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I decide what’s relevant, says Covid inquiry chair in Boris WhatsApp row

Security experts to turn on Boris Johnson’s old phone in hunt for Whatsapps as row widens to the Foreign Office

The Independent UK

How to edit WhatsApp messages on iOS and Android

WhatsApp now lets you edit a message after it's sent, just like on Signal, Telegram and other popular messaging platforms. Here's how.

Tom’s Guide

US, UK push against child abuse online alarms Asia dissidents

Rights groups are concerned that bid to weaken encrypted communications could harm dissenters in authoritarian regimes.

Al Jazeera

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Neymar's private WhatsApp message to Philippe Coutinho that he wishes he listened to

For so long it looked as though Brazilian playmakers Neymar and Philippe Coutinho had the world at their feet after moves to Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain but things have quickly unravelled

Daily Mirror

Doing a number on the modern business of work on your phone

YourBusinessNumber already works worldwide, with the US its second-biggest market; the founders are now plotting local pushes into Germany, Brazil and India

Evening Standard

Grieving a Lost Future in Sudan

I planned to return to my hometown of Khartoum one day. As it burns, I wonder if the city of my childhood ever really existed

The Walrus

‘Plain wrong’ to say WhatsApp was used for big Covid decisions, Bethell insists

Group members reportedly included then-prime minister Boris Johnson, former health secretary Matt Hancock and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case.

The Independent UK

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Government WhatsApps about ‘frothy’ coffee orders, not major decisions, former health minister claims

The existence of three key group chats comes ahead of the first hearings of the official inquiry into the government’s handling of the pandemic

The Independent UK

Covid WhatsApps used for coffee orders not big decisions, says ex-health minister

James Bethell says he supports legal challenge against inquiry’s demand for unredacted Johnson messages

The Guardian - UK

Covid Inquiry: What you need to know with first hearings days away amid bitter WhatsApp row

Public hearings into the UK's preparedness for the Covid-19 crisis will begin next week, just days after the inquiry became mired in controversy due to a bitter legal dispute over Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages

Daily Mirror

Never mind his WhatsApp messages – can Boris Johnson himself be disappeared?

Escaping the toxic radioactive half-life of his degraded legacy means the Tories will also have to vanish the former PM

The Guardian - UK

6 simple iPhone tricks to free up your phone's storage and clear apps you probably didn't know eat up your GB

Make space for the things you need on your iPhone with these quick and easy shortcuts

Livingetc

Fury as ministers threaten to switch off Boris Johnson legal funding over WhatsApp spat

The former PM has caused a huge headache for Rishi Sunak by releasing documents to the Covid Inquiry despite the Government refusing to - and lawyers have reportedly written to him threatening to withdraw his legal support funding

Daily Mirror

The science behind why Whatsapp groups are bad for our health

Read receipts. Endless group chats. ‘Typing…’. WhatsApp is a lifeline as well as an app making our lives infinitely trickier to navigate, writes Olivia Petter. Can anything fix it?

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Johnson is told legal advice funding will stop if he undermines ministers over Covid inquiry

Cabinet Office lawyers warn ex-PM of consequences if he tries to ‘frustrate or undermine’ government position

Android Central

WhatsApp's emoji keyboard redesign appears to be nearing completion

WhatsApp could be in the final stages of developing a new layout for its emoji keyboard, complete with an emoji category bar.

Dublin Live

Meath schoolboy Cillian O'Connor through to Britain's Got Talent final after incredible performance

Surpassing all expectations, Cillian was announced as the winner of the semi-final, putting him straight through to Sunday's grand final

Dublin Live

Eoin O Broin thanks Beaumont Hospital staff after stroke ward admission

The Dublin Mid West TD was admitted to hospital on Wednesday and subsequently kept for two nights.

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The Independent UK

What’s in your WhatsApps, Rishi? PM urged to hand over Covid messages

Campaigners call on PM to stop trying to ‘protect himself’ and open up his discussions on Eat Out to Help Out scheme and other policies

The Guardian - UK

Not for the first time, Sunak has been hung out to dry by Johnson – how much more can he take?

By giving his WhatsApps to the Covid inquiry, the former PM has revealed Sunak’s reticence for what it really is, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Evening Standard

OPINION - Boris Johnson to send unredacted WhatsApp messages to Covid Inquiry

The English language is a famously tricky one to master. French may have its genders and Greek a different alphabet, but no one does irregular verbs like us. Take an example from this week:

Android Central

WhatsApp is crashing repeatedly if users interact with a seemingly simple link

A seemingly normal link in WhatsApp is causing major crashing problems for Android users.

The Independent UK

Why are people in Britain talking about Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages?

Critics accuse the British administration of running “government by WhatsApp” due to the popularity of the messaging app with politicians and officials

The Guardian - UK

Why does Rishi Sunak want to limit scope of Covid inquiry?

As Boris Johnson hands over WhatsApp messages, PM is going to high court to stem remit of inquiry first set up by Cabinet Office

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson WhatsApp drama - why it matters and the big problem it poses for Sunak

An ugly legal spat has erupted between the Government and the official Covid-19 inquiry which it set up after officials were ordered to hand over tens of thousands of unedited messages. Here we explain what's happening after days of twists and turns

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