to fight the spread of COVID-19. North Carolina’s app, SlowCOVIDNC, is ...

Despite assurances by officials, privacy campaigners and other voices continue to express concern about data held within the country’s coronavirus contact tracing app. The app – which is being ...