What about Luke? Love Island’s Vanessa Sierra spruiks new dating app despite having a boyfriend 

What about Luke Erwin? Love Island’s Vanessa Sierra spruiks new dating app despite having a YouTuber boyfriend By Jessamy Tredinnick For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:23 BST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 06:49 BST, 21 April 2020 Former Love Island star Vanessa Sierra has made her boyfriend Luke Erwin a prominent figure on her Instagram … Read more

Facebook introduces standalone gaming app ahead of schedule to take on Twitch and YouTube

Facebook introduces new standalone gaming app ahead of schedule to take on Twitch and YouTube in response to the coronavirus pandemic By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com Published: 20:44 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 20:45 BST, 20 April 2020 Facebook has launched its own standalone gaming app to take on the likes of Twitch and … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Tracking app shows 75% fewer have symptoms

The number of people with coronavirus symptoms has plummeted by 75 per cent since the beginning of April, a data-tracking app shows. Latest analysis from the King’s College COVID Symptom Tracker app estimates that there are now around 462,700 people with symptoms of the killer infection. It’s a drop of more than three quarters since … Read more

2B phone owners won’t be able to use Google-Apple contact-tracing app

Up to two billion smartphone users around the world won’t be able to use the coronavirus contact tracing app currently being developed by Apple and Google. Hundreds of millions of older smartphones still in active use don’t have the required software and Bluetooth to run the new app, which could be released next month.   The … Read more

Money-saving app Snoop launches early in attempt to help consumers cut costs in coronavirus squeeze

Money-saving app Snoop launches early in attempt to help consumers cut costs during coronavirus squeeze By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 17 April 2020 | Updated: 22:16 BST, 17 April 2020 Money-saving app Snoop launched yesterday, earlier than expected in an attempt to help consumers cut costs in the coronavirus squeeze.  … Read more

Contact-tracing app will only fully stop coronavirus if 80 PER CENT of smartphone owners use it

An NHS contact-tracing app would only completely stop the spread of coronavirus if 80 per cent of current smartphone owners use it, researchers have warned. The team from the University of Oxford simulated how COVID-19 might spread in order to support the development of contact-tracing apps across Europe. However, a previous survey of potential contact-tracing … Read more

Clearview AI exposes source code to controversial facial recognition app and company credentials

Clearview AI exposes database containing source code to its controversial facial recognition as well as company keys and credentials Clearview’s source code was exposed via a misconfigured database The database allowed anyone to bypass a password by creating a new user login It also exposed company passwords and a token to Clearview’s Slack channel Clearview … Read more

Contact-tracing app will only be good against coronavirus if 80 PER CENT of smartphone owners use it

An NHS contact-tracing app would only completely stop the spread of coronavirus if 80 per cent of current smartphone owners use it, researchers have warned. The team from the University of Oxford simulated how COVID-19 might spread in order to support the development of contact-tracing apps across Europe. However, a previous survey of potential contact-tracing … Read more

App launched to help shoppers avoid busy times in the supermarkets

App launched to help shoppers check stock availability at their local supermarkets and find places with the shortest queues during coronavirus lockdown The app was built to allow shoppers to report back on stock levels and queues If someone is in a supermarket they can ‘check-in’ to say how long they waited It lists a … Read more

Writing app Grammarly recommends users avoid sensitive terms like ‘Wuhan virus’ and ‘Chinese virus’

The digital writing aid Grammarly will now flag the phrases ‘Wuhan virus’ and ‘Chinese virus’ as potentially offensive and encourage people to instead use ‘COVID-19’ or ‘the coronavirus.’ The phrases were added to the tool’s list of sensitive words and phrases that should be avoided, as they can ‘encourage bias and misinformation.’ Grammarly points to a … Read more