The future is … sending AI avatars to meetings for us, says Zoom boss
Eric Yuan suggests technology is five or six years away and will free up time to spend with family
May 2024
Michigan man attends hearing on suspended license – while driving
‘Are you driving?’ the judge asked the man, who was in attendance by video call and could be seen actively driving a car
February 2024
Remote learning fails as nearly 1m New York students get snow day
Many of 915,000 students unable to log into Zoom after city opts for remote learning instead of fully cancelling classes for storm
September 2023
Plants or bookcases as backdrop on video call really do impress, study finds
Durham University researchers also found novelty backgrounds lowered perceptions of trust and competency
August 2023
‘The office is for socializing’: how work from home has revolutionized work
Even as some firms are mandating workers come into the office, work from home has permanently changed the work landscape
Zoom meetings for Indigenous voice volunteers ‘bombed’ by people yelling racist comments
Swastikas were also shown in what organisers say were shocking and targeted incidents
UK workers: share your experience of remote working
How can you tell remote work is over? Zoom has ordered employees back to the office
Arwa Mahdawi
Zoom tells staff to come into the office at least two days a week
February 2023
Zoom cuts workforce by 15% as pandemic-driven demand wanes
CEO Eric Yuan says ‘We worked tirelessly … but we also made mistakes’ as he takes 98% pay cut for coming year
October 2022
I’ve had to remind myself how to behave in meetings: rule one, don’t just say whatever pops into your head
Zoe Williams
‘Zoom picketing’: students protest Sydney University staff cuts by disrupting online tutorials
August 2022
Users of Zoom on Macs told to update app as company issues security fix
Security flaw had meant hackers could bypass protection and convince installer of app to load and run malware
April 2022
Workers think less creatively in Zoom meetings, study finds
Zoom agrees to ‘historic’ $85m payout for graphic Zoombombing claims
‘Can you hear me now?’ Study reveals why voices are raised on video calls
Names in the news
Jackie Weaver had no authority in the end, but she’s still the queen of Zoom
Rebecca Nicholson
March 2022
Hidden gems from the world of research
Change is unnerving, but history shows human creativity flourishes during a crisis
Torsten Bell
A ban on Russian gas imports may be daunting, but lessons from previous wars show we are quick to adapt
Staying connected in later life is vital – offline as well as online
Letters: Readers respond to an article by Esther Rantzen in which she appeals to ‘fellow oldies’ to use the internet to offset loneliness
It’s been a year since I’ve been close to a stranger’s mouth – can I recover from ‘Zoom face’?
Our features have been obscured by masks, or viewed on screens, for months. We may never look at ourselves in the same way again, writes novelist Ruth Ozeki
