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WhatsApp beta for iOS 24.25.10.78: what's new? WhatsApp has just submitted a new update through the TestFlight beta Program, bringing the version up to 24.25.10.78. What's new in this update? WhatsApp is rolling out a feature to animate some confetti emoji reactions for the New Year, and it's available to some beta testers! ADVERTISEMENT Common questions Answers Name of the feature?...
Continue Reading on https://www.theverge.com/WhatsApp could fling digital confetti around soon. Just in time for New Year’s Eve celebrations, sending certain emoji in the iOS beta version of the app triggers a confetti animation, according to WABetaInfo. The outlet spotted the feature being tested in the Android beta version of WhatsApp in November, too.
Continue Reading on https://www.theverge.com/CNN — Messaging service WhatsApp claimed a major legal victory over Israeli spyware firm NSO Group on Friday after a federal judge ruled that NSO was liable under federal and California law for a 2019 hacking spree that breached over 1,000 WhatsApp users. It’s a rare legal win for activists who have sought to rein in companies that make powerful spyware, or software capable of surveilling...
Continue Reading on https://edition.cnn.com/business/techFidaa Maksour, a dispatcher with the White Helmets, a volunteer organization that operates largely in the war-torn northwestern region of Syria, was on duty in the early morning hours of February 6, 2023, when the ground began to shake. It was a 7.8-magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever to hit the border region between Syria and Turkey. Calls started pouring into the operation...
Continue Reading on https://restofworld.org/It’s a warm September afternoon in Lagos and filming of the Nollywood slapstick comedy Osas and Nosa is delayed for the day. The scene being shot takes place in the driveway of a house in a gated compound, and the noise from construction next door is interfering with the tight schedule. As the director gets impatient and the production assistant scurries around handing out water bottles,...
Continue Reading on https://restofworld.org/Shivika Sabharwal’s nerves kicked in the second she spotted the size of the crowd. It was mid-September, and Sabharwal was standing center stage inside a massive event space at Mumbai’s extravagant Jio World Convention Centre. The space, which had recently hosted the star-studded wedding between billionaire heirs Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant, had been transformed into a sea of green —...
Continue Reading on https://restofworld.org/WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.24.17: what's new? WhatsApp is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.24.24.17. What's new in this update? WhatsApp is rolling out a feature to animate some confetti emoji reactions for the New Year, and it's available to some beta testers! ADVERTISEMENT Common questions Answers Name of the feature?...
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