April 20, 2020 ACLU says Google-Apple coronavirus contact tracing effort poses 'significant risk' to privacy, civil liberties The recently announced contact tracing effort from Google and Apple to stem the spread of coronavirus poses a risk to privacy and civil liberties, according to privacy advocates.
April 20, 2020 Google blocks 18 million coronavirus scam emails per day Google has been blocking about 18 million scam emails related to coronavirus per day, the company says.
April 15, 2020 Former Google CEO slams federal government’s coronavirus response, saying it 'cost us lives' The former CEO of Google said that he hopes Americans will be "grateful" for how Silicon Valley has stepped up during the coronavirus pandemic as he also took a veiled swipe at the federal government's response.
April 10, 2020 Google builds faster, streamlined unemployment application for New York to handle flood of jobless claims Google has built an application portal to help the hard-hit state of New York deal with the massive influx of unemployment filings as the coronavirus shutdown cripples its economy.
April 10, 2020 Apple and Google partner on coronavirus contact tracing effort Apple and Google are partnering to build a Bluetooth-enabled technology that could allow widespread contact tracing as a way to contain the novel coronavirus and help countries find a path back to normalcy.
April 8, 2020 Google takes heat about coronavirus data from Democratic senators Two prominent Democratic senators called on Google to prioritize privacy in its decision to use anonymized location data to track peoples' movements in an effort to help battle the coronavirus pandemic.
April 3, 2020 Google data reveals massive plunge in movement, the communities obeying coronavirus orders Google location data released Friday presents a stark picture of how the coronavirus pandemic has upended the lives of more than 3.9 billion people -- half the world's population -- who are under some form of lockdown, causing massive shifts in human behavior.
April 2, 2020 Google to lift ban on coronavirus-related advertising Google will begin to lift its ban on coronavirus-related advertising this week in the wake of criticism from some Democrats that the company was helping the Trump administration spread false information about the pandemic.
April 1, 2020 Coronavirus pandemic forces HHS to allow Apple FaceTime, Zoom, other apps for telehealth services With the coronavirus pandemic upending everyday life, the Dept. of Health and Human Services has made the extraordinary announcement to allow video chat apps such as Apple's FaceTime and Zoom for medical consultations.
March 30, 2020 Google commits over $800 million for coronavirus crisis response Google is committing over $800 million to support health organizations and workers, small- and medium-sized businesses, and governments, to battle the global coronavirus pandemic.
