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The world’s largest messaging platform breaks its golden rule; it is now possible to chat without registering a phone number or installing the application. Through personalized links, users can invite external people who access via a web browser while maintaining end-to-end encryption. While ideal for customer service or one-off tasks, these “Guest Chats” have clear limits: they only allow text and expire after ten days of inactivity. WhatsApp has just taken a historic step that changes the rules of the instant messaging game. The Meta-owned application has begun rolling out Guest Chats, a feature designed for those who need to communicate quickly without compromising their digital identity or going through the registration process. This innovation allows anyone to participate in a conversation directly from their browser, eliminating the obligation to download the app or link a personal phone number. For those who value immediacy and control over who has access to their private contact, this tool emerges as the definitive solution for interacting with sellers, technical services or temporary acquaintances without leaving a permanent trace. Loading video... Loading Video How to join a chat as a guest The process is extremely fluid and bets on simplicity. It all begins when

WhatsApp is preparing one of its most significant updates in recent years, with plans to introduce a username-based communication system that would allow users to connect without sharing their phone numbers, 24NewsHD TV reported on Sunday.  According to a media report, the feature would let users initiate text chats as well as audio and video calls through unique usernames instead of mobile numbers, marking a major shift in how the world’s most widely used messaging app is accessed and used. If rolled out as expected, the change would strengthen user privacy by reducing the need to disclose personal phone numbers when contacting others — a long-standing limitation on WhatsApp compared with rival messaging platforms such as Telegram and Signal, which already offer similar identity-based communication tools.  Meta’s Instagram and Facebook platforms already support usernames. According to the report, WhatsApp is targeting a global launch by mid-2026, with June set internally as a tentative milestone. The publication described the feature as potentially the company’s biggest update of the year, one that could fundamentally alter the way users interact on the platform. Earlier reports had indicated that the username system would likely be introduced as an optional privacy feature rather than a

Although Kevin O’Leary became a millionaire more than 25 years ago after selling his software company Softkey Products to Mattel for $4.2 billion in 1999, he said he still remembers the exact moment he made it big. “I get asked all the time, do you remember the moment that you became a millionaire? I do,” the Shark Tank star known as Mr. Wonderful said in a video posted to his LinkedIn in July. “But have to admit, it was very anticlimatic.” How Kevin O’Leary built his fortune O’Leary founded Softkey in 1986, and throughout the 1990s his company acquired its biggest competitors like Compton’s New Media, the Learning Co., and Minnesota Educational Computer Co. as well as Creative Wonders, Mindscape, and Broderbund.  This helped Softkey to become the world’s leader in educational, reference, and home productivity software and the second-largest consumer software company in the world at the time with more than $800 million in annual sales, 2,000 employees, and subsidiaries in 15 countries. While O’Leary’s accomplishment in selling Softkey to Mattel and becoming a millionaire may seem like a major deal, he said it didn’t feel that way.  “Boom, you wake up one day and you say, ‘Wow, this

The augmented reality market is experiencing explosive growth that’s transforming how people interact with physical spaces. The global AR market was valued at approximately $62 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach $472 billion by 2030, representing a compound annual growth rate of over 34%. More than 1.4 billion people worldwide now use AR-enabled devices, with that number expected to climb to 1.73 billion by 2024. Apple’s Vision Pro, Meta’s Quest headsets, and AR-capable smartphones have pushed the technology from novelty to mainstream utility. What started as playful filters on Snapchat has evolved into a fundamental layer of digital infrastructure overlaying the physical world. Yet as AR becomes ubiquitous, a critical question remains unresolved: who controls the digital space surrounding and above physical property, and who profits when that space becomes commercially valuable? The boundary between physical and digital space is dissolving faster than property law can keep up. Augmented reality applications now overlay digital content onto real-world buildings, streets, and landmarks with increasing sophistication, creating a parallel layer of commercial activity that exists simultaneously with the physical environment. When Snapchat landed a massive digital dragon on top of New York’s Flatiron Building for a promotional campaign, millions of

