News Roundup: Apple and Google release tracing tech, Huawei/US spat intensifies, and Facebook goes all in on undersea cable

IDG Connect's roundup from a week in business technology. IDG, world’s largest technology media company. [IDG Connect]( Picks of the Week [• We examine our research into how Covid-19 has impacted North America]( [• Will the pandemic normalise mass surveillance practices?]( [• A roundup of this week’s technology news focusing on new tracing tech from Apple and Google and rising tensions between the US and China]( After many weeks of media reporting, anticipation and speculation, Apple and Google have now released their jointly developed contract tracing technology. The two companies have released a toolset for world governments to build from, using Bluetooth technology to track down cases of coronavirus and notify people if they have been exposed. any state and federal governments around the world, from Germany to the US states of Alabama and South Carolina, have been waiting with bated breath to get their hands on the app, wishing to build tracing applications with the highest degree of native compatibility. Read the rest of this week’s tech news roundup [here.]( PICKS OF THE WEEK: The best of our opinion and analysis on the big trends in global tech [Otter.ai CEO on the Zoom add-on you probably need]( Sam Liang made the blue dot we use to find ourselves on Google Maps; now he's offering a way to recall meetings. [LGPD: A look at the state of Brazil’s big privacy regulation law]( Brazil's new unified data privacy regulation LGPD is set to cause quite a stir in the country and facilitate a lot of progress amongst local organisations.. [North America: Tech is the pandemic answer but IT still clawing for cash]( We examine our North American coronavirus research findings. [The ethics of tracking apps: Is mass surveillance the new normal?]( Will the Covid-19 pandemic normalise mass surveillance and tracking apps? [How are our data centres coping?]( The Coronavirus pandemic is impacting everything, including our data centres. So what challenges are being faced and what they're doing to meet demand? Kind Regards, IDG Connect Stay in Touch! [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google]( [LinkedIn]( [RSS]( [View in Browser](April/ IDG Connect Friendship House, 49/51 Gresham Road, Staines-Upon-Thames, TW18 4LY, UK. If you do not wish to receive any further emails from us, please [unsubscribe](. Copyright © 2020 IDG Connect Ltd.