Facial recognition is being floated as a technology that could help in the wake of the coronavirus, but some major cities aren’t sold on the technology. Now, you can add Boston to that list. The capital of Massachusetts just became the second largest community in the world to ban the use of facial recognition surveillance […]
QSC has announced that it has joined the Microsoft Teams Device Certification Program to enhance the Q-SYS Ecosystem’s integration with Teams Rooms. The popular conferencing and audio equipment manufacturer is working towards completing specific solution certifications aimed at further empowering effective meetings and collaboration with Teams Rooms and the Q-SYS Ecosystem in larger, more complex […]
As more and more organizations migrate their data from on-premises client servers to the cloud, end users are discovering the benefits of having their communications tools, platforms and applications under one unified roof. That of course is unified communications, a collection of technology solutions that organizations implement to creates an environment for seamless and secure […]
Google Meet is the latest G Sutie app to get a new shortcut feature that allows users to immediately start a call on the web. Users can already use “.new” links to create documents in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Sites and Forms. Using Meet.new, users can immediately start a call. According to 9 to 5 […]
Amazon says it won’t allow law enforcement to use Rekognition, its facial recognition technology, for a year. “We’ve advocated that governments should put in place stronger regulations to govern the ethical use of facial recognition technology, and in recent days, Congress appears ready to take on this challenge,” Amazon said in a blog post Wednesday. “We hope […]
Videoconferencing platform BlueJeans is rolling out new features that help the platform keep pace with competitors like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, including enhanced security and time management features. In a blog, senior product manager Mahabaleshwar Bhat said the improvements were driven by rising customer demand for “more natural collaboration and secure engagements” as the world […]
The world of unified communication and collaboration has been thrust into the mainstream thanks to social distancing and public health measures that have forced the closure of many businesses and offices. Platforms like Zoom have filled that gap of personal meetings quite nicely, and the company has become a household name in the blink of […]
Microsoft has rolled out several new features for the free version of communication and collaboration platform Teams, most notably the ability to set a new custom background. The custom background feature is similar to one that Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms offer that gives users the ability to make their background in a video meeting […]
Artificial intelligence research organization OpenAI is releasing an Application programming interface for accessing new AI models developed by OpenAI, giving businesses access to its first commercial product and general purpose AI models. Most AI systems are designed for one use case, but OpenAI’s release is intended to provide a general-purpose “text in, text out” interface […]
Google has started rolling out new intelligent noise reduction features in Google Meet that can filter out noises like keyboard strokes, barking dogs and snacks. According to VentureBeat, which posted a lengthy interview with Serge Lachapelle, G Suite director of product management, the feature leverages supervised learning and an AI model on a labeled data set. […]
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