Month: April 2020
Zoom is buckling under the strain of remote working and distance learning
Zoom Video Communications recently experienced an outage as more people are now using the video conferencing service to work from home or for distance learning. Zoom users on the East Coast of the US and in parts of Europe reported seeing error messages while attempting to log in to the…
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A Cluster Of Coronavirus Cases Can Be Traced Back To A Single Mosque And Now 200 Million Muslims Are Being Vilified
Yawar Nazir / Getty Images A woman wearing a protective mask leaves after attending Friday prayers at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in New Delhi on March 20. The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news…
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Before suing NSO Group, Facebook allegedly sought their software to better spy on users
Facebook’s WhatsApp is in the midst of a lawsuit against Israeli mobile surveillance outfit NSO Group. But before complaining about the company’s methods, Facebook seems to have wanted to use them for its own purposes, according to testimony from NSO founder Shalev Hulio. Last year brought news of an exploit…
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Bot traffic fueling rise of fake news and cybercrime
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted daily life around the world and the WHO recently warned that an overabundance of information about the virus makes it difficult for people to differentiate between legitimate news and misleading information. At the same time, EU security services have warned that Russia is aggressively exploiting…
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As tech layoffs surge, some support emerges for those without a job
The massive surge of COVID-19-related layoffs has put tech in a unique position. While the startup world is facing layoffs itself, it is also trying to help get people back to work. Back at the end of 2019, the SoftBank-backed belt-tightening period led to a flurry of crowdsourced spreadsheets with…
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Sling TV deal: last chance to get free cable TV for the next two weeks
Social distancing at home just got a whole lot easier thanks to Sling TV. The TV streaming service is currently offering 14 days FREE of its Sling TV Blue plan – but this fantastic freebie ends on Sunday, April 5. This isn’t a free trial and there’s no commitment, contracts…
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