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You Can Finally Send High Quality Photos on WhatsApp
WhatsApp might be the most popular chat app in the world, but it isn’t the best for sending photos and videos. The app has a 16MB limit on any media you send, and, even still, compresses it to save space. That compression results in a lower quality image or video, which is frustrating in a…
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Meta Begins Its Next Round of Mass Layoffs
Meta is continuing with cuts this week, lopping off approximately 6,000 more of its workers in yet another round of mass layoffs. Most of these newest job losses are expected to impact people on the business side of Meta’s operations — including staff in ad sales, marketing, and partnerships — according to multiple reports and…
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Twitter Rolls Out Encrypted Messaging, Don’t Trust It
Twitter did it. The company met a deadline and released something on the promised date under Elon Musk’s leadership. The social media platform put out its first-ever encrypted messaging option late on Wednesday night, just under the wire. Yet in the mad dash to deliver, the site seems to have made some confusing compromises, as…
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WhatsApp and Signal Threaten to End Service in UK if ‘Online Safety Bill’ Passed
Meta’s WhatsApp is threatening to leave the UK if the government passes the Online Safety Bill, saying it will essentially eliminate its encryption methods. Alongside its rival company Signal and five other apps, the company said that, by passing the bill, users will no longer be protected by end-to-end encryption, which ensures no one but…