UK researchers are using Google's mobile location data collected from apps like Google Maps to help track and predict the spread of COVID-19 across Europe (Ryan Gallagher/Bloomberg)

Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg:
UK researchers are using Google's mobile location data collected from apps like Google Maps to help track and predict the spread of COVID-19 across Europe  —  - Data is anonymized and aggregated, can't track individuals  — Effort is one of many to use mobile phone data to track virus

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