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WhatsApp, long considered a sanctuary from ads, is now showing promotions in its Updates tab. Meta's announcement brings status ads, channel promotions and paid subscriptions to the app. Private chats remain untouched, but the move marks a major shift from WhatsApp’s ad-free roots, aligning it more closely with Meta’s monetisation strategy
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Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Business Insider: Apple's new spam text filtering feature could end up being a multimillion-dollar headache for political campaigns. iOS 26 includes a new feature that allows users to filter text messages from unrecognized numbers into an "Unknown Senders" folder without sending a notification. Users can then go to that filter and hit "Mark as Known" or delete the message. In a memo... Read more ›
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Alphabet on Wednesday reported better-than-expected Q2 results, with overall revenue rising 14 per cent year-on-year and cloud revenue reaching $13.62 billion. YouTube ad revenue surged 13 per cent to $9.8 billion, while net income climbed nearly 20 per cent to $28.2 billion. Read more ›
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, will serve as the chief scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs. The move came months after Meta went on to poach AI talent from competitors Read more ›
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The company’s revenue grew 14 per cent year-over-year to $96.4 billion, largely fueled by strong Google Cloud sales. The cloud division proved to be a major driver of growth, with revenue increasing 32 per cent from the previous year to $13.62 billion Read more ›
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