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WhatsApp is working on a long-awaited feature. According to WABetaInfo, the messenger app will soon set the ability to add a username. With that in mind, people will no longer need to share their phone numbers, as a username will be enough to find someone on the platform. This feature was found in the Android beta version 2.23.11.15 of WhatsApp. Although it’s still in development, WABetaInfo was able to get a first-look at this feature. According to the publication, WhatsApp will add a “WhatsApp username” section under the Profile tab. There, you can select a unique username so people can find you. It’s important to note that there are no references to this feature on the iOS beta version of the app, although it’s likely that it could launch for both platforms in the future. While this will add another layer of protection, as people won’t need to share their phone numbers anymore, it’s still unclear if users can decide whether they want to be discoverable by anyone or not. WABetaInfo says that WhatsApp “may allow users to communicate with businesses privately, thus safeguarding their phone numbers, or perhaps their usage will be even more extensive, allowing private communication with

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The official public inquiry into the government’s handling of Covid threatened the Cabinet Office with criminal sanctions over its refusal to share Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages and diaries from during the crisis without heavy redactions.The inquiry issued a legal notice requesting Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp communications, his official diaries from between January 2020 and February 2022, together with 24 notebooks, revealing for the first time the scale of notes taken by the former prime minister while in office.These included exchanges and group chats between senior government ministers, senior civil servants and their advisers during the Covid crisis, including the chief medical officer for England, Sir Chris Whitty, the then chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, and the former NHS chief Simon Stevens.They also include their messages with the former No 10 adviser Dominic Cummings and cabinet ministers at the time including Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss and the then deputy prime minister, Dominic Raab, the then health secretary, Matt Hancock, as well as the cabinet secretary, Simon Case.However, after receiving the legal order on 28 April this year, the Cabinet Office refused the request, which had been made under section 21 of the Inquiries Act 2005, two weeks later, contending it was

Fixed Invest, a fintech platform for fixed income assets, has launched a fixed deposit (FD) marketplace that is available over WhatsApp for investors looking for safer and better returns. Fixed Invest has developed BetterFD, a WhatsApp marketplace where investors can find options for FDs with highest interest rates and invest without having to open a savings account.  Further, investors can directly begin new investments online through the marketplace at the click of a button. For instance, an investor in the age group of 18-40 who has an account in HDFC Bank could be looking for a short-term FD for two years. The investor can open the interactive BetterFD interface on WhatsApp, enter the required details and browse through all the FDs that provide a higher rate of interest than their existing bank.  By clicking on the ‘Invest Now’ option, the investor will be taken to the official FD booking portal of the chosen bank or non-banking finance company. This assumes significance as after the recent changes in the tax treatment of debt mutual funds, retail investors are looking for better returns on safe investments like fixed deposits. Fixed Invest was launched early this year by seasoned banker and fintech evangelist

Finally. Starting today, you'll be able to edit WhatsApp messages you’ve already sent. You'll need to act fairly swiftly as you'll only get a 15-minute window. To do so, you just have to long press on the typo-riddled message and tap Edit. Messages will be labeled as ‘edited’ if you do so, but no one will see the edit history, or the mistakes you made. The messaging app is catching up with rival messaging services: iOS users have been able to edit their texts sent in iMessage for a while now. Apple’s messaging service also includes an unsend option. WhatsApp's update is rolling out to all users now. – Mat Smith The Morning After isn’t just a newsletter – it’s also a daily podcast. Get our daily audio briefings, Monday through Friday, by subscribing right here. The biggest stories you might have missed Twitter bug seems to be randomly restoring deleted tweets What we bought: I’m ashamed of how much I love Sage’s Creatista Plus Meta hit with $1.3 billion fine over Facebook's EU-US data transfers 'Star Wars Jedi: Survivor' and the year of disappointing PC ports Sony's WH-1000XM5 ANC headphones fall back to $348 at Amazon Lego’s latest set

WhatsApp added a feature that allows users to edit messages. They have 15 minutes after sending the message to do so. “We’re excited that you’ll now have more control over your chats, such as correcting misspellings or adding more context to a message," company officials said. Read more from TechCrunch.

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(Reuters) - WhatsApp has granted users one of its most awaited features - the ability to edit messages."For the moments when you make a mistake or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages on WhatsApp," the Meta Platforms Inc-owned messaging app said in a blog post on Monday.With the feature rolling out globally in the coming weeks, senders will be able to modify their messages within 15 minutes of hitting send.The function can be accessed by long-pressing the message and choosing "edit" in the drop-down menu. The modified message will carry the label "edited", without showing edit history.Competing apps such as Telegram and Signal already allow users to edit messages, while microblogging site Twitter rolled out the ability to edit tweets to select users last year.(Reporting by Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)

Residents in Crook created a WhatsApp group that is overseen by Durham Police officers to share live-time information on potential offences.

WhatsApp doesn't offer a scheduling feature, but that doesn't mean you don't have a workaround. Scheduling a WhatsApp message lets you send it at a later time. It can come in handy in different scenarios, like when you want to wish someone on their birthday or remind them about something; the use cases are plenty. But how do you schedule a message in WhatsApp when it doesn't offer a scheduling feature? Well, the iOS Shortcuts app offers a nice workaround to go about this. All you need to do is set up a personal automation. We'll walk you through the entire process. Use Personal Automation to Schedule WhatsApp Messages First, make sure you have the Shortcuts app on your phone. It comes pre-installed on iOS devices, but if you've uninstalled it for some reason previously, use the link below to download it onto your iPhone. Download: Shortcuts (Free) First of all, if you use Screen Lock to protect your WhatsApp conversations, disable it. That's because Screen Lock prevents Shortcuts from accessing WhatsApp, so you might run into an error when the automation attempts to send the message. To do this, open WhatsApp and go to the Settings tab. Select Privacy