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  • Google delays Android 11 by a month

    Google today announced that it is extending the preview period of Android 11 by about a month. So instead of launching a beta this month, as it had previously planned, it’ll release a fourth developer preview today instead. The first beta will officially launch on June 3, during an Android-centric More

    Google delays Android 11 by a month
  • UK’s NHS COVID-19 app lacks robust legal safeguards against data

    A UK parliamentary committee that focuses on human rights issues has called for primary legislation to be put in place to ensure that legal protections wrap around the national coronavirus contact tracing app.The app, called NHS COVID-19, is being fast tracked for public use — with a test ongoing this More

    UKs NHS COVID-19 app lacks robust legal safeguards against data misuse, warns committee
  • Google’s Duo video chat app gets a family mode with

    Google today launched an update to its Duo video chat app (which you definitely shouldn’t confuse with Hangouts or Google Meet, Google’s other video, audio and text chat apps).There are plenty of jokes to be made about Google’s plethora of chat options, but Duo is trying to be a More

    Googles Duo video chat app gets a family mode with doodles and masks
  • Your iPhone will soon be able to tell 911 about

    Got something in your medical history that first responders should know about if you call 911? Things like known drug allergies, or the medications you’re on?The iPhone and Apple Watch will soon be able to share this information with first responders automatically (if you opt to let it do More

    Your iPhone will soon be able to tell 911 about your medical conditions and allergies
  • Social network for women Peanut raises $12M Series A amid

    Peanut, an app that began as a tool for finding new mom friends, has evolved into a social network now used by 1.6 million women to discuss a range of topics, from pregnancy and parenthood to marriage and menopause, and everything in between. On the heels of significant growth in More

    Social network for women Peanut raises $12M Series A amid pandemic