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Zoom goes down across the globe - what we know about the outage so far
The popular virtual meeting service has been hit with a major outage. Time to call it a day?
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:
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Zoom is back following a major outage
Zoom suffered a major outage this afternoon that prevented people from connecting to video calls and accessing its website. As shown by Ciscoโs ThousandEyes platform, site connectivity dropped off at around 2:40PM ET before coming back online nearly two hours later. Users across X posted about the outage, with some getting an โUnable to Connectโ [โฆ]
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Sony raises PlayStation Plus prices in Canada
Sony is jacking up PlayStation Plus prices in Canada. In an email to Engadget's Kris Holt, the company said the increase would apply to subscribers' first payments on or after June 24. The price hikes are now live on the PS Plus website for new Canadian subscribers. They vary depending on the tier and billing period but range from 12 to 22 percent higher than they were yesterday. The new Canadian prices for PS Plus...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Your Favorite Patreon Creators Will Soon Be Able to Livestream From the Platform
The new tool lets artists go live, chat and share content all within Patreon.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Free IRS Direct File service for taxpayers to end, according to reports
IRS Direct File isn't wasn't the only way to file your taxes for free, but it seemed like the easiest.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Disgruntled users roast X for killing Support account
X will soon remove Support account suspended users viewed as a lifeline.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:QLED markdown: Score the 65-inch Sony Bravia 7 while it has a $600 discount
The Sony 65-inch Bravia 7 Series 4K QLED is a phenomenal TV for watching movies and playing video games. Itโs also on sale today for $1,400 at participating retailers.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Zuckerberg: Snapchat would have grown faster if it accepted $6B buyout offer
During Metaโs antitrust trial this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Snapchat would have grown faster if it accepted his companyโs offer to buy the social network back in 2013, Business Insider reports. Court documents revealed that Meta, then called Facebook, offered to buy Snapchat for $6 billion (reports at the time said that [โฆ]
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Database for cybersecurity vulnerabilities secures last-minute government funding
The US government has continued to make drastic cuts to budgets and personnel, but one cybersecurity service has at least temporarily avoided the chop. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database operated by nonprofit MITRE Corp will receive 11 months of federal support. A representative from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, whose parent agency funds the MITRE database, told Reuters that the...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Fed chair says Trump tariffs could make inflation worse as US stocks slide further
Value of Nvidia dropped by billions on Wednesday after president imposed new restrictions on the chip giantThe US Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, warned Donald Trumpโs tariffs were generating a โchallenging scenarioโ for the central bank and were likely to worsen inflation.Powellโs comments on Wednesday came US stock markets had already been rattled by a new trade restriction on the chip designer Nvidia. The...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Gailโs to drop soya milk surcharge after campaign by Peta
UK bakery chain says it will offer free soya with coffee or tea from 21 May but will still charge for oat milkThe bakery chain Gailโs is to drop its soya milk surcharge after a campaign by a leading animal rights charity argued the fee โunfairly discriminatedโ against customers.Gailโs will offer free soya from 21 May, but will continue to charge between 40p and 60p if costumers want oat in their coffee or tea. Continue...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:This ICE-snitching app is actually promoting a meme coin
Right-wing influencers are shilling an app that purportedly lets people earn crypto for reporting sightings of undocumented immigrants. ICERAID, a รขGovFi protocol that delegates intelligence gathering tasks to citizens,รข has recently been promoted by the likes of conspiracy theorist and Trump confidante Laura Loomer, Proud Boy-turned-media personality Jacob Engels, and disgraced former Rep. Matt Gaetz. [โฆ]
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:US universitiesโ faculty unite to defend academic freedom after Trumpโs attacks
Indiana University leads the push for a pact among 18 institutions as Donald Trump targets diversityUS politics live โ latest updatesFaculty members from US universities โ including public ones which do not receive endowments โ are banding together in attempts to resist the Donald Trump administrationโs attacks on academic freedoms.This month, Indiana Universityโs Bloomington faculty council followed in the footsteps...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Trump-appointed judge orders Trump admin to โturn the funding spigots back onโ
U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy said that the administrations actions were โneither reasonable nor reasonably explained.โ
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Cut back your roses? Berkeley sets new rules for its most wildfire-prone areas
