Tag: WhatsApp
Tech Digest daily roundup: Twitter restores suicide-prevention hotline
Twitter has restored a feature that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, after coming under pressure from users and consumer safety groups. The feature, known as #ThereIsHelp, placed a banner at the top of search results for certain topics, listing contacts for support organizations in many countries…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Twitter blue tick verification relaunches
Twitter's paid-for verification feature is rolling out once again on Monday. It was paused last month after being swamped by impersonators. It is still $8 per month - but there is now an increased fee of $11 for those using the Twitter app on Apple devices. Twitter's owner Elon Musk has previously said in tweets…
Tech Digest daily roundup: WhatsApp launches ‘Message Yourself’ function
WhatsApp has started rolling out a feature to let you chat with yourself. Sending messages to your own account can be a way to keep a piece of information easily accessible, right next to your other WhatsApp conversations. Called ‘Message Yourself’, the feature lets users send notes, reminders and shopping lists to themselves on WhatsApp.…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Meta to slash 13% of workforce
Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has become the latest big tech player to wield the axe in the tougher global economy, laying off 13% of its workforce. The firm announced on Wednesday it will cut its global headcount by more than 11,000 employees as part of a wider shake-up of the business that…
Tech Digest daily roundup: WhatsApp rolls out new features for Groups
WhatsApp groups can now be brought together under one umbrella with the launch of a new communities feature. Rolling out from today, it's designed so that updates can be sent to everyone across all groups in one go, while still allowing for smaller discussions within the individual groups. Think of it like a Russian stacking…
Tech Digest daily roundup: WhatsApp to let you leave group chats silently
Meta has announced new privacy features for WhatsApp users. Users will be able to leave group chats silently, control who can see their online status and block screenshots on View Once messages. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said this would help keep WhatsApp messaging "as private and secure as face-to-face conversations". It will begin rolling…
Tech Digest daily roundup: WhatsApp says it will not ‘lower security’
The boss of WhatsApp says it will not "lower the security" of its messenger service. If asked by the government to weaken encryption, it would be "very foolish" to accept, Will Cathcart told the BBC. Government plans to detect child sex-abuse images include the possible scanning of private messages. The NSPCC has criticised WhatsApp's position,…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Samsung launches gaming hub for smart TVs
Samsung is launching its gaming hub for its 2022 smart TVs and monitors today. The hub brings together the best game streaming apps into a single location, with quick access to Nvidia’s GeForce Now, Google Stadia, Utomik, Twitch, and Microsoft’s new Xbox TV app. Even Amazon Luna will be available soon, neatly integrated into the…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Apple store workers vote to unionise
Workers at an Apple store in Maryland have voted to unionise, forming the tech giant's first retail union in the United States. The employees of the shop in Towson passed the measure 65-33, with about a dozen abstentions. After the result came in, the group tweeted: "Now we celebrate… tomorrow we keep organising." It is…
Tech Digest daily roundup: UK Government axes EV car grant
The Government has axed the plug-in car grant, meaning EV buyers will no longer receive taxpayer-funded financial support towards the purchase price of their vehicles. Announcing the end of the scheme, the Department for Transport (DfT) boasted that the grant had helped to increase the sales of fully electric cars from less than 1,000 in the whole…
