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.
Blogs
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This week, April 13-17, 2020: Colorado towns create their own telecoms, outdated coding languages hold up entertainment, Microsoft becomes the NBA tech partner, and more.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.
Check Out These Free Versions of Popular Meeting Platforms
If your organization has been searching for a video communication and collaboration tool among the several leading the market, you likely have several from which to choose. Due to COVID-19, online meeting technology is now a critical tool for any organization that has sent employees home but is still expecting them to produce their normal […]
Unemployment Checks Held Up Due to Outdated Coding Language
The Verge has reported that at least twelve states have unemployment software running on COBOL, a decades old coding language.
An Optional Windows Update is Reportedly Bricking PCs
A new Windows 10 update is reportedly causing multiple problems for users, according to several media reports and Microsoft forums. Given there’s a global pandemic and the economy is scrambling to survive with everyone working from home, this isn’t a good time for another buggy update from the leader in enterprise workstations. According to Windows […]
New Bill Introduced by California Would Introduce Fiber Broadband for All
The Fiber Broadband for All Bill, SB 1130, would allow California to transition legacy communications infrastructure into a fiber network available to all residents.
