WHATSAPP USERS WILL NOW BE ABLE TO REPLY WITH A MESSAGE WITHIN CALL NOTIFICATIONS

Fri 28 Apr 2023: Meta-owned WhatsApp is rolling out a new “reply with a message” feature under call notifications to some Android beta testers. The company stated that the feature will be made available to even more people in the following days. This feature will allow users to easily decline an incoming call and send […]

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HAMAS’ MILITARY WING TO STOPS RECEIVING DONATIONS VIA BITCOIN: REPORT

Fri 28 Apr 2023: Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, announced its decision to stop receiving donations via the digital currency Bitcoin. The group said in a statement that the decision was taken “within the framework of ensuring the safety of the donors and not subjecting them to any harm”, […]

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BRAZILIAN COURT SUSPENDS TELEGRAM APP IN NEO-NAZI PROBE

Wed 26 Apr 2023: Following its parent company’s failure to give information requested by authorities on neo-Nazis using the network, a Brazilian court on Wednesday ordered the suspension of messaging app Telegram across the whole country, officials said. In the wake of an investigation into neo-Nazi behavior on social media, the court fined Telegram a […]

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NOW YOU CAN USE ONE WHATSAPP ACCOUNT ON MULTIPLE PHONES; HERE’S STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE

Wed 26 Apr 2023: WhatsApp, owned by Meta, has finally unveiled a long-awaited feature that lets users manage one WhatsApp account on several phones. This functionality has long been requested by users who have several phones and have had to switch between phones to access their WhatsApp accounts. The new functionality allows the same account […]

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WHATSAPP TO LAUNCH NEW FEATURE ‘CHANNELS’ FOR BROADCASTING INFORMATION ON IOS

Tue 25 Apr 2023: Meta-owned WhatsApp is working on a new feature called “channels,” a new one-to-many tool for broadcasting information on iOS. According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp plans to rename the Status tab “Updates” in order to include channels within this section. A WhatsApp channel is a private tool in which phone numbers and user […]

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UK ANNOUNCES £100 MILLION FOR AN EXPERT TASKFORCE TO BUILD A SAFE AI SYSTEM

Tue 25 Apr 2023: The UK on Monday announced an initial £100 million ($124 million) fund to develop the safe and reliable use of artificial intelligence across the economy. The government said in a statement that foundation models, including large language models like ChatGPT and Google Bard, can be used for a wide range of […]

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MUSK: TWITTER IS A ‘SERIOUS DANGER’ FOR MAINSTREAM MEDIA TO ‘CONTROL THE NARRATIVE’

Mon 24 Apr 2023: Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, claimed on Monday that his microblogging service has turned into a “serious danger” to mainstream media organizations as he reinstated the use of the iconic Blue checkmarks for famous people and influential users. Before this week, Mario Nawfal, co-founder and CEO of NFT Tech and […]

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MESSAGES THAT DISAPPEAR ON WHATSAPP CAN NOW BE SAVED IF THE SENDER AGREES

Sat 22 Apr 2023: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday introduced a ‘Keep in Chat’ feature that will allow users in a disappearing message thread to long-press a message and choose to save it. WhatsApp has called this “sender superpower,” and it will be the choice of the sender to allow others in the chat to keep […]

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