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India crowns Meta AI; More layoffs hit tech

India is now the ground zero for Meta’s AI push, WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart told us. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.

The Economic Times

For Meta AI, India tops the global charts: Will Cathcart

India leads globally in Meta AI's monthly active users on WhatsApp, with conversations surging post-Muse Spark launch. To enhance privacy, WhatsApp is introducing an 'incognito mode' for AI chats, allowing users to interact without sharing personal data, though this impacts model training.

The Economic Times

Meta to launch 'Incognito Chat' for private AI conversations on WhatsApp

Meta Platforms introduces Incognito Chat for its AI assistant on WhatsApp. This new feature aims to address user privacy concerns. Conversations will remain private and will not be saved. Messages will disappear by default. This move allows users to explore ideas without data being monitored. Meta AI will also offer…

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Meta launches WhatsApp 'incognito' mode to address privacy concerns for AI chats

Meta Platforms is introducing an "incognito" mode for WhatsApp to allow private conversations with its AI chatbot

The Independent UK

Elon Musk's Diss Answered? - WhatsApp Launches 'Strict Account Settings'

Elon Musk slammed WhatsApp's security. The Meta-owned app rolls out strict new account controls. WhatsApp top chief responds.

International Business Times UK

WhatsApp really is good, so Meta's had enough of that and is now 'monetising the periphery' with new ads that try to make it more like Instagram

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PC Gamer

WhatsApp is about to introduce ads in its messaging app

Meta has announced that it will be introducing three new ad features in its messaging app, WhatsApp.

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WhatsApp is getting ads, but it's not as bad as you think

You could see ads on WhatsApp but only if you use some of the more obscure features.

WhatsApp will soon let you make restaurant reservations and book train seats

Moving beyond customer support, WhatsApp’s new feature will allow businesses to offer customised services

Evening Standard

UK ministers seek to allay WhatsApp and Signal concerns in encryption row

Government says text scanning under online safety bill would only occur if ‘technically feasible’ after apps threaten to leave country

The Guardian - UK

These 5 Google Pixel Tablet features make me regret buying an iPad Pro

Google’s Pixel Tablet is the hot new slate on the block, and it might just be giving me doubts about my iPad Pro.

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WhatsApp has a message editing feature you may not know about

Meta, which owns WhatsApp, announced the new function earlier this week

Liverpool Echo

WhatsApp messages could become 'locked' for billions of users

WhatsApp is the world's most popular messaging app

Liverpool Echo

Online Safety Bill: what will happen to WhatsApp under the proposed law?

WhatsApp and other encrypted messaging services have called for the UK government to “urgently rethink” its controversial Online Safety Bill, hinting that they would rather be blocked from operating in Britain than weaken their privacy settings.

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WhatsApp could become 'illegal' and leave UK if new bill passes, warns boss

The new Online Safety Bill could potentially spell the end of WhatsApp in the UK.

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Warning that WhatsApp may become illegal or unusable in the UK amid new Online Safety Bill

WhatsApp could soon see its UK services cut, after the vital security encryption could be barred through the Government's new plans on online safety.

Daily Mirror

WhatsApp may become illegal in UK - and messages could be seen by authorities, warns boss

WhatsApp could see its services being banned from the UK after the new controversial Online Safety Bill plans to remove vital encryption from the app to allow messages to be scanned

Liverpool Echo

WhatsApp boss warns app could soon be illegal in UK

The messaging app uses encryption to ensure that even it cannot read users' messages

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The Guardian - UK

WhatsApp would not remove end-to-end encryption for UK law, says chief

Meta’s head of chat app says it would not comply with the requirements set out in online safety bill

Liverpool Echo

WhatsApp warning as app could stop working for millions of users

Some 40 million WhatsApp users could soon see the app 'shut down'

Evening Standard

WhatsApp threatens a UK shutdown if anti-encryption laws pass

This could prompt a severe backlash from voters if the UK joins China, Syria and Qatar as the fourth country where the chat app doesn’t work

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