Sources: special agents with the US Commerce Department investigated claims by ex-Meta contractors that Meta staff had “unfettered” access to WhatsApp messages
US law enforcement has been investigating allegations by former Meta Platforms Inc. contractors that Meta personnel …
Meta starts rolling out built-in message translation in WhatsApp, with support for 19+ languages on iOS and six on Android
Qualcomm calls it incredible Sagar / GSMArena.com : WhatsApp announces Message Translations feature for Android and iPhone users Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : WhatsApp Rolls Out On-Device Message...
WhatsApp launches optional Meta AI-generated summaries of unread messages in the US; Meta says it can't read the chats, and other users can't see the summaries
Are You Okay With That? Tyler Lacoma / CNET : WhatsApp Brings Meta AI-Powered Summaries to Your Texts Emma Roth / The Verge : WhatsApp rolls out AI-generated summaries for private messages Florence Mu...
In a spat on X, Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun calls out Elon Musk for saying xAI will pursue “truth” as Musk spreads “crazy-ass conspiracy theories” on X
But It Does Have Privacy Issues Emergent Behavior : 2024-05-29: Memorial Day Shenanigans Siddharth Jindal / AIM : Yann LeCun Delays Elon Musk's AGI Plans James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : Elon Musk and M...
Bluesky now lets users send DMs and says the service is working on adding support for messages with images and end-to-end encryption
Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is officially launching DMs … Carrie Marshall / T3 : Bluesky just gave you a great reason to finally quit Twitter Amanda Yeo / Mashable : Bluesky fin...
Staffers and allies of India's BJP detail how they crafted posts for a vast network of WhatsApp groups aimed at exploiting the fears of the Hindu majority
MUDBIDRI, India — At first, the WhatsApp messages touted roads paved, schools built, free food distributed to the poor … X: @malavtweets , @digitaldutta , @mparekh , @gerryshih , @digitaldutta , @gerr...
An investigation into the rise of NSO's Pegasus shows its widespread use by the CIA, UAE, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and others; the FBI bought but didn't use it
Firstly, welcome to my new blog! (Or is it a “newsletter”?) Tweets: Eva / @evacide : Here I am, having taken to my fainting couch, wearing my finest clutching pearls, because NSO Group has been caugh...
Investigation finds Facebook has over 1,000 contractors moderating private WhatsApp messages and images that were reported by users
Trengo, which streamlines emails, social media, WhatsApp messages, and calls into a collaborative inbox, raises $36M Series A led by Insight Partners and Peak
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A look at allegations in Texas AG's antitrust suit, accusing Google of giving Facebook special privileges in exchange for not supporting a competing ad system
if you back up WhatsApp in Google, Google scans it. https://www.theinformation.com/ ...? Chris O'Brien / @obrien : Breaking: Yelp issues statement in response to state AGs' lawsuit against Google: Fuc...