India Halts WhatsApp Usernames Rollout Over Anonymity and Fraud Concerns

The Indian government has ordered Meta-owned WhatsApp to freeze the rollout of its highly anticipated unique usernames feature in its largest global market, demanding that the platform justify the security implications of the update or face official action. The directive, issued via an IT ministry letter, gives WhatsApp just three days to respond and halts […]

OpenAI Sued Over Allegations That ChatGPT Fueled a User’s Mental Health Crisis

OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, are facing a lawsuit filed in a San Francisco state court by a California man who claims the ChatGPT platform severely exacerbated his bipolar disorder. The plaintiff, 34-year-old Michael Lines, alleges that prolonged interactions with the chatbot last year escalated a manic episode into a weeks-long delusion, ultimately culminating […]

Are You Developing a ‘Phone Body’?

Our smartphones have become extensions of our arms, but our anatomy is paying a heavy price for this constant connectivity. Medical professionals are increasingly warning against a cluster of musculoskeletal and visual symptoms colloquially dubbed “phone body”—physical ailments triggered by the hours we spend hunched over mobile screens. The human body wasn’t designed to maintain […]

Apple iPhone 18 Pro supplier list, parts and photos exposed in Indian supplier’s data leak

Sensitive lists of components and suppliers, and photos of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 18 Pro models are part of files posted on the dark web by the ransomware group that stole data from the US firm’s Indian supplier Tata Electronics, according to documents and a source. The exposure threatens the carefully negotiated business of building the iPhone, which […]

WhatsApp to let people chat by swapping usernames instead of phone numbers

WhatsApp is set to let people chat without having to reveal their phone number – by exchanging unique usernames instead. It is rolling out globally to the platform’s three billion account holders over the next few months, the platform said. This week, users can start reserving a name via the app, although it will not […]

WhatsApp to let people chat without swapping phone numbers

WhatsApp is set to let people chat without having to reveal their phone number – by exchanging unique usernames instead. It will be rolled out globally to the platform’s three billion account holders over the next few months, the platform said. From Monday, users will start being able to reserve a name via the app, […]

GTA 6 will launch as download only – does that mean the disc is dead?

Once, video games came with lots of physical goodies, such as guides, maps and manuals. Those days are mostly gone, but gamers have, up to now, usually been able to rely on one thing they could literally get their hands on – a disc. But when pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 went live on Thursday, […]