Afraid of Zoombombing? Try Microsoft Teams
This week, Microsoft went out of its way to invite in educators, noting in a blog post that its privacy controls are designed to not allow for random people to join a meeting and start screaming obscenities or flash pornography, two of the charges that have dogged Zoom.
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Move over Zoom, Microsoft Teams now allows for custom backgrounds during video calls
During a Teams meeting, you can replace your messy background at home with a more professional-looking image. Until now, Zoom was the virtual meeting company known for its background options, so this is a handy option for Microsoft Teams users. Now being rolled out to Teams, custom backgrounds will let you replace your meeting background with a "fresh and bright home office," according to Microsoft.
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Ed-tech venture Lingumi raises £4 million in funds
Lingumi, a London and Cardiff-based ed-tech startup focused on teaching pre-school children critical skills, has successfully raised 4 million GBP of funding, with China-based technology fund North Summit Capital leading the round. Lingumi started offering their first course on spoken English in China last year, and also plan on offering daily free content packs and videos to support users during the COVID-19 crisis.
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D-Wave provides COVID-19 researchers with free access
The Canadian quantum computing startup D-Wave has announced that they will provide free cloud access to their quantum processors for any researchers that are working to develop solutions to the COVID-19 crisis. This includes not just pharmaceutical research but also research that seeks to solve logistical problems, diagnostics or contagion modeling.
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Health tech startup Kry launches free video consultation service
A Swedish health tech startup called Kry has launched a free service that will let doctors perform video consultations amid the coronavirus crisis. The web-based platform, called Care Connect by Kry, will not require doctors to have a Kry account to avail the free service, and consultations will be protected with encryption. The service is launching soon in Europe with support for 10 languages.
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