Time spent in nature has huge benefits for our mental and physical health, and few of us get enough of it. A range of apps aim to help us do it better – but do they work? Technology 25 August 2021 By Richard Webb Fabrizio Lenci I AM not an appy person. Technology generally makes… Read More »
The cement salesman had initially borrowed about $ 40 from a lender through an online app to supplement his $ 200-a-month salary. But he could not pay the mounting fees and interest, so he borrowed from others. By that morning, Kumar owed roughly $ 4,000. Even worse, the lenders had the phone numbers of those… Read More »
Dive Brief: Apple and Google on Tuesday announced a new capability meant to simplify deployment of their COVID-19 exposure notifications tool by not requiring regional public health groups to build or maintain a custom application. The move is almost certain to exacerbate privacy concerns around the venture as the tech giants take point on creating… Read More »
According to a study commissioned by the security software vendor Avira, 71% of Americans say they won’t use COVID-19 contact-tracing apps, with many citing potential privacy and security issues. Government and healthcare professionals were the least likely to say they’d download the apps, and about three-quarters of people surveyed believed their digital privacy would be… Read More »
With the stressors of the world growing exponentially by the minute, it seems as if there’s nothing in the universe that can help calm our minds. From the economy to the never-ending coronavirus pandemic, there’s (at least for us) unrelenting anxiety that floods our brains constantly, and we cannot catch a break. That is, until… Read More »
Two days ago, I wrote about The Rockefeller Foundation’s plan to test, track and trace all Americans — ostensibly to prevent COVID-19 from overwhelming us as we’re again “allowed” to venture outside our front doors in limited capacity around the nation. The Rockefeller Foundation’s April 21, 2020, white paper,1 “National COVID-19 Testing Action Plan —… Read More »