IT&Software
Video calls on Microsoft's Teams surge 1000%
Also, the most recent adaptation of Teams incorporates the "raise hand" symbol, which you can snap to inform the room as to whether you have a comment during a gathering. Microsoft Teams for Education now has 183,000 tenants in 175 countries. For example, at end-to-end encryption messaging service Wickr, which offers fully encrypted video calls with as many as 50 participants, business sales h... [Full Article...]
Israeli man arrested on charges of spying for Iran
The man, who can not be named for legal reasons, was indicted on Tuesday with the charge of "the infringement of the security of Israel". The man who has been charged can not be named for legal reasons. The Israeli man became scared that he would be discovered, and allegedly discarded the device and burned a paper that had the email information of his Iranian handler. [Full Article...]
New Emoji Are Being Delayed By The Coronavirus Pandemic
The staff of the consortium report that their activities are largely dependent on applied volunteer efforts. This will push the release of the next version of the Unicode Standard from March to September 2021. That said , the Unicode Consortium is considering the possibility of an Emoji 13.1 release that would include some updated emoji sequences that use existing characters - for examp... [Full Article...]
MIT researchers develops an app to check new COVID-19 cases spread
If a match is found, it means that they may have been exposed to the virus. Vitally, this entire process is done while maintaining the privacy of those who are COVID-19 positive and those wishing to check if they have been in contact with an infected person. [Full Article...]
Governor Abbott Announces Plans to End Business Shutdowns
Johns Hopkins University's COVID-19 tracker reported 496,535 COVID-19 cases and 18,586 deaths nationwide. During a press conference on Good Friday, Governor Abbott says he is drafting an executive order to address reopening businesses. [Full Article...]
Apple might let you preview apps without installing them in iOS 14
If it gets in the final build, iPhone and iPad users will be able to select widgets from apps that have them to add to the homescreen, with the big change that they can move them, perhaps even together with app icons. Sophos first alerted mobile users to fleeceware in September 2019, when it found a number of such apps available for Android phones. Express Tech is now on Telegram. [Full Article...]
Google expands AI Duplex calling service to Australia, Canada and the UK
Google has not made an official announcement about the availability, but the company quietly updated the support page for the feature which now includes the phone numbers that Duplex calls from for the UK, Canada, and Australia. How will I know the call is from Google? This appears to be the fruit of Google's recent efforts to use the Duplex service to directly contact businesses requesting the ... [Full Article...]
Final Fantasy VII Remake producer Yoshinori Kitase launch message
But, there's another crucial detail in that trailer: the gameplay was captured on PC, according to an on-screen label. As those of you who've been watching the Inside. It's worth noting that the PlayStation 4 renders the scene in an equally pleasing aesthetic, even if you don't have one of the odd uber-clocked consoles that were an iterative upgrade to the base console. [Full Article...]