UK contact-tracing app set to miss official launch date as Google, Apple release API

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ISSUE DATE: 22 May 2020 TOP STORIES UK contact-tracing app set to miss official launch date as Google, Apple release API Government ministers aim to shore up contact-tracing strategy after junior minister concedes much-publicised app set miss-stated start date and Silicon Valley giants officially launch API for apps that follow different route than NHS. READ MORE → Cyber security magnate Kaspersky launches travel accelerator With travel and tourism devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic, cyber security entrepreneur Eugene Kaspersky is funneling resources into an accelerator to help the beleaguered industry. READ MORE → Infinidat sees containers and S3 as key to join storage big guns But that’s not all. The array maker – that brings flash performance with massive amounts of HDD plus cache – plans for NVMe-over-fabric and use of 20TB hard drives too. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

IN DEPTH Coronavirus: How MyIX is keeping Malaysians connected Malaysia’s MyIX internet exchange has been classed as critical national infrastructure, with member telcos adding more capacity to meet the surge in demand for internet services. READ MORE → Early-stage startups struggle to secure funding during lockdown Investment in UK startups is being directed to a small number of already-established firms, with new data showing first-time funding has plummeted since the lockdown began. READ MORE → UK government spent over £50m on digital response to Covid-19 pandemic NAO report outlines public spending on responding to the coronavirus crisis, which also includes a £1.2bn hit from delaying controversial IR35 tax reforms. READ MORE → Facial-recognition suppliers race to identify hidden faces The number of companies claiming to have developed facial-recognition tools that can identify masked faces has skyrocketed since the start of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. READ MORE →

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