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VPN usage keeps soaring in Pakistan as internet remains restricted

The likes of WhatsApp, Bluesky, X, Facebook, and Instagram cannot be accessed without a VPN in Pakistan. Yet, VPN usage is also a target.

TechRadar

WhatsApp is the next social media to go down in Pakistan – can you still contact relatives?

WhatsApp is the latest platform to be hit by internet restrictions in Pakistan. But what is happening and can you still contact relatives?

Tom’s Guide

Pakistan tests secret China-like ‘firewall’ to tighten online surveillance

The new monitoring system could give the government unprecedented insights into citizens’ online use.

Al Jazeera

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Pakistan restricts access to WhatsApp amid anti-government protests

After X, Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky, also WhatsApp cannot be used in Pakistan without a VPN. Yet, VPN usage is also a target.

TechRadar

Saquon Barkley has to be the NFL’s MVP this year

The award simply can't be a QB award this year

USA Today Sports Media Group

Pakistani capital in lockdown before march by Imran Khan’s supporters

Authorities suspend mobile and internet services in Islamabad as ex-PM’s supporters plan march seeking his release.

Al Jazeera

Revealed: How Donald Trump’s alleged assassin tapped up UK-trained Afghan commandos to fight in Ukraine

This is the extraordinary story of how Ryan Wesley Routh apparently messaged Afghan special forces hiding in Iran just three days before being arrested with an AK-47 at Trump’s Florida golf club. The UK is still dragging its feet over offering safe haven to these desperate men - paid and…

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Ronan Farrow on surveillance spyware: ‘It threatens democracy and freedom’

The investigative journalist takes on the shadowy world of invasive surveillance technology in frightening new documentary Surveilled

The Guardian - US

WhatsApp makes Voice Messages more accessible with new Transcripts feature

WhatsApp adds transcripts to voice messages in select languages for now.

Android Central

WhatsApp update saves people from listening to long voice notes

Audio recordings have proven controversial in the more than a decade since they were first added to WhatsApp

The Independent UK

Voices: WhatsApp’s new rules on voice notes will only make them more annoying

COMMENT: As a new feature that transcribes audio messages into text is rolled out, Lucie Tobin says it’s an admission of failure. Anyone who leaves podcast-length ramblings on other people’s phones is self-indulgent, invasive – and rude

The Independent UK

WhatsApp users just snagged a killer free upgrade which will change voice notes forever

If you use voice notes on WhatsApp, get ready for a monumental change in the coming days.

Opt out: how to stop tech companies spying on your phone as Trump promises mass deportations

There are no federal privacy regulations to protect your information – here’s how you can do it yourself

The Guardian - US

Meta ‘disagrees’ with CCI fine of Rs 213 crore, says 2021 WhatsApp update ‘was a choice’

Meta today said it “disagrees” with the Competition Commission of India’s decision to impose a fine of Rs 213.14 crore on the social media company.

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I can’t believe setting up WhatsApp on a new phone is still this painful

Meta maintains the best messaging services in the world – how can transferring WhatsApp between two phones still be so rough?

TechRadar

Here's why your smartphone storage is disappearing so fast — popular productivity apps grew 10x in size in a decade, with Asana and Trello the major culprits, but video games remain the biggest data hogs

Rapid growth of app sizes, especially in productivity, gaming, and social media, is filling smartphone storage quickly.

WhatsApp just got a great free upgrade to give you the gift of time

This new WhatsApp update is going to be a big help for the busy or easily distracted.

The Guardian - US

NSO – not government clients – operates its spyware, legal documents reveal

Details of emerge in sworn depositions by employees of Israeli company as part of lawsuit brought by WhatsApp

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WhatsApp 'message drafts' are the missing piece Meta is finally rolling out

Meta detailed the launch of "message drafts" for WhatsApp.

Dynamite News

Supreme Court rejects PIL to ban WhatsApp

A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Aravind Kumar dismissed the plea filed by petitioner Omanakuttan KG, a software engineer. Read further on Dynamite News:

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2 Tech Stocks to Load Up On in November

These mature companies still have a lot of room for growth, and could turn out to be excellent long-term investments.

TechRadar

NatWest has banned staff from using Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp to communicate

One of Britain’s biggest banks is cracking down on off-channel communications by banning WhatsApp.

Evening Standard

NatWest blocks apps including WhatsApp from work devices

The British bank said it wants its employees to stick to ‘approved channels’ for work-related communication.

The Independent UK

NatWest blocks employees from using WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger

Companies in the UK and US have began receiving fines for using messaging services such as WhatsApp and Facebook for work communications

The Guardian - AU

‘Worst of a bad bunch’: Choice names NIB and Meta among worst Australian products and services of the year

The 2024 Shonky awards also list a ‘green’ juice with food colouring and a stick vacuum that ‘sucks at sucking’

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