The Pigeon Express
Unlike many other social media platforms, Snapchat has been available only on mobile since its launch over a decade ago. But on Monday, the company launched a web-based version of the popular messaging app. The goal is to give users the freedom to switch between their phones and computers, all while continuing their conversations on […]
The Italian senate got an unexpected surprise earlier this week, after a Zoom meeting was “zoombombed,” with an unauthorized user entering their meeting and showing an NSFW Final Fantasy hentai video to one of the highest governing bodies in the nation. The video was of FFVII character Tifa Lockhart and prompted an immediate, startled, and […]
The boss of a startup mortgage website who fired 900 employees over a Zoom call last week has apologised after coming under fire for how he handled the mass layoffs. “I failed to show the appropriate amount of respect and appreciation for the individuals who were affected and for their contributions to Better,” said Vishal […]
Better.com CEO Vishal Garg announced the mortgage company is laying off about 9% of its workforce on a Zoom webinar Wednesday abruptly informing the more than 900 employees on the call they were being terminated just before the holidays. “If you’re on this call, you are part of the unlucky group that is being laid […]
A Florida man was arrested Tuesday in the shooting death of a woman who was on a Zoom call when her 2-year-old fired a gun, officials said. The man, Veondre Avery, 22 faces charges of manslaughter and failure to securely store a firearm in the killing of Shamaya Lynn, 21. The toddler found the gun, […]
A Florida woman died after being shot by her toddler while she was on a Zoom conference call, police say. Shamaya Lynn, 21, was on a work-related call on Wednesday when she was shot, Altamonte Springs Police said in a statement Thursday night on Facebook. A person on the call dialed 911 when Lynn fell […]
Zoom video teleconferencing software has agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users’ privacy rights by sharing personal data with Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and letting hackers disrupt meetings. In a preliminary settlement, subscribers in the proposed class action would be eligible for 15% refunds on […]
The coronavirus pandemic has moved physical meetings over virtual platforms and often goof-ups are captured which go viral. In one such incident, a nurse from Florida was seen performing a butt injection on a man when she appeared for her virtual court hearing. Niruka was appearing for a case of a third-degree grand theft charge. […]
A doctor in Sacramento, California joined a traffic court hearing on Zoom while performing surgery on a patient. Scott Green was dressed in surgical scrubs in an operating theatre when he appeared at his virtual trial on Thursday, the Sacramento Bee reported. When questioned by the judge, Mr Green said he was happy to go […]
A baby African elephant whose birth was live-streamed by a safari park in Mexico has been named Zoom after the video chat app made popular by the coronavirus pandemic. The calf is the sixth born at the park in Puebla, southeast of the capital, to a herd of elephants rescued eight years ago in Namibia, […]
A hilarious video that is being widely circulated online shows a cat briefly disrupting a House of Lords meeting by jumping into its owner lap and demanding cuddles. The video has left thousands amused since being posted on Twitter by Matt Korris, a clerk in the House of Lords – the second chamber of UK’s […]
About 20 people were tuned in to a Zoom conference call just after noon on Thursday when 72-year-old Dwight Powers unexpectedly slumped from his chair and disappeared off-screen. Near where Powers had been sitting in his Amityville, New York, home, his 32-year-old son, Thomas Scully-Powers, suddenly appeared, standing naked, witnesses told police. Several people on […]