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Instagram now lets you put a friend’s photo of you on your own grid — without reposting it
A tagged post can now be pinned straight to your profile grid from the notification, with no copy made and no new upload. Removing it later…
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WhatsApp calls by link, no account needed: the Zoom-style feature that fixes a real business problem
WhatsApp is building call links that anyone can open in a browser — no app, no account — the way Zoom and Google Meet work. It extends the…
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Two hours a day, nothing after midnight: Meta’s new teen limits for Instagram and Facebook, explained
As part of settling a US lawsuit over social-media addiction, Meta will cap teenagers at two hours a day on Instagram and Facebook, lock…
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WhatsApp Plus: a paid tier for the world’s free messenger — what £2.50 a month buys, and what it doesn’t
WhatsApp is testing a subscription called WhatsApp Plus with a small group of iPhone users in Europe, at £2.50 a month. It buys stickers…
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WhatsApp is copying Messenger’s chat bubbles — the small Android change that fixes a big annoyance
A floating bubble that shows a new message and opens a mini chat window over whatever app you are using is coming to WhatsApp on Android…
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WhatsApp calls are getting noise cancellation — built for the Dhaka traffic jam
A new switch in WhatsApp’s calling menu, spotted in Android beta 2.26.14.1, suppresses background noise so the person on the other end…
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WhatsApp is building accounts for under-13s that parents control — here is how they will work
For years the rule was simple: no WhatsApp before 13. Now Meta plans supervised accounts where a parent decides who can message the child…
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WhatsApp adds a "Strict Account Settings" mode for people who are actually being targeted
A single switch that blocks media from strangers, kills link previews and silences unknown callers. It is built for journalists and…