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UK to make use of Google-Apple mannequin for tracing app in U-turn: BBC

The British authorities will abandon the centralised mannequin of its coronavirus test-and-trace app and swap to 1 based mostly on know-how offered by Apple and Google, the BBC reported on Thursday.
The British government will abandon the centralised model of its coronavirus test-and-trace app and switch to one based on technology provided by Apple and Google, the BBC reported on Thursday.

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