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Digital contact tracing is not a magic bullet, and there are a lot of steps that still need to happen before digital contact tracing apps like those enabled by Google and Apple start slowing the spread of the coronavirus around the world.

As millions stay home to curb the spread of Covid-19, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres warned that the world is witnessing a "horrifying global surge in domestic violence."

Members of the coronavirus task force are expected to hold a press briefing Wednesday amid signs that the curve is flattening in some hard-hit areas.

Zoom has been incorporated in Delaware since 2011 and keeps its headquarters in San Jose, California. Its largest individual shareholder is a U.S. citizen.

Even though scientists are still learning about Covid-19, the virus has shown the capability to "accelerate in a number of different climates," one WHO official says.

New York state is moving to a "new normal," Cuomo also said as he outlined a gradual reopening of businesses.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced additional unemployment benefits for the state on Wednesday as well as new measures to handle a record volume of unemployment inquiries.

Russia tested a missile capable of knocking out satellites in orbit, the top U.S. space general said on Wednesday.

Pelosi and Schumer, the top Democrats in Congress, have called for at least $500 billion in additional relief for small businesses, hospitals, states and food assistance programs.

Most online publishers in the U.S. asked in a new Internet Advertising Bureau survey say they've had advertisers cancel or pause campaigns with them.

House Democrats say Trump cannot halt funds already approved by Congress for the World Health Organization, which is fighting the coronavirus.

The iPhone SE second generation looks a lot like the iPhone 8 but includes the same A13 processor in Apple's high-end iPhone 11 phones. Preorders begin Friday.

If Greenland's ice sheet is melted away completely, global sea levels could rise by as much as 23 feet, raising serious concerns for coastal communities across the world.

New apps and services roll out to Xfinity customers over the course of two weeks, NBCUniversal said.

The Pentagon's Office of the Inspector General on Wednesday released findings from its review of the JEDI cloud contract.

The World Health Organization is turning to other countries to help fill any gaps in financing its Covid-19 response work after Trump said the U.S. would withhold contributions.

The coronavirus pandemic is straining McDonald's relationship with its U.S. franchisees once again.

Once common in cars and still beloved by many auto enthusiasts the manual transmission is dying out. Automatic transmissions are improving and the small but growing share of electric cars need no multi-gear transmission at all.

Economic activity has fallen sharply due to measures taken during the coronavirus scare, with leisure and hospitality as well as retail the hardest-hit so far, according to the Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book report.