WhatsApp Allows Sent Message Editing

WhatsApp has added yet another handy feature. Wow, WhatsApp, and by extension, Meta, has been very busy lately. Anyhow, WhatsApp’s latest addition allows users to edit sent messages in the app, roughly 15 minutes after hitting ‘Send’. That’s like, in the most basic sense, time travel. Will The Sent Message Change? As seen in their […]

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TikTok Faces Off Against Montana Ban

As expected, TikTok’s not going to Montana’s ban decision lying down. Last Wednesday, Montana Governor Greg Giaforte signed legislation to ban TikTok from operating in the state outright, to essentially protect Montanans from intelligence-gathering operations by China. At the same time, TikTok vowed to fight for its users in the region, and today, it announced […]

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Blue Twitter Ticks Added to Pentagon Explosion Hoax

Well, well, how could things have ever come to this? On May 22, a range of blue tick accounts on Twitter sparked confusion, and even a dip in the stock market, after sharing what appeared to be AI-generated images of an explosion outside the Pentagon building. As per Vice: “Accounts such as @WarMonitors, @BloombergFeed, and […]

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Meta Reaches New EU Fine Record

Meta has managed to obtain another huge penal expense from regulators, with the European Data Protection Board (EDPU) slamming the company with a €1.2 billion fine ($1.3 billion) for transferring EU user data back to the US without explicit permission or adequate protections in place. This fine, which happens to be the largest of its […]

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Twitter’s New Explainers on Verified Accounts

Is Twitter now planning to reinstate its recently-retired legacy verified accounts? How fickle of it if it were to do so, but even that wouldn’t be surprising, at least not at this point. While that might be a bit of a stretch, Twitter is experimenting with a new way to show an account’s verification history, […]

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