Zoom is down | The Verge

Zoom is down | The Verge

Source: The Verge Zoom is suffering from a major outage, preventing people from connecting to video calls or even accessing its website. As shown by data on Downdetector, the outage appeared to have started around 3PM ET. Though I’m able to open the Zoom app on Mac, I receive an error message when trying to…

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Right-wing influencers are shilling an immigrant bounty hunting app

Right-wing influencers are shilling an immigrant bounty hunting app

Source: The Verge Right-wing influencers are shilling an app that purportedly lets people earn crypto for reporting sightings of undocumented immigrants. ICERAID, a “GovFi protocol that delegates intelligence gathering tasks to citizens,” 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…

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Apple’s carbon footprint is shrinking  

Apple’s carbon footprint is shrinking  

Source: The Verge 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. That’s no easy feat, especially now as the AI arms race pushes other tech…

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Google, Apple, and Snap aren’t happy about Meta’s poorly-redacted slides

Google, Apple, and Snap aren’t happy about Meta’s poorly-redacted slides

Source: The Verge During Meta’s antitrust trial today, lawyers representing Apple, Google, and Snap each expressed irritation with Meta over the slides it presented on Monday that The Verge found to contain easy-to-remove redactions. Attorneys for both Apple and Snap called the errors “egregious,” with Apple’s representative indicating that it may not be able to…

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Lyft gets a toehold in Europe with FreeNow acquisition

Lyft gets a toehold in Europe with FreeNow acquisition

Source: The Verge Lyft said it is acquiring mobility platform FreeNow, giving the ridehailing company its first major presence in Europe after years of operating exclusively in the US and Canada. FreeNow aggregates taxis alongside private vehicles, including luxury rides. The acquisition of FreeNow nearly doubles Lyft’s potential market and will aide the company as…

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