Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from WhatsApp

Only 10 Met officers out of 412 investigated over alleged online abuse have been fired

Revelations that vast majority were instead given written warnings will raise fresh concerns about force

The Guardian - UK

Mum worried she'll be 'outcast' if she doesn't invite daughter's whole class to party

A woman was left concerned after realising that other children in her daughter's class at school had invited the whole class to birthday parties - but she said it would cost around £500

Daily Mirror

Mumbai: Andheri homemaker duped of Rs 12 lakh by cyber fraudster who gained illegal access to her bank accounts

MUMBAI: A homemaker lost nearly Rs 12 lakh to a cyberfraudster who posed as a bank employee and convinced her to download an app that gave him remote access to her phone screen in Mumbai's Andheri.

The Times of India

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Accused in Delhi excise 'scam' deleted WhatsApp chats, used VoIP to communicate: ED

NEW DELHI: Documentary evidence available with agencies, probing the alleged irregularities and bribes in the scrapped Delhi excise policy, is "scanty" as the accused communicated over VoIP and messenger service Signal while some WhatsApp chats were deleted, the ED informed a local court Saturday.

The Times of India

Social media campaigns can be effective -- if offline action is also taken. A case study from Ghana

Ghana has about six million social media users out of a population of 31 million. WhatsApp, Facebook and YouTube are the three dominant social media platforms, while Instagram and Twitter are gradually gaining popularity.

The Conversation

Meta Confronts an Apple-Sized Hole in Its Once-Mighty Advertising Business

The social media company must deal with a range of headwinds, but a year later, the hit to its ad targeting capabilities has been particularly painful.

Businessweek

WhatsApp chats can be password protected - and this is how to do it

Learn how you can keep your conversations protected and secure

Liverpool Echo

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

WhatsApp head, public policy director in India quit as Meta churn continues

Days after Ajit Mohan, the vice president and managing director of Meta India, announced his departure from the company, Meta India has confirmed the resignations of two other senior executives. Abhijit “Bobby” Bose, the head of WhatsApp India, and Rajiv Aggarwal, the public policy director of Meta India, have resigned…

Newslaundry

Lucy Letby: Inside the neonatal unit of hospital where nurse is accused of killing babies

The nurse allegedly told a colleague the death of a newborn on her night shift ‘could have happened to any baby’

The Independent UK

Boy, 9, hilariously tricks dad into buying puppy by pretending to be mum on WhatsApp

Nine-year-old Noah Ley was so desperate to get a puppy that he took his mum's phone and persuaded his oblivious dad to bring one home - even calling him 'hun' and 'love' just like she would

Daily Mirror

Now Users Can use WhatsApp On Two Android Phones

Instant messaging and voice-over-IP service WhatsApp will now be allowing its beta users to link their accounts to a secondary phone and an Android tablet. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

What do Twitter and Meta firings mean for social media?

Staff layoffs may seem remote, but they could impact your social media experience.

Evening Standard

Emergency prisoners, farmer leaders, journalist: Who are the non-Congress people with Bharat Jodo Yatra?

After placing India under an authoritarian Emergency regime in 1975, Indira Gandhi’s Congress threw an estimated 1.4 lakh people in jail. Dileep Singh, then in his early 30s, was one of them. He was imprisoned for 19 months.

Newslaundry

‘He has just always loved a challenge.’ How Jon Scheyer prepared his whole life for the pressure — and privilege — of succeeding Coach K at Duke.

DURHAM, N.C. — The photos popped into the family WhatsApp thread on a Wednesday evening this summer, a strategically timed greeting from Jon Scheyer to his parents, two older sisters and two brothers-in-law.

Chicago Tribune

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Times of India

T20 World Cup: Team India fans make a painful point on WhatsApp

NEW DELHI: India's utter rout in the T20 World Cup triggered a predictable deluge of fan gyan, ranging from self deprecating to team shaming, from funny to nasty, lame to crass, but generally to the point.

Liverpool Echo

Paedophile attempted to groom 'girl' by sending her pictures of his false leg

Pervert engaged in lewd Facebook and WhatsApp chats but was actually being ensnared in sting

Daily Mirror

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp slash more than 11,000 jobs in mass cull

Meta founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the cuts were "some of the most difficult changes" he has made in his company's history

Daily Mirror

WhatsApp prepares for major update that will affect users' 'disappearing messages'

WhatsApp is testing a redesigned Disappearing Messages section which is easier for users to navigate. It is just available to some Beta users, so if you can't see it yet, you should wait for an update

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Leeds Live

Otley man went to meet 13-year-old girl with bag filled with condoms and alcopops

Ronald Barton has been jailed after he spoke with what he thought was a teenager and told her she was his 'student' for 'sex education lessons'

The Guardian - UK

TechScape: How to quit Twitter – and where to go instead

Elon Musk’s chaotic first week as chief twit has crystallised fears that the site is in a death spiral. Here’s a handy guide to other platforms – from a Slack-style chatroom to the anti-Twitter

Daily Mirror

Scandal-hit Gavin Williamson faces new probe - but could keep job past Christmas

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said there was an 'independent' inquiry into Mr Williamson's sweary WhatsApp messages to ex-Chief Whip Wendy Morton amid reports the matter has been escalated to Parliament's watchdog

Nottingham Post

Fatal Nottingham crash which killed grandad was circulated on WhatsApp

The incident was highlighted as one of the 'grotesque features' of the case

Evening Standard

WhatsApp could soon let you edit your messages

Editable messages spotted in WhatsApp’s latest iOS beta

Evening Standard

London tech firm Worldr raises £10 million to help bankers text securely over WhatsApp

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has said it will hold discussions with banks and financial services firms over the use of private messaging apps

Daily Mirror

Gavin Williamson's WhatsApp rant in full as new claims emerge - but Sunak refuses to sack him

Gavin Williamson is still in his job amid bullying claims as Rishi Sunak's spokesman claimed he had an 'important contribution to make' - despite not being able to say what his job is, and Keir Starmer suggesting he should be sacked

1 … 105 106 107 108

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Bharatiya Janata Party