Today, WhatsApp announced message editing, a long-awaited feature. Mark Zuckerberg announced on Facebook that users can now edit messages within 15 minutes. Press and hold a message and tap “edit” to change it. Edited messages will be marked “edited” next to the time stamp. The app won’t save corrections. Edited …

Meta, formerly Facebook, has been ordered to stop exporting EU user data to the U.S. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) fined Meta €1.2 billion (close to $1.3 billion) today, the largest GDPR fine ever. Amazon was fined $887 million in 2021 for misusing customer data for ad targeting. Meta …

Mobile ChatGPT. After months of questionable apps on the App Store, OpenAI launched an official iOS app for their popular AI chatbot today. The company says the new ChatGPT app will be free, ad-free, and allow voice input, but only for U.S. customers at launch. Like its desktop counterpart, the …

As weak global demand forces major handset manufacturers to cut costs and restructure, Oppo is disbanding its young chip design unit Zeku. The decision surprises those who believe the phone maker is bolstering its in-house chip development as rising geopolitical tensions with the U.S. threaten to cut Chinese firms off …

OpenAI may be synonymous with machine learning, and Google is trying to pick itself up, but rapidly multiplying open source projects that push the state of the art and leave deep-pocketed but unwieldy corporations in their dust may soon threaten both. Although not existential, this Zerg-like threat will keep the …

The ability to confirm your identity and the veracity of what you say is one of the main motivations for digital identity in the context of the rapid (and occasionally unsettling) development of artificial intelligence technology. Although there is a lot of hype surrounding having your own digital identity, much …

Samsung launched a “Samsung News” app today that provides daily news from multiple publications. The software, which will replace “Samsung Free,” features personalised news feeds and morning and evening briefings on important news. Samsung Free, which provides news, podcasts, live TV, and games, will become Samsung News. Like Apple News, …

Visa is working with several financial service and payment companies to create an interoperable peer-to-peer (P2P) payment service that lets people send money to friends regardless of their payment service. Digital payments have revolutionized commerce, but the sheer number of payment apps has made sending money to others difficult. Both …

Today, YouTube Premium, the $11.99 ad-free version of YouTube, is adding features to attract and retain customers. Most significantly, the subscription plan will now include higher-quality video for web and iOS users, support for co-watching videos on FaceTime using Apple’s SharePlay, and mobile queue controls. Although many people don’t know …

Once more, welcome to Chain Reaction. If you believed that last week’s events involving the U.S. You should prepare yourself for this week’s news because the Securities and Exchange Commission is cracking down on key cryptocurrency companies like Coinbase and Tron. The U.S. is suing Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange …