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Think You&#39;ve Had a Bad Zoom? Not Like This One
Think You've
Had a Bad
Zoom? Not
Like This One
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Feb 7, 2021 11:00 AM CST

Think You've Had a Bad Zoom? Not Like This One

UK council meeting features tech issues, yelling, toilets flushing, and a Britney Spears reference

(Newser) - By this point in the pandemic, everyone's probably been on multiple Zoom calls, and likely experienced at least one bad one. But it's a Zoom meeting out of England that CNN has dubbed the "greatest, most ridiculous thing to come out of the past year," after...

East Coast Hit With Internet Trouble

Slowdown affects broad swath of users from DC to Boston

(Newser) - Balky internet service prevented users on the East Coast from loading the software they use to learn and work on Tuesday morning. Google, Zoom, YouTube, and Slack were among the services affected, the Washington Post reports. The source of the problem was unclear, but clues pointed to Verizon, which said...

6th Grader in Zoom Class Takes His Own Life

Officials in San Joaquin County, Calif., say 11-year-old died after shooting himself during online class

(Newser) - A sixth grade Zoom class turned tragic this week in California, leaving an 11-year-old dead after cops say he shot himself. The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office started fielding calls around 11am Wednesday that there'd been a shooting in Woodbridge, and when deputies got to the scene, they...

Zooming From the Bathroom, in Hindsight, Was a Mistake

School board member resigns after leaving her laptop camera on

(Newser) - Frances Cogelja returned from a bathroom break and set her laptop down, fully rejoining the public comments portion of Monday's meeting of the Hackensack School Board. No one said anything to Cogelja, a board member, at first. Then the New Jersey board's vice president told her: "You...

Actor's Cringy Zoom Encounter With Director Goes Viral

Make sure you're muted, people

(Newser) - An actor's cringe-inducing interaction with a director during a Zoom audition probably felt very awkward at the time, but it's now garnered the actor quite a bit of viral fame. "psa if youre a s--- talking director make sure to mute ur s--- on zoom mtgings,"...

Zoom Offers Thanksgiving Surprise
Zoom Offers
Thanksgiving
Surprise 
Nov 16, 2020 11:35 AM CST

Zoom Offers Thanksgiving Surprise

Videoconferencing program will scrap its 40-minute time limit for Nov. 26 only so families can chat

(Newser) - With top health experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci strongly urging people to forgo holiday gatherings with loved ones during the pandemic, many are opting to settle in for a quiet meal at home with members of their household only, perhaps with plans to hold a Zoom call with relatives far...

Even OJ Is Piling On Jeffrey Toobin After Gaffe
Even OJ Is Piling On
Jeffrey Toobin After Gaffe
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Oct 20, 2020 7:44 AM CDT

Even OJ Is Piling On Jeffrey Toobin After Gaffe

Legal analyst on hiatus after his way-too-personal mistake on Zoom call

(Newser) - Jeffrey Toobin's cringe-inducing gaffe is causing quite a stir. Motherboard was the first to report the unfortunate news that the New Yorker writer and CNN analyst began masturbating during a break in a Zoom work call with his magazine colleagues. Toobin has apologized for what he calls his "...

Jeffrey Toobin Suspended for Accidentally Exposing Himself on Zoom

He's suspended from 'New Yorker,' on leave at CNN

(Newser) - New Yorker reporter and CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin had a major Zoom oops last week—so major that both of those gigs are currently on hold. Toobin was on an election simulation video chat with New Yorker colleagues and WNYC radio staffers when he apparently started masturbating, accidentally exposing...

Clinton Has Thoughts on Biden's 'Shut Up'

'You have no idea' how much she wanted to say that during the 2016 debates

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton entered the debate fray Tuesday night with a comment on Joe Biden's request that President Trump "shut up, man." In a tweet , the writer Jill Filipovic said she empathized with Clinton "because I'm positive she wanted to say that [during the 2016 presidential...

Kids&#39; Zoom Class Went From Normal to Criminal in Real Time
Kids' Zoom Class Went From
Normal to Criminal in Real Time
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Sep 12, 2020 3:00 PM CDT

Kids' Zoom Class Went From Normal to Criminal in Real Time

One of their classmates got robbed during online class in Ambato, Ecuador

(Newser) - A class of Ecuadorian students had their Zoom class go from perfectly normal to terrifying in an instant: Per the Daily Dot , a teacher was instructing a class of two dozen students online when, to the horror of the kids watching, one of their classmates got caught in the middle...

Zoom's Founder Now Among Richest Americans

Eric Yuan's wealth is up more than 300% this year

(Newser) - Zoom founder Eric Yuan has lost billions of dollars in the slump in tech stocks over recent days—but he's still among the richest people in America. The videoconferencing firm CEO is a new entry on the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans, coming in at No. 43,...

Golden Girls Reboot Has All-Black Cast

Tracee Ellis Ross is one of the stars of the Zoom project

(Newser) - A new Golden Girls episode will be shown Tuesday night (Sept. 8), and this version has an all-Black cast. The online show begins at 9pm EDT on Zoom, and while it's free, fans will have to register here . The new cast: Alfre Woodard (who will play Sophia), Tracee Ellis...

Widespread Zoom Glitch Causes Problems

People unable to join meetings Monday morning

(Newser) - People who use Zoom to work remotely may have gotten a little break on Monday: The videoconferencing site has been experiencing a widespread malfunction, reports Business Insider . Exactly what happened wasn't immediately clear, but Zoom has acknowledged the issue. "If you're having trouble connecting to Zoom, we...

Cops: 10-Year-Old's Mom Murdered During Zoom Class

Teacher muted confrontation before bullet hit computer

(Newser) - It was a horrific start to the school year for a student at a Florida elementary school: The mother of a 10-year-old girl was killed while the teacher was setting up the class' Zoom call. Police say Donald J. Williams 27, fatally shot his ex-girlfriend, 32-year-old Maribel Rosado-Morales, in front...

Twitter Hack Suspect's Hearing ZoomBombed

Hackers played music, showed porn

(Newser) - An online hearing for the teen accused of masterminding last month's massive Twitter hack was delayed Wednesday—by hackers. The Tampa judge briefly suspended the hearing for 17-year-old Graham Clark after "ZoomBombers" posing as CNN and BBC reporters played loud rap music and displayed pornographic images, WFLA reports....

Zoom Says It Blocked Meetings at China's Request

And suspended accounts of pro-democracy activists

(Newser) - Video app company Zoom says that it blocked several meetings and suspended the accounts of three activists at the request of the Chinese government. The company released details Thursday saying that in May and early June, the Chinese government notified it about several online meetings planned to commemorate the crackdown...

Man Stabbed to Death While on Zoom Call With 20 People

Dwight Powers' son has been arrested

(Newser) - Horrific: Participants in a Zoom conference call Thursday afternoon ended up being present for a murder. A New York man was fatally stabbed during the video call, prompting other attendees to phone 911, NBC News reports. Long Island police say Dwight Powers' son, who is 32 or 33, carried out...

Drug Dealer Hears Death Sentence Over Zoom

Malaysian man sentenced for drug trafficking in Singapore

(Newser) - A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore over a Zoom call, which is probably not how Zoom CEO Eric Yuan envisioned his product being put to use. Reuters reports it's "one of just two known cases where a capital punishment verdict has been delivered remotely."...

Now a Thing: Jury Trial... via Zoom
Now a Thing:
Jury Trial via Zoom
May 19, 2020 12:03 AM CDT

Now a Thing: Jury Trial via Zoom

Texas tries it out for what's believed to be the first time

(Newser) - For what officials believe is the first time since the US went into coronavirus lockdown, a virtual jury trial was held Monday. Lawyers in Texas' Collin County selected a jury from among the more than two dozen potential jurors who logged in to the videoconference, Reuters reports. They then served...

Bible Study Class 'Zoombombed' With Child Porn

San Francisco church is suing company

(Newser) - A San Francisco church says Zoom "did nothing" after a hacker hijacked users' computers during a Bible study class and played deeply disturbing videos of child sexual abuse. St. Paulus Lutheran Church, one of the city's oldest churches, is suing the company over the "Zoombombing," in...

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