Is Sky playing fair on end-of-contract notifications for pay-TV customers? Ofcom to investigate the telecoms giant Ofcom is investigating Sky over whether it is following industry rules Firms now have to tell customers when their contract is coming to an end Sky believes it does not have to tell its pay-TV customers By Grace Gausden … Read more
The NHS contact tracing coronavirus app , called NHS Covid-19, is based on a piece of software, an API, built by tech giants Apple and Google, who came together in an unprecedented alliance at the start of the pandemic. It works via Bluetooth, which is fitted to almost every smartphone in the world, and involves … Read more
The NHS Covid-19 app has finally been given an update to address the glitch causing phantom notifications which led to widespread alarm among users. England and Wales’s contact-tracing app is based on the software blueprint laid out for free by Apple and Google. Many people have reported receiving bizarre alerts which were said to be … Read more
Apple, Google and the UK Department for Health have still not fixed a glitch in the NHS Covid-19 app, which has resulted in thousands of users receiving phantom ‘exposure notifications’. The alerts have been popping up on both iOS and Android devices since last week, with the title: ‘Possible COVID-19 exposure’, ‘COVID-19 EXPOSURE LOGGING’ or ‘COVID-19 … Read more
Apple and Google will automatically send notifications to some user’s phones if they have come into contact with a person infected with the coronavirus. The system is an expanded version of the Apple and Google partnership which led to a specialised coronavirus tracking app framework, launched in May. The update will not require health authorities … Read more
Apple iOS 13.7 set to let users receive coronavirus exposure notifications WITHOUT downloading a third-party contact tracing app Apple’s is set to let users easily turn on coronavirus exposure notifications Developers spotted the update in the upcoming iOS 13.7 in ‘Settings’ This would allows users to use contact tracing without downloading an app By Stacy Liberatore … Read more
Facebook to scan private chats in Messenger for signs of scams and deliver pop-up notifications to users who appear to be falling for them Machine learning will detect unusual behaviour and warn people of scams In-app notification will warn people and offer formation on how to avoid scams Similar feature will be used to help users spot potential … Read more