In a bid to make governance a tad easier, the Tamil Nadu government in partnership with Meta has officially launched ‘Namma Arasu’, a WhatsApp-based e-governance bot. Released as a new initiative, the ...

In December 2024, Canadian rapper and part-time Texas resident Drake filed a lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar, Universal Music Group, and iHeartMedia, alleging that Lamar's diss song targeting him was ...

Italy has ordered Meta to suspend its policy that bans companies from using WhatsApp’s business tools to offer their own AI chatbots on the popular chat app. The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

Attackers behind a self-propagating malware campaign targeting Brazilian financial institutions have accelerated and upgraded their malicious activity, using artificial intelligence (AI) to spawn a ...

WhatsApp is a cross-platform centralized instant messaging and voice-over-IP service owned by Meta Platforms, Inc. It allows users to send text messages and voice messages, make voice and video calls, ...

I went to a wedding last month that was coordinated on WhatsApp. The couple created a “community” that included a group chat and an announcements-only channel. The dozens of attendees—primarily iPhone ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

A new beta version of WhatsApp released for Android is testing a feature that allows users to reserve their usernames from Facebook and Instagram for use on the instant messaging app in the future.

Google was accused in a lawsuit of using its Gemini AI assistant to unlawfully track the private communications of users of its Gmail, instant messaging and videoconference programs. In the past, ...

Why is this important? The feature will benefit both regular users and businesses on WhatsApp. However, it could use a rather stringent review process. Why should I care? From what it sounds like, ...

WhatsApp is rolling out passkey-encrypted backups for iOS and Android devices, enabling users to encrypt their chat history using their fingerprint, face, or a screen lock code. Passkeys are a ...