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Somerville Startup Biobot Analytics Scours Sewage For Coronavirus
Scientists and public health officials hope that sewage can help us track and treat the coronavirus -
Telemedicine Calls Soar As People Avoid Emergency Rooms Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Federal and Massachusetts are taking steps to ensure the services are covered. -
Internet Traffic Surges As Companies And Schools Send People Home
People are turning to video streaming and online gaming, while companies scramble to make sure their systems can handle remote workers. -
Andy Ihnatko: It's 'Not Feasible' For A Smart Speaker To Secretly Record You
Your smart speaker isn't always listening in on your conversations, studies find. -
Twitter's 'Heart Is In The Right Place' In Fighting Misinformation, Says Andy Ihnatko
The platform is testing new ways to alert users when there is a falsehood in a tweet. -
CES 2020 Takeaways: Laudable Laptops
Soon enough, you could be reading this webpage from a foldable laptop screen. -
Facebook Vows To Fight Deepfakes With New Policy
The move follows years of criticism for its decision to allow various forms of misinformation to circulate without any check in place. -
Study Finds New Effects Of Screen Time On Children
If a child is prone to depression or anxiety, certain types of screen time can intensify their feelings, a study finds. -
Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Oracle Lawsuit Against Google
After nine years, tech giant Google scored a win when the Supreme Court agreed to hear its longstanding dispute with Oracle over the use of the coding language Java in their Android operating system. -
MIT Expert Explains Ransomware Attacks
Over the last six years, nearly a dozen cities and towns in Massachusetts have had their systems attacked.