Residents of California cityโs high-risk areas will be required to remove plants within 5ft of homes under fire safety rulesThe city of Berkeley has a new message for residents of its most fire-prone neighborhoods: itโs time to cut back your gardens.People living in the most high-fire-risk areas of the California city will be required to remove plants and other flammable materials close to their homes as part of strict...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:LG TVsโ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions
LG licenses tech for interpreting TV users' feelings and convictions.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Skullcandy's New Method 360 ANC Are $100 Bose Earbuds in Disguise
Skullcandy and Bose team up to create an affordable pair of impressive-sounding earbuds. Here are my early hands-on impressions of the Method 360 ANC after using them for a day.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:My Student Loan Bill Will Increase From $0 to $488 When Payments Resume. Here's How I'm Preparing
I'm bracing myself for a much higher monthly payment. If you're enrolled in SAVE, here's what you should do.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:โStupid and Dangerousโ: CISA Funding Chaos Threatens Essential Cybersecurity Program
The CVE Program is the primary way software vulnerabilities are tracked. Its long-term future remains in limbo even after a last-minute renewal of the US government contract that funds it.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Thunderbolts* final trailer teases a shot at redemption for Marvelโs antiheroes
Marvel has released the final trailer for Thunderbolts*.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:I Fell in Love With This Tiny Foldable Projector, and You Can Finally Buy It
Movie nights could get a lot more mobile with this compact projector.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:'Hacks' Season 4 Release Schedule: When to Watch Episode 3 on Max
Here's how to stream more of the Emmy-winning series.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for April 17, #1398
Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle No. 1,398 for April 17.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for April 17, #410
Here are hints and answers for the New York Times Strands puzzle No. 410 for April 17.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Zoom was down for many โ here's everything we know about the video calling platform's outage
If you couldn't join a call, you weren't alone.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:14 reasons why Trumpโs tariffs wonโt bring manufacturing back
Op-ed: Trump administration grossly underestimates difficulty of their stated task.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker EV has solid 4X4 bonafides but mediocre range
Subaru has unveiled its second-ever EV, the 2026 Trailseeker, at the New York International Auto Show. It's a slightly larger version of the company's first electric vehicle, the Solterra, and is likely based on the same platform โ also used by Toyota with its BZ4X electric SUV. You can see a few images we grabbed of the new vehicle at the Auto Show this morning right here. The Trailseeker is taller than the Solterra...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Appleโs carbon footprint is shrinkingย ย
Appleโs making steady progress toward its climate goals, the companyโs latest environmental progress report shows. Its planet-heating pollution shrank by 800,000 metric tons last year compared to 2023, about a 5 percent drop. Looking back over the past decade, Apple says its global greenhouse gas emissions have fallen by more than 60 percent. Thatโs no [โฆ]
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Buy this Samsung OLED ultrawide gaming monitor while itโs under $1,000
The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 gaming monitor is on sale from Samsung with a $350 discount, which brings its price down to just $950.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:iOS 18.4.1 patches two iPhone security flaws used in 'extremely sophisticated' attacks
On Wednesday, Apple pushed updates to most of its platforms: iOS 18.4.1, iPadOS 18.4.1, macOS 15.4.1, tvOS 18.4.1 and visionOS 2.4.1. They contain two security fixes for flaws that may have been used in real-world attacks, so it's wise to update your devices without too much delay. Apple is aware of a report that both security issues "may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:MrBeast fans rage as immersive Vegas experience flops
YouTube star MrBeast disappoints fans with a subpar "experience" in Las Vegas.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Rivianโs first non-Amazon van customer is HelloFresh
Meal-kit company HelloFresh has added 70 all-electric Rivian vans to its fleet, the first major customer to buy the commercial EVs since the automaker ended its exclusive deal with Amazon. The 70 all-electric commercial vans represent nearly one quarter of HelloFreshโs fleet, which has already helped the company save an estimated 20,000 gallons of gasoline, [โฆ]
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:X will purge DMs to give birth to its own messaging platform
X is seeking to replace the DMs section with XChat.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Prime Video cancels Citadel spinoffs that have way higher Rotten Tomatoes ratings than the original โ but Citadel season 2 is still coming
Citadel's reviews were often awful, but it's proved surprisingly popular
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Deezer reports 18 percent of the music uploaded to its service every day is AI-generated
Deezer, a Spotify alternative that launched in the US in 2016, shared on Wednesday that 20,000 completely AI-generated tracks are added to its music service on a daily basis, making up "over 18% of all uploaded content" the platform receives every day. Like other streaming services, Deezer offers methods for independent artists to upload their own music without having to be part of a larger licensing deal with a record...
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