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WhatsApp rolls out new ‘View Once’ feature, share sensitive information with single use voice message

WhatsApp protects your voice messages with end-to-end encryption by default, and View Once is just another example of the company's continued privacy innovation.WhatsApp introduced View Once for photos and videos back in 2021 to add another layer of privacy to your messages. Now the Meta owned messaging platform has announced that you can now send a voice message that will disappear once listened to.For reading out your credit card details to a friend, or when you’re planning a surprise, you can now also share sensitive…

Kenny Chesney shares tender message to Taylor Swift

Country singer Kenny Chesney has nothing but love for Time magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year: Taylor Swift.The “When the Sun Goes Down” artist shared a sweet message for Swift after she gave him a shout-out in her interview for the annual honor. “Taylor, I knew looking in your eyes that first time on stage with us, you had ‘it.’ The hunger, that something special… A gift not everyone has to connect,” wrote on Instagram Wednesday, alongside photos of him and a young Swift. “It’s been awesome watching you shine!” he…

CoD’s “Update Requires Restart” Message Is Becoming A MW3 And Warzone Meme Bundle

According to a new leak, an upcoming store bundle for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Warzone will poke fun at the "update requires restart" meme that Call of Duty fans know too well.Now that Season 1 has gone live, dataminers are doing their thing. They discovered the store bundle you can see below, which references the common prompt that players encounter when booting up Call of Duty. This prompt appears regularly in Call of Duty, and Activision is leaning into it in a fun way with this upcoming…

Facebook Messenger boosts security, enables message editing & more

Facebook is now rolling out new features to Facebook Messenger, which not only boost overall security, but add a much-requested feature, message editing. That’s not all, though, so let’s dive in, shall we? Meta says that this is the “biggest set of improvements to Messenger since it was first launched in 2011”. That’s a big claim. The headline of this update is definitely a huge boost on the security side of things. Facebook Messenger gets improved security, message editing, and various other improvements End-to-end…

WhatsApp Channels set to get message forwarding feature; Know how to use it

WhatsApp introduced a Telegram-like feature this year called Channels, where business organisations, media institutions and others can share regular updates on the platforms. Over the recent weeks, WhatsApp Channels has introduced various features such as reacting to messages with emojis, sharing images, etc. Now, a new feature is coming called WhatsApp Channels message forwarding. Know what's coming next to WhatsApp Channels and what it has for you to benefit from.WhatsApp Channels message forwarding featureAccording to…

WhatsApp could soon bring message forwarding feature to Channels

Last updated: December 6th, 2023 at 09:12 UTC+01:00 Recently, WhatsApp has been testing multiple new features for the beta version of the Android app such as the ability to make screen sharing even easier, and automatic status sharing to Instagram. Some new features have also been introduced to Channels. In a new report, it is revealed that WhatsApp is now working on bringing the message-forwarding feature to Channels. In simple words, WhatsApp users could soon be able to forward messages from other chats to their…

This $1,000 card can store a message in DNA

DNA data storage might sound like a far-off solution. But a startup called Biomemory is bringing it a little closer to reality with the release of new DNA cards that anyone can purchase — if you have $1,000 to blow.DNA has emerged as a theoretical alternative to hard drives, SSDs, and other forms of digital data storage, namely because of its impressive lifespan. Science estimates the technology could potentially last hundreds of thousands of years if stored in a cool, dry environment. That’s a heck of a lot longer than…

Fitness app Strava now lets you message other users

Strava, an app for tracking activities like hikes and runs, is now towards becoming a de facto social media app for fitness enthusiasts. Users can now send other Strava profiles messages in either direct one-on-one chats or in groups.Strava users can engage with the platform to send exact routes or activities to others, making it possible to do things like coordinate community runs on the app. Previously, athletes on Strava had to go off-platform to discuss meetup events on the app on other platforms like WhatsApp or…

Want to Store a Message in DNA? That’ll Be $1,000

DNA is nature’s original storage system. The molecule is made up of the chemical bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine—shortened to A, C, G, and T—which pair off to form a double helix. The order of these bases determines the genetic blueprint of every living organism.To store data in DNA, a file is converted from its binary code of 0s and 1s into a series of As, Cs, Gs, and Ts. On Biomemory’s website, a user can type the text message they want to store into an interface that looks something like Google Translate,…