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Apr 10, 2020 • 3min
Unemployment claims broke records yet again, coronavirus is reactivating in cured patients, and new research shows the benefit of lockdowns-Tech in Two
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Apr 9, 2020 • 3min
AI Chatbots Step in For College Visits—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Apr 9, 2020 • 3min
Scientists are looking into the role of genes, evidence of heart damage is emerging, and New York City's transit system is struggling. Tech in Two.
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Apr 8, 2020 • 4min
Securing Contact Tracing—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Smart experts in security and privacy are figuring out ways to allow apps to determine if you’ve been near someone positive for COVID-19—without creating a privacy dystopia.
Apr 8, 2020 • 3min
Plasma trials have begun, New Zealand is crushing the curve, and helpful tips to avoid straining your relationships during quarantine. Tech in Two from Wired.
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Apr 7, 2020 • 4min
Bill Gates Accelerates Vaccine Testing—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Bill Gates announces that his foundation will put billions of dollars into building factories to manufacture potential coronavirus vaccines, even before they are approved and ready. This is a brilliant way to accelerate the process of getting a vaccine out to the public. And this is clearly one of the most urgent races of our time.
Apr 7, 2020 • 3min
Covid-19 returns to Asia, Bill Gates steps into the vaccine race, and Japan tests a new possible treatment. Tech in Two from "Wired".
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Apr 3, 2020 • 3min
How Will We Preserve Our Privacy and Trace the Virus—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Germany says that they will soon launch an app that will use bluetooth to keep track of all the people you are near and to automatically alert you if you have come in close contact with someone who tests positive for Covid-19. And importantly, they say this can be done while protecting your privacy. If that’s truly so: great. I’m skeptical that privacy really can be protected but eager for a system like this. Making it work is going to be one of the challenges of our time for security experts.
Apr 3, 2020 • 3min
The U-S hits record unemployment, the federal government is delivering broken ventilators, and China seems to be on the mend. Tech in Two from Wired.
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Apr 2, 2020 • 5min
The Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine is On—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
How can we possibly make a vaccine come more quickly? Would it be ethical to run challenge trials, where volunteers submit to getting the virus as part of a test? A new paper has proposed just that.
