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Australia launches app to trace coronavirus contacts

Australia has launched a smartphone app to trace people who come in contact with coronavirus patients despite privacy concerns that authorities insisted Sunday were unwarranted. The COVIDSafe app uses a phone's Bluetooth wireless signal to store information about people's interactions, and...

Facebook-powered virus 'heat map' unveiled

Researchers Monday unveiled a coronavirus "heat map" powered by Facebook data which is aimed at helping track the spread of the disease and plan for reopening society. The Carnegie Mellon University project offers "real-time indications of COVID-19 activity not previously available from any...

NASA announces first SpaceX crewed flight for May 27

NASA announced on Friday that a SpaceX rocket will send two American astronauts to the International Space Station on May 27, the first crewed spaceflight from the US in nearly a decade. "On May 27, @NASA will once again launch American astronauts on American rockets from American soil!"...