WhatsApp Reportedly Testing New Message Text Formatting Tools in Beta: All Details

WhatsApp Reportedly Testing New Message Text Formatting Tools in Beta: All Details

WhatsApp is reportedly working on new text formatting tools that could benefit coders, programmers, and software developers. The new feature was recently spotted in the latest WhatsApp for Desktop beta update is said to include three new formatting tools. These new tools will help users share and read codes easily…

Koo Not Competing Against X, Meta’s Threads by Meta; Going After Deeper, Regional Audiences: Co-Founder

Koo Not Competing Against X, Meta’s Threads by Meta; Going After Deeper, Regional Audiences: Co-Founder

Koo is not competing head-on against X (formerly Twitter), or even the recently-launched Threads by Meta, and is instead going after regional audiences with its language-based approach, co-founder of the homegrown platform, Aprameya Radhakrishna, has said.  Radhakrishna said Koo can be social-media-as-a-service, tailoring itself in compliance with the laws of…

Hackers Use ‘Bad Math’ to Trick Generative AI Models to Show Flaws and Biases at DEF CON 2023: Details

Hackers Use ‘Bad Math’ to Trick Generative AI Models to Show Flaws and Biases at DEF CON 2023: Details

Kennedy Mays has just tricked a large language model. It took some coaxing, but she managed to convince an algorithm to say 9 + 10 = 21. “It was a back-and-forth conversation,” said the 21-year-old student from Savannah, Georgia. At first, the model agreed to say it was part of…

News Organisations Call for Regulations on Content Use by AI Makers, Reveals Letter

News Organisations Call for Regulations on Content Use by AI Makers, Reveals Letter

A group of the world’s biggest news media organizations called for revised regulations on the use of copyrighted material by makers of artificial intelligence technology, according to an open letter published on Wednesday. The note, signed by industry bodies like the News Media Alliance — which includes nearly 2,000 publications…

Facebook Messenger Will Drop Support for SMS Messages in September: All Details

Facebook Messenger Will Drop Support for SMS Messages in September: All Details

Facebook Messenger will drop support for sending SMS messages over a cellular network soon. The Meta-owned messaging platform introduced SMS integration on Android smartphones in 2016 and allowed users to view text messages alongside messages from Facebook users in a single app. Currently, SMS text messages appear in purple, and…

Norway Regulator to Fine Facebook Parent Meta $98,500 per Day Over Privacy Breaches From August 14

Norway Regulator to Fine Facebook Parent Meta $98,500 per Day Over Privacy Breaches From August 14

Facebook owner Meta Platforms will be fined 1 million crowns ($98,500) per day over privacy breaches from August 14, Norway’s data protection authority told Reuters on Monday, a decision that could have wider European implications. The regulator, Datatilsynet, had said on July 17 that the company would be fined if…

Meta Chief Mark Zuckerberg Comments on Threads About Cage-Fight Against X’s Head Elon Musk

Meta Chief Mark Zuckerberg Comments on Threads About Cage-Fight Against X’s Head Elon Musk

Meta co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to Threads on Monday to post about his ‘cage-fight’ with Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly Twitter).  The development comes as Musk on Sunday said that his potential in-person fight with Mark Zuckerberg would be streamed on his social media site X….

WhatsApp Beta Version Allows Testers to Try New Voice Chats and ‘Send for Admin Review’ Feature

WhatsApp Beta Version Allows Testers to Try New Voice Chats and ‘Send for Admin Review’ Feature

WhatsApp beta — the company’s testing version of the popular messaging app — has added a new feature with the latest update. Previously referred to as audio chats, this feature allows users to start a voice call in a group. Meanwhile, a recent beta update also added support for sending…