Data-Mining Company Palantir Will Gather COVID-19 Data for U.S.
After success working with global intelligence, military, and law enforcement agencies, Palantir will gather data and information on COVID-19 for HHS Protect Now.
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Zoom Releases Zoom 5.0, Adds New Security Features
Zoom is working to regain public trust as it releases Zoom 5.0, a new version of the popular videoconferencing app that includes security upgrades and new data options. The general availability of Zoom 5.0 is a key milestone in the company’s 90-day plan to address security and transparency lapses with the platform after it came […]
Netflix Uses TLS 1.3 for Faster Streaming on Crowded Networks
With a surge in users watching Netflix as a result of so many people being home during COVID-19, the company has utilized TLS 1.3 to make sure streaming doesn’t stop.
Zoom Announces New Data Routing Options For Paid Customers
Videoconferencing platform Zoom is continuing to roll out security upgrades, the most recent being new data routing options that give paid customers the ability to customer their data center settings. This new feature began April 18 and allows users with paid subscriptions to customer which data center regions their account can use for its real-time […]
Who Got Hacked This Week? April 20 Edition
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, April 20, 2020? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
Microsoft Adds New Intelligent Writing Assistant Features to Word
Using advanced neural network and machine learning models, Microsoft has unveiled a new feature in Word that provides sentence-level writing suggestions. The new feature is an update to Microsoft’s Rewrite Suggestions, which offers ideas to help users rephrase sentences for more impact or clarity. The feature is available for users of Word on the web […]
New Yorkers Can Officially Get Married Via Zoom
Videoconferencing apps like Zoom, Google Meet, WebEx, GoToMeeting and many others have not only been used to help businesses continue operations remotely, but also to help us connect with one another personally. They’re also allowing couples who were forced to postpone or cancel their wedding due to COVID-19 to get married virtually. However, New York […]
Week in Review: Quarantine Habits, Retail Tech Trends, News, etc.
This week, April 13-17, 2020: Colorado towns create their own telecoms, outdated coding languages hold up entertainment, Microsoft becomes the NBA tech partner, and more.
Microsoft Strikes Deal to Become Official Technology Partner of NBA
Although the NBA regular season is temporarily suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, that isn’t stopping the league from bolstering its technology offerings with one of the largest names in the business. Announced Thursday, Microsoft is expanding its technology market share in major U.S. sports leagues with a multi-year deal to be the official technology […]
Colorado Towns Band Together to Build Their Own Telecom
Frustrated with unreliable service, 14 rural Colorado towns worked together on Project Thor, a 481-mile telecom network run by the collective governments.
