UK abandons contact-tracing app for Apple and Google model
by Dan Sabbagh and Alex Hern from Science | The Guardian on (#54QWT)
NHS to switch to alternative design by tech giants, says Matt Hancock in latest U-turn
The government has been forced to abandon a centralised coronavirus contact-tracing app after spending three months and millions of pounds on technology that experts had repeatedly warned would not work.
In an embarrassing U-turn, Matt Hancock said the NHS would switch to an alternative designed by the US tech companies Apple and Google, which is months away from being ready.
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