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The UK's coronavirus tracing app doesn't work on older phones | Thursday, September 24 2020

The UK's coronavirus tracing app doesn't work on older phones | Thursday, September 24 2020

The UK’s health secretary, Matt Hancock, has already been forced to defend technical issues with the rollout of the contact tracing app. After months of delay, now people with older phones say they’re having issues downloading it. But Matt Han...

Tech and Science Daily | The Standard · Rachelle Abbott

September 24, 20207m 23s

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The UK’s health secretary, Matt Hancock, has already been forced to defend technical issues with the rollout of the contact tracing app. After months of delay, now people with older phones say they’re having issues downloading it. But Matt Hancock says this is a ‘tipping point’ in the fight against coronavirus, which is seeing a second wave across Britain. Plus, Google launches a Covid-19 data layer for maps, downloading iOS 14 could mean losing Fortnite, and a new project means you can ‘listen’ to images of the Milky Way.

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