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From Zoom to Quibi, the Tech Winners and Losers of 2020
We streamed, we Zoomed, we ordered groceries and houseplants online, we created virtual villages while navigating laptop shortages to work and learn from home.
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Get Lost 2020: Some Things to Leave Behind, With Caveats
Zoom, Zoom and Zoom. Masks, masks and masks. Sourdough starter and short-order cooking. In these “troubled times,” in our sweat pants and the isolation we endure “out of an abundance of caution,” there isn’t much not to be over as 2020 comes to a longed for halt.
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A Unique Recipe for Healing: Bill Murray and a Biblical Text
A group of acclaimed actors staged an online reading of a religious text with remarkable relevance to the current moment: the Book of Job
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Vaccine News Fuels Return to Lavish Weddings as Couples Hope to Say ‘I Don't' to Zoom Ceremonies
The coronavirus and strict new mandates limiting travel and public gatherings derailed thousands upon thousands of wedding weekends, putting a once-burgeoning wedding industry in an ongoing state of flux. NBC News spoke with a half-dozen wedding industry insiders who said that among the themes to emerge in 2020 are the rise of micro-weddings, the death of destination weddings, the growing…
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Zoom Is Getting Rid of 40-Minute Meeting Limit on Thanksgiving
Zoom is making sure Thanksgiving doesn’t get cut short for families who can’t be together on the holiday this year.
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Apart But Together: Tips for a Cozier Zoom Thanksgiving
We all know Thanksgiving is going to look different this year
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Images of 9/11 Attack, Porn Interrupt Voting Machine Hearing
A federal court hearing on a challenge to Georgia’s voting machines was interrupted when someone began posting video and symbols in the live Zoom session
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Los Gatos Teacher Arrested for Alleged Inappropriate Behavior During Zoom Meeting
A Los Gatos teacher is accused of inappropriate behavior in a Zoom meeting with a couple of students.
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A Zoom Thanksgiving? Summer Could Give Way to a Bleaker Fall
The Summer of COVID-19 is drawing to a close, and many experts fear an even bleaker fall
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Major Zoom Outage Marks Rough Start to College Classes
Zoom was “all systems operational” Monday afternoon after the massive online meeting platform experienced a morning outage just as some colleges were set to begin fall classes. The partial outage affected Zoom Meetings and Zoom Webinars, according to the company’s status page. “We have identified the issue causing users to be unable to authenticate to the Zoom website (zoom.us)...
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Want to Look Your Best on Zoom Calls? Celebrity Stylist Brad Goreski Has Tips
Celebrity fashion stylist and co-host of “Fashion Police” is giving the rundown on how to look your best on a virtual video call and discussing how he is raising awareness for the skin condition, rosacea.
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Kids, Local Artists Will ‘Zoom Your Room'
The Orange County Museum of Art virtual event will give youngsters’ online presence a bit of colorful panache.
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Santa Rosa Police Investigate Hate Crime After Official Meeting ‘Zoom Bombed' With Racist Content
Police in Santa Rosa are investigating a hate crime after someone used racist content to “Zoom bomb” a meeting of government and nonprofit officials who gathered virtually Friday to discuss homelessness in the area, a supervisor confirmed.
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‘Late Night' Ya Burnt: Zoom Graduations, 1918 Spanish Flu
Seth Meyers fires sick burns at some deserving subjects, like funny Zoom backgrounds.
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‘Tonight': Jimmy Fallon's Favorite Zoom Excuses
Jimmy Fallon shares 15 of his excuses to get out of Zoom meetings, such as getting attacked by hornets or reading “Moby Dick.”
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Zoom Caught in China Censorship Crossfire as Meetings Foiled
Video app company Zoom says that it blocked several meetings and suspended the accounts of three activists at the request of the Chinese government.
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Zoom Booms as Pandemic Drives Millions to Its Video Service
Zoom Video Communications is rapidly emerging as the latest internet gold mine as millions of people flock to its conferencing service to see colleagues, friends and family while tethered to their homes during the pandemic. Tuesday’s release of the once-obscure company’s financial results for the February-April period provided a window into the astronomical growth that has turned it into...
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FBI Offers Tips, Warnings for Conducting Virtual Meetings
The FBI Friday urged Southern Californians to take precautions to prevent “offensive and illegal material” from being posted during virtual meetings by uninvited participants. “The COVID-19 crisis has caused many organizations and schools to conduct virtual meetings/events, some of which are open to the public,” Laura Eimiller of the FBI said in a statement. “Additionally, links to many virtual...
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Controversy Brews Over Beer-Drinking During Zoom School Board Meeting
Some were raising eyebrows over a school board president raising a bottle during a Zoom board meeting. It’s started a debate over things becoming a little too casual as many work from home during the coronavirus pandemic. Covina’s Charter Oak School Board president Brian Akers was coming under fire for the May 7 teleconference. “First it was a shock....
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Husband Diagnosed With COVID-19 Witnesses Birth of Baby Girl Via Zoom
Technology helped couple separated in the same hospital. Hetty Chang reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Monday, May 11, 2020.