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Apple releases COVID-19 app update, offers fixes, changes based on CDC guidance

Apple on Thursday released a substantial updated to its COVID-19 app and website, including both bug fixes and significant new information. Updates include new recommendations for healthcare workers to align with CDC guidelines, best practices for quarantining if you’ve been exposed to COVID-19, and new information for pregnancy and newborns. As of April, Apple responded […]

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Apple updates COVID-19 screening app, includes updated symptoms, face mask tips

This might come in handy. Apple on Friday updated its iOS COVID-19 screening app with new information as to Coronavirus symptoms and face mask-related tips. The company launched its COVID-19 tool in late March, updating the app in April with links to state-level guidance and tips for personal self-care. The Friday updated includedupdated symptom information […]

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Apple launches Covid-19 self-screening website and iOS/iPadOS app

Apple has released both a new website as well as an iOS/iPadOS app with a screening tool for Coronavirus symptoms, along with updated information about prevention practices. The company said the site arose out of a partnership with the Centers for Disease Control, the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The site’s […]

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TSA to allow 11.6″ MacBook Air to remain in bags during security screenings

Good news for travelers: Your late 2010 11″ MacBook Air notebook will note have to be removed from its bag at security checkpoints in U.S. airports, the Transportation Security Administration has announced. Per CNN, TSA spokesperson Nicholas Kimball has stated that the new 11″ MacBook Air is small enough that it doesn’t need to be […]