Hidden data suggests the UK lockdown is faltering

Tracing apps | Coronavirus questions Today's top stories Hidden data suggests the UK's coronavirus lockdown is faltering Traffic figures and internet usage point to an inconvenient truth Coronavirus contact tracing apps were meant to save us. They won't 7 big questions we still need to answer about coronavirus what you need to know Remdesivir may shorten Covid-19 hospital stays  A US government trial showed that patients given the antiviral drug recovered 31 per cent faster, in 11 days instead of 15, in a placebo-controlled trial carried out by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Experts warn over British government's contact tracing app  177 cybersecurity and privacy experts have signed an open letter to the UK government warning that the app could be used to surveil people even after coronavirus has gone. They asked for assurance the contact tracing would not be deployed as a mass-surveillance tool. Amazon turns to Chinese firm on US blacklist to meet thermal camera needs The internet giant has bought cameras to take temperatures of workers from a firm the United States blacklisted over allegations it helped China detain and monitor Uighurs and other Muslim minorities, according to a report by Reuters.  Facebook and Twitter failing to clamp down on scammers An investigation by consumer watchdog Which? found that 50 profiles, pages and groups on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram offering stolen credit-card details, and Netflix and Uber Eats accounts. Special offer: Get one year of WIRED magazine for just £12 ONE MORE THING... When he'd signed up for an online class in Russian cinema history, he'd had no idea it meant being surveilled over video chat by someone on the other side of the world. Hayes learned about it via an item on the class syllabus, released shortly before the semester began, that read "Examity Directions." The Verge reports on the creepy new surveillance measures schools are imposing on their remote students.  from the wired long read archive The climate crisis has sparked a Siberian mammoth tusk gold rush The Arctic permafrost is thawing, revealing millions of buried mammoth skeletons. But the rush for mammoth ivory could put elephants in danger all over again FEATURED JOBS PRODUCT MANAGER, ML & ANALYTICS – OCADO APPLY SALES SPECIALIST, MARKETING AUTOMATION – ADOBE APPLY On the podcast Get the magazine + Received this from a friend? Subscribe to The Email from WIRED + Prefer a weekly digest? Subscribe to WIRED Weekender FOLLOW WIRED Unsubscribe   |   View this email in your browser Queries about this email? Contact datacontroller@condenast.co.uk Condé Nast Publications 1 Hanover Square, London W1S 1JU © The Condé Nast Publications Ltd Our Privacy Policy