Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, has unveiled a new feature to let users lock and hide conversations on its widely popular instant messaging app. The locked chat will not be seen on the app’s regular interface, instead keeping those
Twitter’s new feature unveiled last week, which encrypts some direct messages (DMs), has raised criticism from experts. The microblogging platform has made a wide range of changes regarding its policy since Elon Musk’s takeover last October. Subscription-based blue tick verification, changes
UPDATED – This story has been updated to include the confirmation of Yaccarino as new CEO. Elon Musk has announced the appointment of NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino as new CEO of Twitter. The billionaire entrepreneur said he is “excited” to announce
Users of Meta’s VR platform Horizon Worlds have learned that they can no longer create dedicated events, with many in the community furious. The news came during Horizon Worlds’ v109 update notes earlier this week. In the update, Meta said
Online match-making platform Dating.com wants to help users find love in the metaverse. Last September the site unveiled a “meta-dating experience for modern singles” in the blockchain-based metaverse Decentraland, and eight months on, a fresh series of virtual events have
Democratic Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has given cryptocurrencies his support, calling them “a major innovation engine.” The 69-year-old member of the Kennedy dynasty took to Twitter to outline his views on digital assets as his campaign for the
Twitter has barely been out of the headlines since its takeover by Elon Musk last October in a deal worth $44 billion. Partly these have stemmed from the raft of significant changes made to its policies. Though company-wide layoffs and
Belfast technology firm Immersonal has been using virtual reality to help victims of crime and witnesses prepare for the daunting experience of giving evidence in court. The startup, which specializes in designing “self-authored, immersive training experiences,” enables individuals to converse
The number of daily bitcoin transactions hit a fresh high over the weekend, just days after Grayscale published a report praising the effect of Ordinals on the crypto network. On Saturday, the average number of daily transactions over the previous
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg this week hinted at the possibility of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into several of the company’s most popular platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram. Speaking on an earnings call with investors following Meta’s latest quarterly report
Investment bank Citi thinks the metaverse could be worth $13 trillion by 2030, yet in 2023 half of adults don’t even know what it is. That’s according to a new survey by broadband company Pure Telecom. The survey questioned 1,000
Robotics company Boston Dynamics has terrified the internet by equipping its robot dog, Spot, with a speech function. The company equipped Spot with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s text-to-speech AI, giving it the ability to answer various questions. And in the
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