Mon. 03/23 - The Pros And Cons Of Surveilling Against Covid19

The pros and cons of using big data, cellphones and the surveillance economy to combat the coronavirus. More iPhone rumors from Ming-Chi Kuo. Is the Oculus Quest bringing VR into the mainstream? And how to block your messy background when you’re on a Zoom conference call for work.

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Links:

• European mobile operators share data for coronavirus fight (Reuters)
• Taiwan's new 'electronic fence' for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring (Reuters)
• Hidden data is revealing the true scale of the coronavirus outbreak (Wired)
• Google’s coronavirus website finally launches alongside enhanced search results (The Verge)
• Google cancels I/O 2020 entirely in light of coronavirus (9to5Google)
• Kuo: Sensor-Shift Image Stabilization Coming to 6.7-Inch iPhone in 2020, Periscope Lens to Follow in 2022 (MacRumors)
• Facebook: 90% Of Quest Users For Christmas Were ‘Brand New’ To Oculus (UploadVR)
• Apple Acknowledges Personal Hotspot Issues Affecting Some iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 Users (MacRumors)
• This is how you do that Zoom background thing everyone is talking about (CNET)

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