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Zoom, the most-relied-upon platform facilitating remote work during the pandemic, has now asked its employees to return to the office two days a week. In a statement, a spokesperson for Zoom said the company believes that a “structured hybrid approach” would be the “most effective” to run the company. Employees living within 50 miles of […]

Gas prices remain high for many residents throughout the state. This has caught the attention of the governor, who has requested a federal investigation. A man was arraigned on Feb. 8 for trying to murder police officers in San Jose. Footage shows him following and shooting at the officers. State lawmakers are once again trying […]

The popular video conferencing service, Zoom, is the latest to join the growing list of companies in layoffs. San Jose-based Zoom said on Feb. 7 it would cut about 1,300 jobs or about 15 percent of its workforce, as demand for the company’s video conferencing services slows amid the waning pandemic.

Shares of Zoom Video Communications Inc have tumbled about 90 percent from their pandemic peak in October 2020. The drop comes as the former hot commodity struggles to adjust to a post-COVID world.  

Updates on the FTX cryptocurrency collapse: Attorneys say former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried ran the company like a “personal fiefdom.” A potential railroad strike is coming this holiday season. We have everything you need to know about the situation. Investor home-buying is falling at record rates—the biggest drop since the 2008 financial crisis if you exclude […]

A U.S. government committee that reviews foreign investment in telecom is probing videoconferencing company Zoom’s $14.7 billion deal for cloud call center company Five9. In an August filing with the Federal Communications Commission, the Justice Department, which chairs the committee, said it would review the deal “to determine whether this application poses a risk to […]

Why is Shell selling all of its assets in the Permian Basin, located in the southwestern part of the United States? The buyer has agreed to pay nearly $10 billion in cash. Google is spending big on physical office space in New York City, even as many companies embrace a more flexible work model. U.S. […]

A Florida woman died after being shot by her toddler while she was on a Zoom conference call, police say. Shamaya Lynn, 21, was on a work-related call Wednesday when she was shot, Altamonte Springs Police said in a statement Thursday night on Facebook. A person on the call dialed 911 when Lynn fell backward […]

Former Zoom executive Jin Xinjiang worked with Chinese authorities to provide data on users outside of China. Court documents say this allowed Zoom to keep market access in China. Although Zoom is based in the United States, its software is developed in China. When Zoom usage exploded during the pandemic, China tightened control. It ordered […]

Coronavirus cases are on the rise in China. More lockdowns, mass virus testing, and public space closures have been seen across the country. China has 100 million doses of vaccine for domestic use. And another 100 million doses will be imported from Germany. How corrupt are Chinese officials? Their embezzled money could fill the trillion […]

On Friday, U.S. prosecutors charged a Chinese executive of video conferencing giant Zoom. His crime is allegedly helping the Chinese regime censor Zoom’s American users. One of the Zoom users who was censored said it’s an important breakthrough. Zhou Fengsuo, President of Humanitarian China, said: “This is very uplifting news. It really cheers me up.” […]

When someone from the Uyghur ethnic minority live streams on a Chinese platform, he can be identified, and his video will be flagged. That’s thanks to a technique from Chinese online platform Alibaba. The World Health Organization is set to go to Wuhan to investigate the origins of the CCP virus. Will they be successful? […]

U.S. prosecutors have charged a China-based executive of a U.S. videoconferencing company over his role in disrupting video meetings held to commemorate the Tiananmen Square Massacre this year, the Justice Department announced on Dec. 18. Court documents did not name the company, but their description matches Zoom, a popular U.S.-based videoconferencing app, developed in China. […]

SHANGHAI—Zoom Video Communications will shift to a partner-only model in mainland China from Aug. 23, suspending direct sales to all customers in the region, the company said on Monday. Zoom customers in China received an email on Monday informing them of the change, and telling them it would provide users with “better local support.” In […]

Shanghai–Three U.S. lawmakers asked Zoom Video Communications Inc to clarify its data-collection practices and relationship with the Chinese regime after the firm said it had suspended user accounts to meet demands from Beijing. The California-based firm has come under heavy scrutiny after three U.S. and Hong Kong-based activists said their accounts had been suspended and […]

Video-conferencing app Zoom confirmed Thursday that the Chinese regime demanded it suspend the accounts of several U.S. and Hong Kong-based Chinese activists who used the platform to hold events commemorating the 31st anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

The video conferencing company zoom has come under fire. A human rights group’s account was shut down after its “online event that commemorated the Tiananmen Square massacre.”