(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. and Google unveiled a rare partnership to add technology to their smartphone platforms that will alert users if they have come into contact with a person with Covid-19. People must opt in to the system, but it has the potential to monitor about a third of the world’s population. The technology, known as contact-tracing, is designed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus by telling users they should quarantine or...

South Korea said on Saturday that it would use electronic wristbands on people who violated self-isolation rules to better contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said the country would make self-isolation violators wear electronic wristbands since the number of cases of people breaching the self-quarantine in recent weeks has raised concerns. “After deep consideration, the government has decided to put electronic wristbands on people who violate self-isolation rules, such as...

Zoom video communication software is increasingly being censured over its security flaws which some countries and organisations have alleged expose them to been spied on by China. Taiwan is the latest country to ban government officials from using Zoom which is owned by a Chinese, Eric Yuan. The ban comes days after the company admitted to mistakenly routing its users traffic through servers in China, Sky news reports. Taiwan and China have diplomatic spat over...