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 ...

You probably use Bluetooth to connect any number of things to your computer and/or cell phone, but is it actually safe to ...

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 ...

After a patient tests positive for COVID-19, health care professionals begin to notify individuals who may have crossed paths with that person. This is both for their own safety and to ensure that ...

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When Google and Apple announced last week that the two companies are building changes into Android and iOS to enable Bluetooth-based Covid-19 contact tracing, they touched off an immediate firestorm ...

Utah is accepting applications from companies that can supply a Bluetooth contact tracing technology to track the spread of COVID-19. That’s not because state leaders want to scrap Healthy Together, ...

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 ...

Google and Apple are racing to build a framework for smartphone apps that may help reopen the world economy during the coronavirus pandemic. But what would the apps do? And how would they work? A ...