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Once enough people get Covid-19, it will stop spreading on its own. But the costs will be devastating.

Private Kit: Safe Paths shares information about your movements in a privacy-preserving way—and could let health officials tackle coronavirus hot spots.

Social distancing is here to stay for much more than a few weeks. It will upend our way of life, in some ways forever.

The hiring spree is to cope with an unprecedented surge in demand for online deliveries during the outbreak.

With millions on lockdown, Facebook and Twitter are major sources of Covid-19 news. They’re also where misinformation thrives. How can platforms step up?

The data set aims to accelerate scientific research that could fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

It draws inspiration from the structure and electrical activity of the brain to distinguish between odors.

The key question right now is how similar the US will be to Italy.

In a recent panel discussion, experts highlighted some practical lessons from the original cryptocurrency.

Private and academic labs are rushing to fill the void left by CDC’s mistakes, hoping to slow the deadly pandemic in the US.

It has tapped one of the nation’s best flu-forecasting labs to retool its prediction algorithms for the Covid-19 pandemic.

The worst-case figures are what would happen if no action is taken to slow the virus, which spreads person to person.

An in-depth investigation into artificial-intelligence-based attempts to recognize deception.

Not everyone can work from home or cease traveling. Here’s what you can do when circumstance forces you to be out and about during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The key features: quick action, extensive testing, and relentless tracking.

Some things need to change if we want AI to be useful next time, and you might not like them.

Headline news and global disorder are tools hackers take advantage of to make their next breach.

The growing outbreak is creating fear and confusion for contractors who lack the protections afforded to permanent employees.

The virus prefers steel and plastic, materials commonly found in hospitals and homes.

In an excerpt from his new book, The Dragons and the Snakes, a leading military strategist explains how the West is losing its technological edge over guerrilla insurgencies.

Google programmer Mehmet Kuzu talked scientists and funders into treating his daughter’s rare genetic disorder with a novel, customized antisense drug

A fast-track vaccine will be tried on people soon but it uses an unproven technology.

It’ll sap funding and political will—but actually, it should.

There are dozens of sites that show you how coronavirus is spreading around the world. Here is our ranking.

Thousands in coronavirus lockdown will be monitored for symptoms—and tracked to make sure they stay at home and don’t become “super spreaders.”

When knitting site Ravelry banned all pro-Trump content it caused a schism in the community—but it also shone a spotlight on how women are using niche sites to politicize.

Hackers working for Kim Jong-un have become experts at covering their tracks on the Bitcoin blockchain.

The first testing kits from the Centers for Disease Control had a simple fault, and red tape prevented other labs from creating their own.

He doesn’t plan to spend nearly as much, but he’s striving to build a broader coalition.

Genetic data shows that countries are getting hit with multiple introductions of the virus.

Researchers managed to amplify nerve signals to the point where they can be translated into movements.

Fraudsters use fake accounts to spread spam, phishing links, or malware. Now Facebook is revealing details on how it uses AI to fight back.

Colleagues reflect on the life and work of the renowned physicist, who died last week.