Bill Gates says countries will probably use interviews and databases to track the coronavirus
Bill Gates thinks most countries will fight COVID-19 with interview-based contact tracing and a central database to track exposure. He calls contact tracing, which helps identify and isolate people who could spread the virus, an “ideal way” to stop the pandemic. American health authorities are attempting to rapidly scale up a contact tracing interview system that may require an “army” of disease detectives.
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Report: iOS adoption sees highest numbers in Q1 US activations since 2016
CIRP is out with a new analyst report today looking at US smartphone activations in the March quarter and whether consumers went with iOS or Android and iOS adoption sees highest numbers in Q1 US activations since 2016.
That’s positive news for Apple but CIRP’s data also shows that operating system loyalty is very high at around 90% for both iOS and Android.
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Bill Gates invests in solar energy startup Heliogen
Bill Gates just joined a growing number of private equity investors who are backing California-based Heliogen, founded by Bill Gross, which aims to transform the most heavily polluting industries by providing them with a high-energy, solar-based alternative. The company uses software to align an array of mirrors that concentrates sunlight, reaching temperatures upwards of 1000 degrees Celsius, an improvement three times over legacy systems.
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