WhatsApp on August 12 released a technical overview of Scam Alert, an optional on-device AI tool that flags likely scam messages. All detection stays on the user’s phone, preserving end-to-end encryption. The…
WhatsApp is testing chat themes with animated wallpapers on iOS. The feature is available in the beta version 26.31.10.74 via TestFlight, as reported by WABetaInfo. Users will be able to choose from…
WhatsApp is developing new animated chat themes that let users personalise conversations with different colours, wallpapers, and visual styles. The feature is currently in beta for iOS users only, with Android support…
Businesstoday.in reports that anganwadi centres across India are using WhatsApp, digital stories, songs and activities to make early childhood learning more interactive and move beyond rote learning. Teachers have adopted these tools…
Several WhatsApp users in India flagged an outage on the messaging platform early Monday, according to Downdetector data reported by Hindustan Times. The users reported being unable to share photos, videos, stickers,…
Tambaram City Police have launched 'Tambaram What’sCop', an AI-powered WhatsApp chatbot for police services and emergency assistance. The service, available in Tamil and English, can be accessed by sending 'hi' to 9344-222-100…
The Delhi High Court has been hearing WhatsApp's challenge to Rule 4(2) of the IT Rules, 2021 since 2021, which requires large messaging platforms to identify the 'first originator' of messages when…
OpenAI is developing a feature that would let ChatGPT users export custom stickers directly into WhatsApp, according to a report by Android Authority. Strings found in the latest ChatGPT Android app include…
Over 168,000 people in 15 districts of Assam remain affected by floods, with 10,111 persons displaced and sheltering in 50 relief camps, according to ANI. As water levels of the Dikhow and…
A Telangana man has alleged his wife and her lover plotted to kill him by staging a road accident, based on WhatsApp chats he claims to have found on her phone. G…
