Google leverages the massive scale of Android to do phone-based earthquake tracking.
Source: Android is now the world’s largest earthquake detection network | Ars Technica
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Dozens of potential new antibiotics discovered with free online app | Illinois
A new web tool speeds the discovery of drugs to kill Gram-negative bacteria, which are responsible for the vast majority of antibiotic-resistant infections and deaths. The team that developed the tool also used it to convert a drug effective only against Gram-positive bacteria into one that also kills several Gram-negative infections.
Source: Dozens of potential new antibiotics discovered with free online app | Illinois
Google Assistant on Android devices could be tricked into taking photos, videos – CNET
Security researchers found a flaw through Android’s voice commands that allowed for eavesdropping and location tracking.
Source: Google Assistant on Android devices could be tricked into taking photos, videos – CNET
Apps have become safer after GDPR | Karlstad University
“We have seen changes in app behaviour that indicate a positive effect of GDPR,” says Lothar Fritsch, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Karlstad University. “Many suppliers have made an effort to make their apps more compatible with GDPR.”
Source: Apps have become safer after GDPR | Karlstad University
This new tool for developers can help preserve app users’ privacy
This new tool for developers can help preserve app users’ privacy – CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Source: This new tool for developers can help preserve app users’ privacy
‘Blood pressure selfies’ could be used to monitor patients with 96 per cent accuracy, study claims | Daily Mail Online
Researchers from the University of Toronto used an iPhone to measure the blood pressure of more than 1,300 patients and say ‘contactless’ technology could make patients’ lives easier.
Apple Cracks Down on Apps That Fight iPhone Addiction – The New York Times
Last year, with much fanfare, the tech giant unveiled a screen-time tracker of its own. Then it quietly began purging competitors from its store.
Source: Apple Cracks Down on Apps That Fight iPhone Addiction – The New York Times
These Android apps have been tracking you, even when you say stop – CNET
Exclusive: Advertisers are collecting info that can help them skirt an Android privacy feature, according to new research.
Source: These Android apps have been tracking you, even when you say stop – CNET
