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WASHINGTON — Ceri Weber had just begun to defend her dissertation when the chaos began: Echoes and voices interrupted her. Someone parroted her words. Then Britney Spears music came on, and someone told Weber to shut up. Someone threatened to rape her. Hackers had targeted the meeting on the video conference platform Zoom while Weber […]

SEATTLE — A statistical model cited by the White House generated a slightly less grim figure Monday for a first wave of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. — a projection designed to help officials plan for the worst, including having enough hospital staff, beds and ventilators. The only problem with this bit

New Hampshire authorities say the remains of a shooting victim found on the side of a highway 50 years ago have been identified as a Vermont man who had been released from prison three months earlier By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press April 6, 2020, 7:29 PM 3 min read 3 min read Share to FacebookShare

Before You Game, Coordinate The people you’re playing with are more important than what you’re playing. Coordinating with friends or relatives to play a game together can be a great way to stay in touch, even if it’s just a simple card or word game. In addition to Zoom for videoconferencing, the gamer-focused Discord provides

A supermoon rises in the sky this week, looking to be the biggest and brightest of the year By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer April 6, 2020, 6:07 PM 2 min read 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A supermoon rises in the sky this week, looking

I’ll be chatting live on Twitter today at 3 p.m. Eastern time with Kara Swisher, a Times contributing opinion writer and a veteran technology journalist. We’ll talk about how our relationship with technology and tech companies is changing in a pandemic, and answer your questions. Watch live @ShiraOvide. With millions of people stuck at home,

Teel Lidow couldn’t quite believe the numbers. Over the past few years, the nation’s largest telecom companies, like Comcast and AT&T, have had a combined 330 million customers. Yet annually an average of just 30 people took the companies to arbitration, the forum where millions of Americans are forced to hash out legal disputes with

SAN FRANCISCO — As health workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic plead for personal protective equipment, volunteer efforts to create hand-sewn masks and deliver them to medical professionals have quickly sprung up across the internet. But those efforts were hampered by Facebook’s automated content moderation systems over the past week, according to

You’ve binge-watched “Paw Patrol.” You’ve sat through “Frozen II” a dozen times. There must be something better — more interactive and fun — to do with your kids while stuck at home. Look at it as an opportunity to connect and build relationships with your children by doing something together: playing video games. The trick,

LOS ANGELES — They had to cancel the premiere party. But Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman have stuck with the April 6 start date of Quibi, the short-form video app for smartphones that they hope will attract millions of subscribers. The two veteran executives have led some of the nation’s top companies for decades. They