The COVID-19 pandemic has had a drastic effect on budgets at organizations of all sizes. Spending is down across the board, and that is unfortunately leading to layoffs. However, there are some encouraging signs that the economy is rebounding, so tech firms could soon be looking to that large talent pool of tech professionals looking […]
As students across the U.S. begin to return to the classroom – both physically and virtually – Cisco is releasing new offerings to help educators connect with students. On Tuesday, Cisco announced a preview of Webex Classrooms, a new education offering leveraging Webex meetings for educational purposes to meet the needs of the hybrid classroom. […]
Zoom has posted the results of what was expected to be a gigantic second quarter, and the web conferencing giant didn’t disappoint. The company reported an exponential increase in users. Although it did not detail the exact number, the company said it has 370,200 customers with more than 10 employees, In April, Zoom said it […]
Building on its air purification technology and applying it to the COVID-19 pandemic, LG is releasing a new air purifying mask that the company says supplies fresh, clean air both indoors and outside. In a Thursday press release, LG said the PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier will be debuted at IFA 2020. The company says the […]
Several studies and surveys have found that newly remote employees largely want to keep working from their homes, but other research suggests that mental health, job satisfaction and motivation are suffering. According to research firm The Martec Group, remote workers are not all adjusting to remote work in the same way. Not every employee is […]
Remote work is now the norm for a large chunk of U.S. workers, but how does that translate into event production? Ask the folks who produced the Democratic National Convention last week. Like countless other professionals that job was done remotely or in a makeshift workstation at home. Now, from a single location, try to […]
As it hopes to keep pace with Zoom and Microsoft Teams, Cisco is acquiring noise removal and speech enhancement firm BabbleLabs to add another layer of noise reduction features to Webex meetings. Cisco will bring that native noise removal capability to its entire collaboration portfolio, beginning with integrating BabbleLabs for Webex Meetings users on any […]
As a journalist, transcribing audio is my least favorite thing to do. It usually takes more time than the actual interview itself. But, it’s necessary to get it right to avoid misquoting or misinterpreting comments. I’ve made use of some other artificial intelligence-based transcription apps and then moved that text over to Microsoft Word, but […]
Zoom is being used by millions to conduct business, go to school, take yoga classes and much more to the point that the service has become a household name. That’s why when it goes down, it’s a very big deal. That’s what happened this morning when users were unable to start and join Zoom meetings […]
Facial recognition algorithms developed prior to the coronavirus pandemic struggle mightily to identify our faces through our masks, according to a preliminary study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Even the best of the 89 commercial facial recognition algorithms tested had error rates between 5% and 50% in matching digitally applied face masks with […]
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