Three states will use Apple-Google contact tracing technology for virus tracking apps
Alabama, North Dakota and South Carolina are the first states to commit publicly to using Apple and Google's contact tracing technology in statewide apps meant to slow the spread of coronavirus. Apple and Google won't make the actual contact tracing apps, government health bodies will. 22 countries and some US states have requested and received access to the Apple-Google technology, the companies said. Apps that haven't used the Apple-Google system, like Singapore's Trace Together app, have run into battery life and usability issues. Some governments have changed their internal approaches to adopt the Apple-Google system.
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Singapore's new contact tracing app, TraceTogether, which is being used as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus in the city-state. Catherine Lai | AFP via Getty ImagesGovernments around the world are developing mobile apps to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus using a method known as "contact tracing." CNBC runs through all the major global initiatives on contact tracing technology and how the companies and governments behind them are thinking about privacy. USThe U.S. is yet to endorse any form of contact tracing technology, but there are a number of initiatives across different states looking to develop such systems. EuropeThere are several projects in Europe working to develop contact tracing platforms to curb the spread of Covid-19.
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