Russian government hackers targeting Signal and WhatsApp users, Dutch spies warn |

Russian government hackers are targeting Signal and WhatsApp users, particularly government and military officials, as well as journalists all over the world, Dutch intelligence said…

After Europe, WhatsApp will let rival AI companies offer chatbots in Brazil |

5:20 AM PST · March 6, 2026 Meta is now allowing rival AI companies to provide their chatbots on WhatsApp to Brazilian users for a…

WhatsApp will now charge AI chatbots to operate in Italy |

11:18 AM PST · January 28, 2026 Meta announced Wednesday that it will charge developers for running chatbots on WhatsApp in regions where regulators are…

How a hacking campaign targeted high-profile Gmail and WhatsApp users across the Middle East |

On Tuesday, U.K.-based Iranian activist Nariman Gharib tweeted redacted screenshots of a phishing link sent to him via a WhatsApp message. “Do not click on…

Brazil orders Meta to suspend policy banning third-party AI chatbots from WhatsApp |

4:21 AM PST · January 13, 2026 Brazil’s competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to put on hold its policy that bars third-party AI companies from…

WhatsApp rolls out new group chat features, including member tags |

In Brief Posted: 7:31 AM PST · January 7, 2026 WhatsApp on Wednesday said it’s rolling out new features to group chats, including member tags,…

Italy tells Meta to suspend its policy that bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp |

6:40 AM PST · December 24, 2025 Italy has ordered Meta to suspend its policy that bans companies from using WhatsApp’s business tools to offer…

Uber Eats alum lands $14M seed from a16z to fix WhatsApp chaos for LatAm’s doctors |

Caroline Merin, who spent nearly a decade developing on-demand services as the first Latin American general manager for Uber Eats and later the COO of…

Microsoft's AI chatbot Copilot leaves WhatsApp on January 15 |

In Brief Posted: 9:11 AM PST · November 25, 2025 Microsoft’s AI chatbot Copilot will no longer be available on WhatsApp after January 15, the…

WhatsApp gets its own Instagram Notes-like feature |

1:15 PM PST · November 20, 2025 WhatsApp is getting its own version of a status update feature, similar to Instagram Notes. As on Instagram,…