KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — Do you have too many chats and unread messages on WhatsApp? Often need to scroll just to reply to a message in a group chat from a while ago? If that sounds like you then you might just be able to appreciate WhatsApp’s new Chat Filters feature. Chat Filters is … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 — The police have detected fraudulent activities involving the distribution of fake “arrest warrant” messages through WhatsApp and Telegram. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department deputy director (investigation) Datuk Rohaimi Md Isa said the “arrest warrant” was claimed to have been issued by the Office of the Chief Registrar of the … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — Local transgender social media personality Nur Sajat revealed she has cancer in a TikTok livestream that garnered a million views. Advertisement “I’m actually very sick, I have cancer,” said a solemn-looking Sajat, 38, in the short clip posted recently. “”I’m just waiting to die, looks like I won’t have the … Read more
TENOM, Jan 9 — A witness in the trial of preacher Ebit Irawan Ibrahim Lew, also known as Ebit Lew, told the Magistrates’ Court here today that attempts to retrieve deleted conversation messages from a woman’s WhatsApp application on a mobile phone were unsuccessful. Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) senior audio-video analyst Latifah Abdul Aziz, 43, … Read more
PARIS, Dec 27 — They may simply look like large cuddly black-and-white teddy bear creatures but giant panda bears are in fact complex social creatures. A study from researchers in China and the US, published on the website of the NGO BioOne, explains that they use highly advanced techniques to communicate with their peers. A … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 7 — Meta Platforms will start fully encrypting messages on Facebook and Instagram by default, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The social-media giant this week will begin automatically shifting Facebook users to end-to-end encryption for their messages, rolling out the change over the course … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO, SEtp 14 — Artificial intelligence could soon be on hand to help you pen faultless text messages, by correcting the spelling and grammar of the message on the fly. Google, via its Gboard virtual keyboard application, is poised to offer just that, according to a keen-eyed user at 9to5Google. The latter was able … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — After introducing Chat Lock, WhatsApp has announced that it has started to roll out its Message Editing feature to all users globally. This is a great feature to make quick changes to your text whether it is to correct a typo or to add a crucial context to your message. … Read more
PARIS, May 10 — Generative artificial intelligence could soon make it possible to create custom text messages in Google Messages, in a tone to suit your mood or even in poetic form. The 9To5Google website reports that this new feature, called “Magic Compose,” could soon be integrated into Google Messages. The function makes it possible … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — WhatsApp’s Disappearing Messages feature is getting a new option which will allow you to keep certain messages in the chat from self-destructing upon expiry. Called Keep in Chat, users can save certain WhatsApp chats by tapping on the bookmark icon and it will remain there until it is deleted manually. … Read more
