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Utah Professor Developing COVID-19 Sensor to Detect Virus in 60 Seconds

University of Utah electrical and computer engineering professor Massood Tabib-Azar has received a $200,000 National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant to develop a portable, reusable coronavirus sensor that people can carry with them. The sensor, about the size of a quarter, works with a cellphone and can detect...

Apple Holiday Season Tops Projections as iPhone Bounces Back

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is still reaping huge profits from the iPhone while mining more moneymaking opportunities from the growing popularity of its smartwatch, digital services and wireless earbuds. That combination produced a banner holiday season for a company whose fortunes appeared to be sliding just a year ago amid...

Robocalls Slammed My Phone. Are the Big Carriers Fighting This?

The phone tone warbled on my trusty, two-year-old Android. I looked at the screen. It wasn't a familiar number, but had Fresno's 559 area code. I accepted the call. A robotic, male voice began to alert me that my Social Security number had been suspended because of suspicious activity. Oh,...

Apple to Fix FaceTime Bug That Allows Eavesdropping

Apple has disabled a group-chat function in FaceTime after users said a software bug could let callers activate another person's microphone remotely. With the bug, a FaceTime user calling another iPhone, iPad, or Mac computer could hear audio — even if the receiver did not accept the call. The bug...

Triumph of the iPhone: Apple Cracks Trillion-Dollar Mark

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is the world's first publicly traded company to be valued at $1 trillion, the financial fruit of stylish technology that has redefined what we expect from our gadgets. The milestone reached Thursday marks the latest triumph of a trend-setting company that two mavericks named Steve started...

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