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WhatsApp says it is fixing an issue that disabled several accounts
For the last few hours, several people across social media have reported that their WhatsApp accounts have been…
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WhatsApp is testing a new folder for messages from large businesses
During Meta’s Q2 2026 earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg said that other revenue in the family of apps segment…
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WhatsApp now lets you make calls using its web app
For years, WhatsApp calls have been supported only on the smartphone app or its native desktop app. Now…
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How to reserve and change your WhatsApp username
Meta-owned chat app WhatsApp started to roll out username reservations for its 3 billion users earlier in June.…
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Russian government hackers targeting Signal and WhatsApp users, Dutch spies warn
Russian government hackers are targeting Signal and WhatsApp users, particularly government and military officials, as well as journalists…
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After Europe, WhatsApp will let rival AI companies offer chatbots in Brazil
Meta is now allowing rival AI companies to provide their chatbots on WhatsApp to Brazilian users for a…
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Italian prosecutors confirm journalist was hacked with Paragon spyware
Italian authorities confirmed that a journalist who was alerted by WhatsApp last year of a suspected spyware attack…
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India’s Supreme Court to WhatsApp: ‘You cannot play with the right to privacy’
India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered an unusually sharp rebuke to Meta, warning that it would not allow…
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WhatsApp will now charge AI chatbots to operate in Italy
Meta announced Wednesday that it will charge developers for running chatbots on WhatsApp in regions where regulators are…
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WhatsApp is rolling out a new stricter security setting to protect users from cyberattacks
Days after Meta was sued over alleged false privacy claims surrounding its chat app WhatsApp, the company has…