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UK eyeing switch to Apple-Google API for coronavirus contacts tracing report

The United Kingdom may be rethinking its answer to shun Apple and Google’s API for its national coronavirus contacts tracing app, in keeping with the Monetary Instances, which reported the day gone by that the government is paying an IT supplier to analysis whether or not or no longer it is going to in all probability mix the tech giants’ approa…
The UK may be rethinking its decision to shun Apple and Google’s API for its national coronavirus contacts tracing app, according to the Financial Times, which reported yesterday that the government is paying an IT supplier to investigate whether it can integrate the tech giants’ approa…

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