After granting Italy a similar exemption earlier in the month, Meta exempted Brazil from its worldwide ban on third-party AI ...

WhatsApp allows AI chatbots like ChatGPT to keep running for Brazilian users, reversing its Business API ban after regulatory ...

Moxie Marlinspike, the cryptographic prodigy who wrote the code that underpins Signal and WhatsApp, has a new project—and it ...

Italy has ordered Meta to suspend its policy that bans companies from using WhatsApp’s business tools to offer their own AI chatbots on the popular chat app. The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) ...

Heineken continues its global campaign encouraging in-person connections with its latest effort via WhatsApp. The brand this week launched new creative as a pilot program in Brazil, the country that ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday issued an alert warning of bad actors actively leveraging commercial spyware and remote access trojans (RATs) to target users ...

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has formally stepped down as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing zoning principles and the ...

Cyber threats didn't slow down last week—and attackers are getting smarter. We're seeing malware hidden in virtual machines, side-channel leaks exposing AI chats, and spyware quietly targeting Android ...

Megan Thee Stallion wants her fans to stop worrying about the online hate she receives. A day after releasing her new single “Lover Girl,” the rapper hopped on a livestream, where she addressed the ...

Meta Says No More General Purpose Chatbots on WhatsApp (Except Its Own) Third-party chatbots will be banned from the platform as of Jan. 15, 2026, with Meta AI becoming the only major chatbot ...

Update (15 January, 2025): Meta’s new rules go into effect from today. Companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, and Microsoft have already announced that their WhatsApp chatbot will stop working. Regulators ...