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Apple’s new $399 iPhone SE is available for preorder on Friday. If you go with the bright red color option, a portion of that sale will go to coronavirus relief efforts.  Until Sept. 30, Apple is partnering with (Red) to redirect a portion of proceeds from the sale of Product Red devices to the Global …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Google is following in Facebook’s footsteps by offering financial aid to local newsrooms, which are continuing to cover the coronavirus epidemic even as it hits their income sources. On Wednesday, it revealed the Journalism Emergency Relief Fund and encouraged small and medium-sized news …

YouTube has a new free video-building tool to help businesses keep their customers connected during shutdowns and restrictions amid the spread of COVID-19. YouTube’s beta Video Builder can animate static images, text and logos with music from its library, Google announced Tuesday. YouTube says it made the tool available faster than planned “because businesses of all sizes are strapped for …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple on Tuesday said it’s making mobility data from Apple Maps available to provide insights to governments and health officials around the world trying to slow the spread of COVID-19.  “While protecting your privacy, we are sharing aggregated mobility data from Apple Maps …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple and Google are working together on a major effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 that uses signals from people’s phones to warn them if they’ve been in contact with someone who’s tested positive for the disease.  The joint project takes advantage …

Google may soon add itself to the list of companies developing its own processors for its devices. According to a new report, the search giant is working on chips that could go into future versions of Pixel phones and Chromebooks.  According to Axios, Google has made “significant progress” and could have its own processor powering a Pixel phone “as soon …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. COVID-19 tracking technology being rolled out by Apple and Google has an expiration date, the tech giants say. The companies say Bluetooth interoperability they’re developing for Android and iOS devices won’t be used after the public health crisis caused by the respiratory disease …

How a COVID-19 testing location will appear on Apple Maps. Apple Apple is trying to find out where people can get tested for COVID-19 in order to add the locations to its Maps app. The company has created a portal for providers to share their details, which will then be verified by the iPhone maker. On the page, spotted late …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Two of the tech industry’s biggest players are working together to fight the coronavirus, announcing a new set of tools that could come to a majority of smartphones around the world. The new technology, outlined in white papers published by Apple and Google …

You might not have had time to notice, what with the global pandemic occupying so much of our attention, but it’s Easter Sunday. Easter isn’t traditionally a big gift-giving holiday — unless you count all the chocolate bunnies and Peeps for the kids — but Best Buy is having a one-day flash sale today. The retailer is cutting prices on …