The latest on coronavirus boosters: The FDA cleared the way for people who are at least 65 or immune-compromised to receive a second updated booster shot for the coronavirus. Tracking covid cases, deaths: Covid-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in the United States last year with covid deaths dropping 47 percent between 20. Here’s what the end of the covid public health emergency means for you. You just click on the filter you want, then click it again to turn it off.ĭon't forget that last step if your next meeting is a legal hearing.Ĭontributing: Kelly Tyko.End of the public health emergency: The Biden administration ended the public health emergency for the coronavirus pandemic on May 11, just days after WHO said it would no longer classify the coronavirus pandemic as a public health emergency. When you open Snap Camera, you'll see the variety of filters available, which range from cool backgrounds to, yes, giving yourself a cat head.

For the filters from Snap Camera to work, you may need to keep it running along with your video chat software.Īpply your filters. Under video, you should see the option to choose your camera. Go to Settings within your preferred app (or Preferences if you're on a Mac). It will work with most video services including Skype, Zoom, Twitch and Google Hangouts. The app from the company behind Snapchat pulls all those wild augmented reality filters from its smartphone app on to your desktop. In April, as Buzzfeed reported, People for the American Way political director Lizet Ocampo made headlines after she attended a meeting with a filter that made her look like a potato.īut what if you actually want to do this on purpose? Maybe you want to liven up your own Zoom meeting by transforming yourself into a potato, or a cat, or even a banana. It's not the first time a filter mishap in our age of Zoom meetings has gone viral. Zoom filters gone wrong: Lawyer tells judge 'I'm not a cat' during kitten filter mishapĬurbside expansion: Aldi opening new stores and expanding curbside pickup with Instacart

USA TODAY has reached out to Dell to confirm. The BBC reports the specific cat filter in the video originated from pre-installed software for Dell laptops called Live Cam Avatar. It's not exactly clear what program Ponton used that generated the cat filter. 'I'm here live, I'm not a cat,' said Ponton in a clip Texas' 394th District Court shared on YouTube called ' Kitten Zoom Filter Mishap.' Lawyer Rod Ponton learned this the hard way during a virtual hearing, when he showed up to the livestream with a cat filter enabled. It's probably not the purr-fect way to start an important meeting: firing up your video chat software only to discover you resemble a talking cat. Watch Video: Cat filter Zoom fail: Lawyer appears in court as talking kitten

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