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Network/Internet
Zoom rolls out update to fix mic bug in macOS
Recently, the popular video-conferencing app, Zoom rolled out an update for Mac users to address a bug that causes the mic to remain active even after the meeting ends.
The company further acknowledges that the mic bug was encountered within...
Network/Internet
Zoom Acquires Certain Assets of Liminal to Improve Virtual Event Offerings
Popular video conferencing platform, Zoom acquires certain assets of Liminal, to improve its virtual event offerings
For those who don't know Liminal is a startup company that offers event production solutions built mainly on Zoom's SDK.
According to the blog post...
Network/Internet
Zoom-Five9 $14.7B Deal Called Off as Investors Vote No
On Thursday, Zoom, and Five9 jointly agreed to scrap the merger agreement as the Zoom shares dropped by over 25% which lead Five9 shareholders to reject the offer.
In July, Zoom proposed a $14.7 billion deal to acquire Five9, a...
Cloud
Zoom Chooses Seagate’s Lyve Cloud as its Storage Solution
Zoom chooses Seagate's Lyve Cloud as its storage solution. With the Zoom-Seagate agreement, the clients can soon store recordings of their meetings on Seagate Lyve Cloud.
Lyve Cloud is Seagate's S3 storage-as-a-service (STaaS) infrastructure.
EVP of Storage Services and Seagate's CIO,...
Security
Two new Vulnerablities found in Zoom
Cisco Talos a cyber threat intelligence group found two Vulnerabilities in the video conferencing application which can let the malicious user exploit arbitrary code on victims' machines. Cisco Talos operated along with Zoom and made patch accessible. The first...
Software
Zoom Sunday Outage that interrupted Coronavirus Conference Resolved
On Sunday users of Zoom, a videoconferencing platform reported major problems for several hours. The outage not only interrupted several meetings but also disrupted the daily Downing Street coronavirus press conference. A huge number of people (in thousands) started...
Software
Firefox 76 released with direct zoom call and password management features
Mozilla last week released Firefox 76 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Firefox 76 introduces Zoom direct call feature and new Firefox Lockwise password functionality, and a few of developer features. Firefox 76 for desktop can now be downloaded from...
Security
Google bans Zoom’s official use over privacy concern
Another day and another company has forbidden Zoom over privacy concerns around the popular video conferencing app. Biggest of all: Google has stopped all its employees from utilizing Zoom on their devices. After knowing the vulnerabilities and accusations, the...
Security
Taiwan Bans official use of ‘Zoom’ a video conferencing app
Taiwan government has banned the official use of Zoom due to security issues. Zoom is one of the most popular video conferences and live meeting service. Previous week Zoom has issued fixes for UNC path injection and other vulnerabilities....
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SparkyLinux 6.6 Now Available to Download
Debian-based GNU/Linux distro, SparkyLinux has got a new update Sparky 6.6 named as Po Tolo.
Based on Debian 11, Sparky...