Meta’s WhatsApp privacy issues rebuked in India court
WhatsApp has been facing heightened scrutiny over its data privacy across the world. Authorities in the U.S. have reportedly examined claims that WhatsApp chats may not be as private as the company asserts, adding to broader questions about how encrypted messaging platforms handle user data.With more than 500 million users, India is WhatsApp’s largest market
Bitcoin slides out of top 10 global assets by market value
Bitcoin has fallen out of the top 10 global assets by market capitalization, dropping to 11th place amid a major downturn in digital asset markets. The leading crypto asset’s market cap has declined to approximately $1.67 trillion, placing it behind Meta Platforms at $1.86 trillion, TSMC at $1.76 trillion, and Saudi Aramco at $1.66 trillion.
Pinterest recent layoffs
Pinterest has sacked two engineers for tracking which workers lost their jobs in a recent round of layoffs. The company recently announced job cuts, with chief executive Bill Ready stating in an email he was “doubling down on an AI-forward approach,” according to an employee who posted some of the memo on LinkedIn. Pinterest told
The Plug-In Solar Revolution
Solar energy systems now provide the least expensive electricity in history and if you have any kind of savings you should really consider investing in solar today. Unfortunately for many people, it is still difficult to invest in solar. Luckily “plug-in solar” makes solar available to everyone. Plug-in solar systems (also known as plug-and-play solar)
Telegram CEO: ‘Have to be braindead to believe WhatsApp is secure’
The Russian billionaire’s comments come amid a class-action lawsuit against Meta-owned WhatsApp in San Francisco, accusing it of accessing users’ messages, contradicting end-to-end encryption (E2EE) promises. “You’d have to be braindead to believe WhatsApp is secure in 2026. When we analyzed how WhatsApp implemented its “encryption”, we found multiple attack vectors,” Pavel Durov wrote on
IBM unveils world’s first sub-1nm chip technology
IBM has unveiled what it calls the world’s first sub-1 nanometre (nm) chip technology, a research breakthrough that the company says could extend advances in semiconductor performance as the industry approaches the physical limits of transistor scaling. The prototype, built on a 0.7nm (7 angstrom) process, uses a new three-dimensional Nanostack architecture that vertically stacks
X Money rollout
X Money is being built as a digital wallet inside the X ecosystem, allowing users to send and receive money, hold funds and eventually tap into a wider range of financial services. The service runs on Visa Direct, following a partnership between X and Visa announced earlier this year. That tie-up gives X access to
Iran insists on right to control Hormuz
Iran reasserted its right on Friday to control shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and warned Gulf states against siding with the U.S., a day after an attack on a ship near Oman highlighted the fragility of a preliminary deal to end the Iran war. Tehran was responding to what it called an “interventionist, irresponsible
Russia-controlled Crimea declares emergency
Authorities in Russian-controlled Crimea Friday declared a regional emergency as Ukrainian drone attacks on the peninsula intensified, prompting widespread disruption and power outages. The declaration followed what appeared to be one of Ukraine’s largest drone attacks on Russian territory and Moscow-administered Crimea since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion more than four years ago. According
OpenAI to release GPT-5.6 in limited preview
OpenAI has reportedly delayed the wider release of its upcoming GPT-5.6 artificial intelligence model after a request from the Trump administration over security concerns. Instead of launching the model broadly, the company is expected to introduce GPT-5.6 through a limited preview, with access initially restricted to a small group of enterprise customers.The report suggests that