Microsoft Teams can soon be set as default on Cisco conferencing hardware

Cisco’s Room Bar (pictured) will be among the first of its devices to be Teams certified. | Image: Cisco Cisco’s video conferencing hardware will be updated to let users set Microsoft Teams as the default video conferencing software, the two companies have announced. Initially six devices will be certified to work with Teams in the…

Chinese Patent Office Plans to Crack Down on Abnormal Patent Applications

The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released a draft of new measures that would downgrade the ratings of Chinese patent agencies that approve abnormal or fraudulent patents. CNIPA released the draft on October 8, which expands on a trial started in January 2022 in four provinces. The draft sets out to “crack down on…

After selling his last startup to Google, this founder now wants to automate mundane tasks with Relay

Some seven years after selling his previous company to Google, Jacob Bank is preparing to launch his next project, this time with a focus on automating mundane, repetitive tasks. Bank was previously cofounder and CEO at Timeful, a smart scheduling app that helped users make better use of their time through automatically prioritizing their various…

Children’s financial app Greenlight signals next app iteration with family safety features

Greenlight Financial Technology, a venture-backed fintech company focused on providing a debit card, banking app and financial education to children, added another layer to its subscription plan with the introduction of family safety features. Greenlight Infinity, priced at $14.98 per month for the whole family, includes location sharing to see where anyone in the family…

No, a new ‘Zelda’ series isn’t coming to Netflix

Fans of Nintendo‘s (highly popular) fantasy game, The Legend of Zelda, will be disappointed. A series of fake promotional posters recently “revealed” the cast of a live-action Zelda series apparently developed for Netflix. On Twitter, these doctored, AI-generated posters created by user Dan Leveille quickly gained traction. Leveille tweeted the images with an imagined cast:…

Save up to £100 with the best Apple Watch deals in Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale

SAVE UP TO £100: A range of Apple Watches are discounted in Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale, saving you up to £100 on list price. We’re constantly on the lookout for special deals during major shopping events like Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale. What constitutes a “special deal” is up for debate, but most would…

Slack CEO seizes latest opportunity to take a swing at email

The founder and CEO of Slack has reiterated his ambition to replace email as the de facto medium of communication in the workplace. Speaking during the keynote session at Slack Frontiers in London, Stewart Butterfield highlighted the limitations of the email format, which he says is bound by nature to create opportunities for misunderstanding and…

LockBit ransomware is spreading from compromised Microsoft Exchange servers

LockBit ransomware affiliates have been caught distributing the malware via compromised Microsoft Exchange servers, multiple sources have confirmed. The issue was first identified by South Korean cybersecurity company AhnLab. This past summer, two servers belonging to one of its customers were infected with LockBit 3.0. As per the report, the attackers first deployed web shell,…