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WhatsApp this week started rolling out username reservations ahead of the broader launch planned later this year. The feature —…

Meta Platforms has announced that reservations are open for people to select their WhatsApp usernames—a feature that will be rolling…

Ravie LakshmananJun 29, 2026Privacy / Social Media WhatsApp on Monday officially announced the start of global reservations of usernames with…

One of WhatsApp’s most in-demand features is finally coming out of beta. Later this year, the messaging app used by…

Ravie LakshmananJun 23, 2026Malware / Social Engineering Direct messages sent via WhatsApp are being used to distribute malicious Visual Basic…

Meta is betting on India for WhatsApp’s next chapter, naming entrepreneur Kunal Shah to lead the messaging app and succeed…

Meta accused the Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group on Monday of allowing its intrusive surveillance technology to be used to…

Ravie LakshmananJun 08, 2026Spyware / Mobile Security Meta on Monday said it detected and blocked spear-phishing attempts linked to Israeli…

Swati KhandelwalJun 03, 2026Vulnerability / Artificial Intelligence A single poisoned notification from WhatsApp, Slack, SMS, Signal, Instagram, or Messenger could…

After a few months of hush-hush public testing, today Meta is rolling out a subscription-based tier with exclusive features for…