GPS tracking need not sit out COVID-19 because of privacy laws

Photo: AntonioGuillem/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images Commentary by Jeremy Meisinger The scale and speed of the COVID-19 crisis has left policymakers searching for new tools to address an unprecedented challenge. Everything from faster testing to new treatments to more…
Smart speakers need localization techniques

Smart speakers such as the Amazon Alexa or Google Home haven’t mastered determining user location in the home. Solving this problem was the focus of a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign research team’s recently published paper. The team — led…