The WHO-backed study found that face masks and eye protection really do prevent spread of COVID-19. Source: https://www.livescience.com/face-masks-eye-protection-covid-19-prevention.html
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Uber Will Require All Drivers and Riders To Wear Masks Starting Monday
Uber is launching a new set of safety features in its app, including a tool that checks if drivers are wearing face masks before starting trips. From a report: The move is an attempt by the firm to restore momentum in its core ride-hailing business as countries look to gradually start lifting their coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Starting Monday, drivers and riders…
Paris Tries AI That Counts How Many People are Wearing Face Masks
“France is integrating new AI tools into security cameras in the Paris metro system to check whether passengers are wearing face masks,” reports the Verge:
The software, which has already been deployed elsewhere in the country, began a three-month trial in the central Chatelet-Les Halles station of Paris this week, reports Bloomberg. [Alternate source] French startup DatakaLab, which created the program, says…
Will Cellphone Tracing Bring a Tolerance of Surveillance?
An anonymous reader quotes the Washington Post:
In a matter of months, tens of millions of people in dozens of countries have been placed under surveillance. Governments, private companies and researchers observe the health, habits and movements of citizens, often without their consent. It is a massive effort, aimed at enforcing quarantine rules or tracing the spread of the coronavirus, that has…
Amazon Sales Surge But Bezos Says Coronavirus Costs Could Hit $4 Billion
Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos says it will take virtually all of its upcoming second-quarter operating profit to fund protective gear for employees and get products to customers. CNET reports: “If you’re a shareowner in Amazon, you may want to take a seat, because we’re not thinking small,” he wrote Thursday. “Under normal circumstances, in this coming Q2, we’d expect…
Apple Will Make It Easier To Unlock Your iPhone While Wearing a Face Mask
Face ID was a great idea — until large swathes of the world were forced to wear face masks, rendering it largely useless. Apple has apparently heard our pain. From a report: Users are reporting a subtle new feature in the latest developer version of iOS 13.5 that will make it easier to unlock your iPhone without having to take off…
Facebook Has Released a Map of Coronavirus Symptoms Crowdsourced From Its Users
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: Facebook has released a map showing the proportion of people who say they have experienced coronavirus symptoms in each state in the US. The data was gathered from more than one million Facebook users who filled in a survey created by Carnegie Mellon University about whether they were experiencing symptoms like…
Do face masks really reduce coronavirus spread? Experts have mixed answers.
The bulk of evidence suggests that face masks might help contain coronavirus, but only a little. Source: https://www.livescience.com/are-face-masks-effective-reducing-coronavirus-spread.html
Do face masks work against the coronavirus and should you wear one?
The advice on widespread face mask use to protect against covid-19 varies wildly, but there is some evidence that they stop sick people spreading the virus Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2240288-do-face-masks-work-against-the-coronavirus-and-should-you-wear-one/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Apple Begins Making Millions of Face Shields and Sources 20 Million Face Masks
“Apple announced Sunday it’s launched a companywide effort to design, produce and ship face shields to medical workers battling the coronavirus outbreak,” reports CNET:
The first shipment was delivered this week to a Kaiser facility in the Santa Clara Valley, Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a video posted to Twitter. “Teams across Apple have been working hard on ways we can…