Google is getting new artificial intelligence tools that improve Google’s search service and account for misspellings and provide more accurate search results. The improvements rely heavily on AI and machine learning, including Google’s BERT language understanding system, which is now used in almost every search in English. This will help users find content even if […]
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Rural Airport Uses Open Platform Video Monitoring for Security
The Jackson Hole Airport (JAC) lies seven miles north of Jackson, Wyo., at the base of the Teton mountains. It is unique for being entirely within Grand Teton National Park. Jackson Hole Airport is the busiest airport in the state, with nearly 500,000 in-bound passengers annually. The airport covers over 500 acres and has one runway […]
‘Jewel of Waikiki’ Hotel Automation Relies on Control4 System
With a Control4 hotel automation system, guests can use iPads to dial-in audio systems, climate controls, lighting, & motorized window shades.
When the owners of Espacio the Jewel Waikiki in Oahu, Hawaii, decided to transform their 73-room hotel building into nine full-floor ultra-luxury suites with private elevators, they knew their target market of celebrities and other high-end clientele would expect an “above and beyond” experience from the moment they arrive. The Tech Decision The usual top-shelf […]
Microsoft Releases Azure Defender for IoT in Public Preview
Azure Defender for IoT is designed to help protect and monitor industrial and critical infrastructure that depend on those devices.
Azure Defender for IoT, Microsoft’s cybersecurity solution for IoT and OT devices, has entered public preview to help protect industrial and critical infrastructure that depend on those devices. The new solution incorporates agentless, IOT/OT-aware behavioral analytics from Microsoft’s recent acquisition of CyberX. It addresses these risks by discovering unmanaged assets, identifying vulnerabilities and continuously monitoring […]
Virtual Events, Apps, SDKs Coming to Zoom
Zoomtopia included announcements of new products and features like virtual events, Zoom apps, SDKs, UC enhancements and more.
In addition to its phased approach to rolling out an end-to-end encryption offering to better secure calls, Zoom announced several new products and features during its fourth annual Zoomtopia. The event, held virtually this year, comes as the platform is experiencing a gargantuan increase in users due to the COVID-19 pandemic and remote work. That […]
This Tiny Smart Home is Both High-Tech and Off-Grid
iOhouse Space is a portable tiny smart home that is said to take 90 minutes to set up with gear from Sony, Hikvision and Assa Abloy.
Can high-tech lifestyles go off-the-grid? Yes, according to iOhouse, which is debuting its new 645-square-foot “Space” portable home. Billed as the “perfect fusion of technology and design,” the $413,000 home is completely self-contained. Solar panels and a generator provide the power for electricity, heat and WiFi. It also has its own water and waste management […]
Zoom Begins Rollout of End-To-End Encryption
Zoom is beginning a phased rollout of and end-to-end encryption offering to better secure the platform after security issues.
Zoom next week will begin rolling out its end-to-end encryption offering as a technical preview for 30 days as the company seeks feedback form its users, the company announced during its two-day virtual Zoomtopia event. The enhanced encryption for both free and paid users comes after Zoom in May announced plans to build an end-to-end […]
Poly Announces Poly Sync Family of Speakerphones
Poly is leaning into the rising remote and hybrid work culture as it releases Poly Sync, a new line of smart, USB and Bluetooth speakerphones at this year’s Zoomtopia.
Poly is leaning into the rising remote and hybrid work culture as it releases Poly Sync, a new line of smart, USB and Bluetooth speakerphones at this year’s Zoomtopia. The speakers – three separate products of varying sizes and capabilities – are designed for use in both the home office and conference room and are […]
New Classroom Audio Enables Hybrid Learning at Duquesne University
To meet the needs of its hybrid learners, Duquesne University has outfitted more than 40 classrooms with Nureva HDL300 audio conferencing systems.
Duquesne University recently outfitted more than 40 classrooms with Nureva HDL300 audio conferencing systems and an additional 32 systems have been ordered. SMARTSolution Technologies, an authorized Nureva dealer, supported the university in its search for an audio conferencing system to help students learn in a hybrid environment, where some students are in the classroom and others are participating in […]
CHS/Community Health Systems to Pay $5M in Data Breach Settlement
The data breach settlement regards a 2014 incident that affected approximately 6.1 million patients in 28 states, report says.
Twenty-eight states have won a multi-million-dollar data breach settlement against CHS/Community Health Systems Inc. over a 2014 data breach that affected about 6.1 million patients. Last week it was announced that CHS/CHSI will pay nearly $5 million to Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, […]
