China launches coronavirus "close contact detection" app

Why it matters: The Chinese government has launched an app that aims to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The “close contact detector” works by letting people know if they’ve been in close proximity to someone with the disease.

According to China’s state-run news agency, Xinhua , people can scan a QR code using mobile apps such as Alipay, WeChat, or QQ to make an inquiry. After registering a phone number, users enter their name and ID number to discover if they’ve

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Naughty Dog is putting finishing touches to The Last of Us Part II

In brief: Like many other highly-anticipated games of late, Naughty Dog's Last of Us Part II also saw a delayed release schedule, which seemingly won't be pushed further as the title is currently in its last stages of production.

In a post on the official PlayStation blog, Naughty Dog's Arne Meyer said that The Last of Us Part II had entered the "final stretch of production" as the studio was putting finishing touches to the game.

"The end of development puts us one

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Logitech announces a new streaming-focused webcam for $169.99

In brief: Wannabe streamers or anyone looking to upgrade their old webcam might be interested in Logitech's latest StreamCam, which packs several neat little touches for content creators such as auto-tracking and image stabilization on the software side and a monitor and tripod mount included in the box for setting up the hardware.

Logitech wants streamers to broadcast themselves with its new StreamCam that's designed to make good use of the company's Capture software for dealing with exposure levels, framing, and image stabilization during recording sessions.

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Will MWC be canceled? Organizers meet on Friday as more companies drop out

In a nutshell: With every day bringing news of another big company dropping out of Mobile World Congress over coronavirus fears, it’s starting to look as if the event might be canceled. According to new reports, organizer GSMA is holding a meeting this Friday to decide the fate of the upcoming show.

The list of tech firms dropping out of MWC is growing by the day. It started with LG and Ericsson before Nvidia , Sony , Amazon, Intel , Vivo, and many other companies followed suit.

In a

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Nvidia forced to remove Activision Blizzard games from GeForce Now

What just happened? Nvidia GeForce Now is shaping up to be a decent way for hopping onto the cloud gaming bandwagon, but the service recently took a hit from publisher Activision Blizzard, who've decided to remove their entire catalog of Battle.net games from GeForce Now's content library.

The term 'cloud gaming wars' likes to be thrown around quite a bit, and it seems Nvidia has had the first casualty on its hands after Activision Blizzard decided to pull down its entire catalog of games including Overwatch,


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Macs saw almost double the number of malware threats than Windows PCs last year

Why it matters: “Macs don’t get viruses,” or so the long-time saying goes. But according to Malwarebytes’ annual State of Malware report, that’s far from true. In fact, there was almost double the number of threats targeting Macs compared to Windows PCs in 2019.

The report states that Macs saw an average of 11 threats per endpoint in 2019, whereas Windows systems had an average of 5.8 threats—the first time Macs outpaced

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Motorola Razr is getting slaughtered on early reviews


The first few reviews of the folding Moto Razr will tell you the handset is gorgeous and sleek, but will also point out it's too expensive, battery life is average, the display squeaks and the camera sucks. Ouch.

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US says it has evidence that Huawei can spy on mobile networks

In context: The US has long insisted that Huawei has backdoor access to the mobile-phone networks it helps build around the world. Now, national security officials say they have evidence of this and provided details to the UK and Germany.

"We have evidence that Huawei has the capability secretly to access sensitive and personal information in systems it maintains and sells around the world," US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien told the Wall Street Journal .

Back in May last year, President Trump, citing a threat to

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CIA has been secretly selling encryption equipment in 120 countries through Crypto AG for decades

A hot potato: Encryption is supposed to be one of the most effective ways to secure data and communications. Sometimes, that fails spectacularly in the face of clever tactics such as those employed by the CIA for decades. It turns out US intelligence and German intelligence secretly owned the leading global supplier of encryption equipment used by 120 countries, which allowed them unfettered access to pretty much any communication from both allies and adversaries.

The Trump administration may be quick to show their mistrust of Huawei and Chinese tech companies in general

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