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European policymakers, last year, published the Digital Services Act (DSA), according to which, technology companies such as Twitter, Google, Facebook parent Meta Platforms and Microsoft, among other giants will have to do more to tackle disinformation online. Twitter has now decided to leave the European Union's (EU) disinformation code and EU industry commissioner Thierry Breton has sent a warning to the social media company."Twitter leaves EU voluntary code of practice against disinformation. But obligations remain.…

Tired of saving contacts? Here's how you can message anyone on WhatsApp without saving numbersWhatsApp, the widely popular instant messaging service, has established itself as a dominant player not only in India but across the globe. Its relentless pursuit of feature enhancements has positioned it as a fierce competitor against messaging platforms like Telegram and Line. For countless individuals, WhatsApp serves as a dependable gateway to connect with their loved ones. Nevertheless, there are instances where…

Finally. Starting today, you'll be able to edit WhatsApp messages you’ve already sent. You'll need to act fairly swiftly as you'll only get a 15-minute window. To do so, you just have to long press on the typo-riddled message and tap Edit. Messages will be labeled as ‘edited’ if you do so, but no-one will see the edit history, or the mistakes you made. The messaging app is catching up with rival messaging services: iOS users have been able to edit their texts sent in iMessage for a while now. Apple’s messaging service…

Despite the rise of many alternative messaging apps, such as Telegram and Signal, and an uptick in the use of RCS messaging, WhatsApp continues to be the most popular and most used messaging platform out there. It has received a slew of new features at a surprisingly fast pace over the last couple of years, and today, yet another new WhatsApp feature has begun rolling out to users worldwide. This feature is the ability to edit messages after they’ve been sent, meaning you will no longer have to delete and resend the full…

Last time we talked about implementation of functional queues with Groovy++ Today we will use these queues to implement several algorithms for processing of asynchronious messages. You can find source code and more examples in the Groovy++ distro What we want to do is to implement simplified actor, the object which sequentially process asynchroniously coming messages. There are two types of actors thread bound actor, which is the one having dedicated message processing thread. The thread is blocked if no messages are…

WhatsApp has unveiled a new feature that most users would welcome. The new WhatsApp feature allows users to edit their messages and that too across a huge timescale. Mark Zuckerberg took to Facebook to share the news, highlighting that users can now modify sent messages within a 15-minute timeframe.All you need to do to use the WhatsApp edit messages feature is to simply press and hold the desired message, then select the "edit" option from the menu. Any edited message will display an "edited" tag next to the timestamp,…

A long-awaited feature, WhatsApp message editing, is finally making its way to users. About six years ago, the internet got the announcement that this feature was in the works. For some unknown reasons, WhatsApp held back from rolling out this feature up until now. A recent WhatsApp blog post carries details introducing this feature to users around the world. This new feature will change how users chat with their friends and family, giving them more control over their typographical errors. If you have ever wished that…

WhatsApp is rolling out the feature to let users edit their sent text messages for up to 15 minutes after the delivery. Earlier last week, WhatsApp was reportedly testing the feature on the beta version of Android and iOS app, as well as the Web interface. However, the feature has now rolled out to global users. The messaging app already provides the ability to delete sent messages. However, the feature to edit a sent message will save time for rewriting the entire text.In a Facebook post, Meta head Mark Zuckerberg…

WhatsApp has officially announced the availability of a new edit feature that will be available to all users worldwide over the next few weeks. “For the moments when you make a mistake, or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages,” a WhatsApp statement said. This edit function is only available 15 minutes after sending and messages changed are marked as “edited”. The Meta-owned messaging service is following the lead from other messaging apps such as Telegram and Apple’s iMessage, which…

WhatsApp has been spotted working on a redesigned message menu for the Android version of the popular messaging app. The upcoming menu will reportedly be similar to the context menu for selected messages on iOS. The menu is said to display five options after long-pressing on a specific message. The latest development is spotted on WhatsApp beta for the Android 2.23.11.4 update. WhatsApp's redesigned message menu is under development and is likely to be made available in a future Beta update. Last month the messaging app…