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The fact that technology keeps advance is not news, but the fact that we are taking significant leaps right now is the headline. Technology is being used to be more inclusive to all people, it is pushing boundaries of what we might think is ethical, and some major changes are happening in one of the leading tech companies this year.
And let’s not forget, it’s also International Women’s day on March 8th, so take the time out to thank the women in your life for being so kick-ass. |
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Life After Death: Chatbot Your Loved Ones
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| Microsoft is planning on answering the question of whether there is life after death – and in the form of a chatbot. Technology and ethics continue to meet in these plans. We are moving from deep fakes (old news!) to now recreating a loved one who passed. |
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Welcome to the ClubHouse!
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| New kid on the social media block Clubhouse has a data leak. No surprise for a young company focused on growing their user-base and forgetting their data security side. Clubhouse is promising to fix this, of course. Remember, if you join Clubhouse, they will ask you for your contacts and the best answer to that question is “no.” Lastly, remember all chats in Clubhouse are basically public. |
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Subtitle Your Next Call
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| Technology can be the great equalizer, but it doesn’t always do it’s job. You’ve probably seen more automatic captioning nowadays, and now Zoom is bringing this feature to you for free (it’s been available for paid accounts of a certain level). It’s only now available for English, but other languages are coming soon. |
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Jazz Hands Jokes Aside, a New CEO for Amazon
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| AWS’s Andy Jassy is taking over Amazon in Q3. This signals that the future of Amazon is their technology services – the future is cloud. |
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Thank A Woman in Your Life on March 8
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| Last but not least! March 8th is International Women’s Day, and MLG Touchscreen wants to recognize all the women in the organization that work hard to make all the agencies in MLG successful. But since we’re in the technology field too, we want to especially recognize all the women who are part of and lead the Tech teams in MLG (Barbara, Pam, Leigh-Ann, Kim, Tricia, Erika, Chelsea, Patricia, Tanya, Michele, Mireya, Adriana, and of course, Veronic |
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