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Trump, Microsoft, and the TikTok Saga

If you hadn’t heard of TikTok before, you probably have by now as the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform is entangled in a storm of controversy involving U.S. President Donald Trump and software giant Microsoft. The app, where users can create 15-second clips to catchy songs, has been snowballing in popularity, and, according to multiple statistics sources,…

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João (Johnny) Cartucho, Covidian team member and a Ph.D. researcher in augmented reality with Airbus (Photo credit: Covidian)

Virus Tracker App Claims to Help Stall the Spread of COVID-19

A group of volunteers in Ireland, Slovakia, Portugal, and Brazil have joined hands with medical experts to create a “user privacy-respecting” application to help stem the tide of the coronavirus. The team behind the free app—which is called “Covidian” and was first launched in Slovakia—says it has helped the country’s Health Ministry flatten the curve…

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