Craig Federighi says introducing two similar features at the same time, iMessage protections for children and CSAM scanning of iCloud photos, caused confusion
no need to call it the privacy feature. We are not that gullible. All cloud service providers scan images but come on Apple Matthew Green / @matthew_d_green : In writing this op-ed for the Times, @ale...
Twitter closes its NY and SF offices, two weeks after reopening, and pauses further office reopenings, after “consideration of the CDC's updated guidelines”
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Facebook partners with Reuters to show live US election results, including vote tabulation, exit polls, and projections, in Facebook's Voting Information Center
Reuters : Tweets: @jmgrygiel , @toddzwillich , and @ericdanetz See also Mediagazer Tweets: @jmgrygiel : Facebook should be partnering w you re the coronavirus too instead of just directing US-based u...
CDC issues new criteria for evaluating contact tracing tools to be used by public health authorities, opening the door for Apple-Google approach
- A new document published by the Centers for Disease Control outlines what it sees as the critical features for digital contact tracing apps.
Report: CDC, state, and local authorities in the US have started using anonymized location data from mobile ads to help plan their response to the pandemic
The use of phone location tracking to keep tabs on COVID-19 is becoming increasingly common, and the US appears to be no exception. Source: Wall Street Journal .
Apple has updated Siri to help US users asking if they have COVID-19, with answers coming from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the CDC
Apple has updated Siri to help US users asking if they have COVID-19, with answers coming from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the CDC
- iPhone users who are wondering whether they have COVID-19 can now turn to Siri. — Apple has updated its voice assistant …
Google says it is working with the US government to develop a nationwide COVID-19 website on symptoms, risks, and testing info, in addition to other measures
but Not Like Trump Said New York Times : Trump Oversold a Google Site to Fight Coronavirus Sean Collins / Vox : Despite his experts' grave warnings, Trump wants everyone to just “relax” Jon Fingas / E...
Facebook has quietly started removing some misleading ads about HIV prevention drugs after activists said they could have caused a public-health crisis
The ads, first reported by The Washington Post, threatened to create a public health crisis, LGBT groups had said. Tweets: @tonyromm , @tonyromm , and @gbbranstetter Tweets: Tony Romm / @tonyromm : SC...
Facebook rolls out pop-up windows on Facebook and Instagram that appear when people search for vaccine info; notices point to CDC or World Health Organization
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