Week in Review: COVID Detection Tech, Evaluating Employees, etc.
This week, June 22- 26, 2020: temperature scanning platforms, contactless technology, evaluating employees, sound masking, and more.
Blogs
How AV Tech Can Help Higher Ed Adjust to COVID-19
One of the many lingering questions about adjusting to the new normal revolves around education and how we will continue to educate the world’s next leaders during a global pandemic. Higher education, like most the business world, has been conducted remotely for the last few months, but with learning over for most students, now is […]
Microsoft Warns Against Advanced Server Takeover Attacks
Microsoft is warning users of increasing attacks on Exchange servers after picking up on a trend of advanced server compromise attacks in April. The company is urging users and organizations to apply the latest security patches, keep antivirus and cybersecurity software enabled, review roles and groups to ensure no unauthorized accounts have been added or […]
Boston Becomes Latest City to Ban Facial Recognition
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 […]
These Commercial Technology Products are Award-Winners
Each year, TechDecisions’ sister site Commercial Integrator recognizes technology products in a number of categories that stand out for their innovation and benefits. Check out this year’s BEST Award winners.
How Contactless Technology Can Make Us Safer Post-Lockdown
We can’t be cooped up inside and at home forever. We will eventually return to work, travel and visit tourist attractions, but there will be some new technology that will help us adjust to this new way of living. That’s according to audiovisual technology experts that I heard during sessions of InfoComm 2020 Connected, the […]
Video Q&A: The Value of Sound Masking
We talked to David Smith of Lencore about the value of sound masking solutions, and how Lencore will thrive under its new ownership.
Check Out Google’s New Meet Shortcut
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 […]
Who Got Hacked This Week? June 22 Edition
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, June 22, 2020? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
Microsoft to Resume Non-Security Windows Updates
Microsoft last week announced that the company would resume non-security updates for Windows 10 and Windows Server after halting the program in March due to the coronavirus pandmic. In a company blog, Chris Morrissey, communications lead for the Windows servicing and delivery team at Microsoft, said optional releases will resume next month for Windows 10 […]
