Curious Coincidence: A journey to the origins of COVID-19.
A new MIT Technology Review original series investigates the mystery of Covid-19.
Curious Coincidence: A journey to the origins of COVID-19. Read MoreWhen used here Coronavirus-Covid19 is in reference to technological aspects of the disease, such as technologies used to counteract it.
A new MIT Technology Review original series investigates the mystery of Covid-19.
Curious Coincidence: A journey to the origins of COVID-19. Read MoreThe task of 2022 will be figuring out how much action we’re willing to take and how much disease and death we’ll tolerate.
Covid Will Become Endemic. The World Must Decide What That Means Read MoreAs challenging as the past year (and more) has been, the Internet has made it possible for many important aspects of life, work, and culture to continue.
A Year in Lockdown: How the Waves of COVID-19 Impact Internet Traffic Read MoreIdentifying the optimal trade-off between discovery latency, energy consumption, and success probability is crucial for efficient and reliable contact tracing.
How Reliable Is Smartphone-Based Electronic Contact Tracing for COVID-19? Read MoreFrom the point of market-opportunity awareness to the availability of a fully functional software product, the project took three weeks to complete and involved several state-of-the-art practices and tools.
Software Development in Disruptive Times Read MoreWhenever a new virus emerges—be it HIV or SARS-CoV-2—a few lucky people put up a potent natural defense. Monoclonal antibody drugs let them share the health.
May I Borrow Your Covid Immunity? Read MoreTechnology has completely transformed the global food supply system, yet still hasn’t brought an end to hunger. For that to happen, the choices we need to make are political, not technological.
Technology can help us feed the world, if we look beyond profit Read MoreWhy, Vespignani wondered, were computer networks still susceptible to viruses even though millions of individual users had antivirus software? The answer, he discovered, was that if you didn’t inoculate the nodes, malicious code could still zip around the internet with relative ease.
The Vulnerable Can Wait. Vaccinate the Super-Spreaders First Read MoreThough privacy concerns limit the quantity of information they will be able to use, as the pandemic gradually clears, researchers will have data from the most closely tracked outbreak of its kind to gauge the effectiveness of the many strategies countries have used to tackle Covid-19. But the pandemic has reinforced the notion that there are limits to what data science can achieve, despite the clear cost-savings and efficiency that technology promises.
Coalition of the Willing Takes Aim at COVID-19 Read MoreTo be sure, China did eventually take extraordinary and painful steps to quell its domestic outbreak. But it has also taken extreme measures to curate the information that has emerged from ground zero of the pandemic.
Inside the Early Days of China’s Coronavirus Coverup Read MoreHackers laid the groundwork months ago for attacks. Now they’re flipping the switch.
The Covid-19 Pandemic Reveals Ransomware’s Long Game Read MoreThe FBI and DHS say that Beijing’s hacking “jeopardizes” the delivery of much-needed Covid-19 treatment options.
The US Says Chinese Hackers Went Too Far During the Covid-19 Crisis Read MoreMore than 12 government-backed groups are using the pandemic as cover for digital reconnaissance and espionage, according to a new report.
Google Sees State-Sponsored Hackers Ramping Up Coronavirus Attacks Read MoreSecurity researchers have spotted the “Scattered Canary” group scamming vital benefits programs amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Nigerian Fraudsters Ripping Off the Unemployment System Read MoreAs more people work from home and anxiety mounts, expect cyberattacks of all sorts to take advantage.
Coronavirus Sets the Stage for Hacking Mayhem Read More