UK makes U-turn; to use Apple-Google contract-tracing API

In a major U-turn, the UK is ditching the way its current COVID-19 contact-tracing app works and shifting to a model based on technology provided by Apple and Google.The Beeb:The move comes the day after the BBC revealed that a former Apple executive, Simon Thompson, was taking charge of the late-running project.
The Apple-Google design has been promoted as being more privacy-focused.
However, it means epidemiologists will have access to less data.
And questions remain about whether any smartpho