The chief executive of digital mortgage lender Better.com informed 900 employees last week they were being laid off just weeks before the holidays during a mass Zoom meeting. “If you’re on this call, you are part of the unlucky group that is being laid off,” Better.com CEO Vishal Garg said Wednesday on the call, a …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra has an incredible camera that’s up there alongside those of the iPhone 13 Pro and Pixel 6 Pro as one of the best cameras found on a phone. (It may be topped by the rumored Galaxy S22 Ultra, but only time will tell.) Its zoom skills are superb, with crisp details to be seen even at 10x …
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The iPhone 13 Pro earned a stellar review thanks to its neat design, powerful hardware and overall ease of use. The camera upgrades promise even better images than the previous iPhone 12 Pro Max thanks to a larger main image sensor, a wider aperture and various software improvements across all its lenses. But are the new phone’s night mode capabilities a significant upgrade …
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The 24-inch iMac arrived this spring with Apple’s own M1 chip, but the addition of the new silicon isn’t the only thing that makes this computer notable. Apple’s latest iMac is also the first to be designed from the ground up with the M1 in mind. That’s different from the first wave of M1 Macs, which shared the same exact …
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Nov 2021 Once only found in business settings, Zoom’s video chat service became the way millions of people connected during the pandemic, inserting the question “Wanna Zoom?” into the popular lexicon. Even after the novelty of changing our Zoom backgrounds to make it look like we were beaming in from the Starship Enterprise wore off, and the exciting glow of …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple gave FaceTime a big overhaul this year with the release of iOS 15, making the video chat app even more useful. The biggest upgrade is the ability to use FaceTime on Android and Windows devices. You can also host virtual watch parties …
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The Mavic 3 packs a whole suite of upgrades over its predecessor allowing it to shoot better video, take better pictures and stay in the air for longer. Every piece has been updated and it feels like a real step forward over the previous Mavic 2 Pro. Its starting price of $2,199 (£1,879) for the base model, (or $2,999, £2,549 …
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People using Zoom’s free basic service to video chat with family or co-workers may start seeing ads once their meeting has ended. Zoom is launching a pilot advertising program that will show ads on “the browser page users see once they end their meeting,” Janine Pelosi, the company’s chief marketing officer, said Monday in a blog post. People using the …
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There really isn’t a “Zoom for VR” yet, despite many companies working on offering virtual meeting rooms. The mainstream work tools most people use haven’t made the leap. Facebook, which is trying to push its entire company into the metaverse, doesn’t have one yet. Meanwhile, Microsoft is finally pushing Teams into a VR/AR-bridged tool that’s arriving in beta form in the …
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The iPhone 13 Pro is here and, unusually, its most vaunted features aren’t its cameras. My CNET colleague Patrick Holland gave the 13 Pro and Pro Max high marks for their long battery life, sumptuous ProMotion displays and the software improvements brought by iOS 15. But there’s plenty to love about its camera too, with the 13 Pro’s new 3x …
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