Last week, Apple and Google announced that they would be joining forces to create a tool that will assist public health authorities in creating contact tracing apps to help stop the spread of Covid-19 ...

At the heart of all Bluetooth-based contact tracing apps is one fundamental issue: whether they actually help in the struggle to slow the spread of Covid-19. Whether they’re effective or not can be ...

As more governments turn to contact tracing apps to aid in their efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak, cybersecurity experts are warning this may spark renewed interest in Bluetooth attacks.

The Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) wants to bring a COVID-19 contact tracing system to wearable devices. The group behind the Bluetooth standards has announced that they are working on a new ...

You might know Bluetooth best for helping you pair your headphones and smartphone, but the 21-year-old wireless technology is getting a new wave of attention now that it’s at the heart of ...

A new proof-of-concept machine learning system outlined in npj digital medicine could provide Bluetooth-based contact tracing tools with the means to quantify the risk of coronavirus transmission when ...

Governments and organizations in quest of strategies to manage the COVID-19 pandemic are deploying a wide variety of technological solutions. One technology that has been gaining a lot of traction is ...

Traditional manual contact tracing is not fast enough to keep pace with the rapid spread of COVID-19. Here, technology can shorten the delay between confirming an infected case and isolating all ...

In a matter of seconds, dozens of blips appear on a radar and fade away, only to be replaced with new blips seconds later. The radar is featured on a new website created by artist and security ...