EPISODE · Sep 3, 2020 · 6 MIN
Apple and Google Try Again At Contact—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
from What's New · host WIRED
Digital contact tracing has been a mess in the United States! And that explains a small part of why our response to the coronavirus, and particularly the second wave, has been such a calamity. Now Apple and Google are taking things (a bit) more into their own hands. This is a good thing, though, as you’ll see when I try to activate it on my iPhone, all is not entirely clear yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Digital contact tracing has been a mess in the United States! And that explains a small part of why our response to the coronavirus, and particularly the second wave, has been such a calamity. Now Apple and Google are taking things (a bit) more into their own hands. This is a good thing, though, as you’ll see when I try to activate it on my iPhone, all is not entirely clear yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apple and Google Try Again At Contact—Most Interesting Thing in Tech
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