Marvel Rivals tends to create quite a consistent variety of new cosmetics for characters across the roster. This includes a mix of skins that can be purchased through the in-game shop only, skins that are tied to events, and even some that can be earned for free. In Marvel Rivals Season 7, one of the free skins that players are able to acquire is the Will of Galacta skin for Scarlet Witch. If you’re wondering how to get Will of Galacta Scarlet Witch for free, this guide has all of the information you’ll need. Table of Contents How to Get Will of Galacta Scarlet Witch For Free in Marvel Rivals (Season 7 Twitch Drops) How to Link Marvel Rivals Account to Twitch For Drops Marvel Rivals: All Prior Twitch Drops List How to Get Will of Galacta Scarlet Witch For Free in Marvel Rivals (Season 7 Twitch Drops) Scartlet Witch’s Will of Galacta skin will be available to earn for free in Marvel Rivals from March 20, 2026, until April 17, 2026. The skin is included in a bundle of items available as Twitch drops for the game, each of which can be earned by meeting a Marvel Rivals watch

The Kentucky women’s basketball team used a 19-2 run in the first quarter to build a sizeable lead, then cruised past James Madison 71-56 on Saturday in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament in Morgantown, West Virginia. Tonie Morgan led the Cats with 18 points, while adding seven rebounds and seven assists. Amelia Hassett hit four three-point shots on her way to 14 points and Jordan Obi came off the bench to score 12 points. Clara Strack had a double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds, while Teonni Key came up just short of a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds. Kentucky scored first on a Key bucket and two Hassett free throws before JMU got on the board. Hassett hit a left wing three to extend the lead to 7-2, but James Madison scored to cut the UK lead to three. Hassett hit another three but JMU responded with a basket to cut the UK lead to 10-6. Morgan hit two free throws, Obi scored in the lane and Morgan made two more free throws to stretch the lead to 10. After the Dukes scored, Strack made a long two, Morgan made a three

I was bestowed with a nickname throughout my younger years: Smellanor. When I decided to go by Elle, the nickname evolved with it: Smell. I’m always a sucker for a fun rhyme. But it did make me hypervigilant about maintaining what I actually smelled like, vowing that this moniker would never manifest itself into reality. Thus began my ongoing journey into the wild world of fragrances. Years later, during one of my many late night TikTok binges, I stumbled across my first set of perfume-inspired image carousels that assigned scent profiles to abstract concepts, almost each one accompanied with a slowed-down version of Robert Miles’s Eurodance hit, Children. The age of 18, for example, has a scent profile of sweat, vodka, lip gloss, musk and lace. Looking at old photos too long smells like paper, iris, amber, musk and cedar. The first time passing a joint includes grass, fog, smoke, lip gloss and (obviously) cannabis. The majority of these images – made via the perfume database site Fragrantica – focus on adolescent nostalgia, twinged with the specific sense of melancholy associated with 2010s teenhood. But they possess such universal relatability that I reckon any generation can get in on the

That was the stupidest day I can remember in MotoGP since Silverstone 2018. That was the race which ended up being canceled after heavy rain and standing water on a new surface meant conditions were never safe enough to race. I was pulling double duty as pit lane reporter for the Dutch broadcaster Eurosport, and I spent the entire day walking up and down pit lane asking anyone I could find, "have you heard anything about when we might start?" The problem was, the people I was asking were doing exactly the same. The rain was the culprit again on Saturday, only this time it wasn't standing water. Shortly after qualifying finished for the MotoGP class, messages from people at the track started popping up on my phone. "Sinkhole on the straight." To which my response, and the response of most people in the WhatsApp groups I am in, was, "What?!?!?" Possibly followed by an extra two words. MSEG (formerly Dorna) announced qualifying for the Moto3 and Moto2 classes would be postponed. Then a little later, a statement that "an issue in the track surface" had arisen as a result of the heavy rain in the region. Shortly after, we

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