Outbreak

Startups across the nation and around the world are looking for ways to relieve shortages of much-needed personal protective equipment and sanitizers used to halt the spread of COVID-19.

The innovation arm of the UK’s National Health Service, NHSx has launched a £500,000 funding competition for innovators and startups who can find digital ways to support people in need during...

More information was received on the UK authorities' creation of a coronavirus contact tracking app. NHSX CEO Matthew Gould said today that future versions of the application may ask...

NASA and SpaceX  issued a media accreditation invitation on Wednesday for their Demonstration Mission 2 (aka Demo-2) commercial crew launch – the first in the commercial crew program that will carry...

While the U.S. and most of the world are hunkering down to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus, some virus-related 5G conspiracy theories are on the rise....

According to foreign media reports, YouTube will reduce the definition of videos worldwide. The company ’s decision is to ease Internet congestion during the outbreak of the new coronavirus...

Dish-owned TV streaming service Sling TV announced today it’s making a selection of its content available to stream for free, no credit card or account required. The free offering includes breaking...

In an effort to disseminate trustworthy health information on COVID-19, Facebook  will roll out its own coronavirus information center, a central hub on the vast social network where the company will...

Three years ago, the U.K. government chastised WhatsApp for using enabling end-to-end encryption by default. Today, it’s relying on the encrypted messaging app as a vital service for sharing information about...

To someone with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail — and as expected, the tech sector is hard at work hammering every nail it can find. But...