Nine great industry news stories from this week you may have missed.

Ricoh Europe provides face shield solution for nurses in battle to tackle COVID-19

Via Ricoh Europe

We could all use some good news. Ricoh 3D has ramped up its support to tackle the COVID-19 crisis by using its innovative technology to produce 40,000 face shields a week for NHS workers, designed to improve comfort and offer a re-usable solution to cut long-term costs. Just 24 hours after receiving the design file, the Ricoh team had the head support 3D-printed and remaining components sourced and assembled using the power of their supplier network. Having refined the design to enhance comfort and reduce contamination, the face shield has now been approved for production. Read all the details of this story here.

COVID-19 court closures forcing long-overdue use of tech

Via Canadian Lawyer Magazine

In addition to implementing video and telephone conferencing, Canadian courts are now allowing remote filling in response to COVID-19. As criminal trials are being postponed across the country, some lawyers believe the courts being forced to rely on technology may be a silver lining in the pandemic. 

Vancouver criminal defense lawyer, Sarah Leamon, explains, “If there's one good takeaway from what's going to happen here, I think it will be to move the criminal justice system along to embrace more technology so that we are being more efficient with our resources and our time." Read the full story here. 

BlackBerry uncovers hacker tools that it says opened data servers for a decade

Via CTV News

BlackBerry Ltd. says its researchers have uncovered how China-backed hackers have been able to extract data from many of the world's servers for a decade — largely without being noticed by cyber security. According to CTV News, the tactics gave the hackers the ability to extract information from huge amounts of vulnerable data from computers using the Linux operating system, which is used on most of the world's web servers and cloud servers. To learn the full details of their findings, you can download BlackBerry's 44-page report here. 

The impact of machine learning on the legal industry

Via IT Pro Portal

The advent of machine learning has drastically changed the legal industry and the way lawyers conduct their day-to-day practice. For the first time ever, advanced algorithms allow lawyers to review entire document sets at a glance, releasing them from wading through documents and other repetitive tasks. This week IT Pro Portal published a detailed exploration of these technological changes. Learn everything from the beginnings of legal tech to where machine learning will be taking us, here. 

'Zoombombing’ becomes a dangerous organized effort

Via New York Times

As schools, businesses, friends and families are relying on to Zoom to meet during this time of social distancing, reports of "Zoombombing" or "Zoom raiding" are becoming more frequent. What started out as pranks and trolling, has risen to the level of hate speech and harassment. Even the F.B.I. has become involved.

Though a meeting organizer can remove a participant at any time, the perpetrators of these attacks can be hard to identify; there may be several in a single call, and they can appear to jump from one alias to another. Learn more about the problem in the New York Times' investigation on the video conference platform. 

How to keep your Zoom chats private and secure

Via Wired

Now that we know Zoombombing is a problem, how do we stop it? This week, Wired provided a detailed list of tips on how to stay safe and protected while using the platform. Learn how to stop Zoombombs, restrict users and more here. 

Effective data security begins with a strong tech foundation

Via Security Intelligence

Data is the engine of the modern economy. Whether it consists of customer data, intellectual property, market insights or financial information, these types of sensitive data enable the most successful businesses to thrive. However, not all organizations are at the same point in the privacy and data security journey. Learn why effective security depends on a strong tech foundation, along with how your organization can adopt a data-centric approach to the problem in Security Intelligence's recent article. 

Microsoft claims its AI framework spots fake news better than state-of-the-art baselines

Via Venture Beat

Fake news is everywhere and social media platforms are working towards fighting its spread. For instance, WhatsApp is even limiting message forwarding to combat coronavirus misinformation. Now, tech giants are joining in on the fight. This week, Venture Beat reported that Microsoft and Arizona State University researchers have proposed a new AI framework that leverages engagement and social media signals to detect fake news. They say that after training and testing the model on a real-world data set, it outperforms a number of state-of-the-art baselines for early fake news detection. Learn more about the science behind the AI and what it could mean for the future of fake news. 

7 types of tech tools to help lawyers set up virtual offices

Via ABA Journal

Like many other industries, the legal business is being challenged to carry on with business as usual while working remotely. It can be a struggle identifying the tools your "vitual" law firm needs to get up and running quickly. From video conferencing and VOIP phone systems to scanning and speech-to-text dictation tools, the ABA Journal has listed the top seven types of tech to help your remote team.