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Online gambling is currently illegal in Zimbabwe, but during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, concluding on Sunday, the East African nation is home to a growing grey market drawing a number of customers — mainly unemployed young adults — to tap into offshore international internet betting platforms. The combination of cheap Chinese smartphones, WhatsApp organizing, and offshore websites where people place bets is helping people in Zimbabwe defy online betting rules and power outages, and wager ruthlessly on the unpredictable results of matches in this historic World Cup —  in which Morocco rode its underdog status to the semifinals, the first African team to do so. “My family needs to eat,” explained Nathan Mlilo, 24, who lives in Mutare, the country’s third biggest city. “In a day, l need $5 to decently survive my wife and two kids, not easy in Zimbabwe. Unlawful web sports betting is my salvation.” Africa has the largest number of people who engage in online sports betting between the age of 15 and 24, according to a study from Delasport in 2021. Gambling and sports betting offline in physical spaces is not something new in Zimbabwean culture. Betting houses in physical locations throughout

KARACHI: One of the most popular messenger service of present time, WhatsApp, has introduced several improvements to its calling features for catching up with friends and family, colleagues and communities securely.Also read: WhatsApp officially launches its new discussion group feature, communities32-person calls: A user can now start a video or voice call on your mobile device with up to 32 people — four times the previous amount.Message or mute participants: Long pressing on a participant will enlarge the video or audio feed and allow you to either mute or message them separately, while keeping the calls going.Call links: Whether you’re making a last-minute call or planning one ahead, you can easily invite people to a group call by sharing a call link. Also read: WhatsApp users can now use same number on two phonesWith regard to call links, WhasApp has also made functional changes for a more seamless calling experience:Colorful waveforms: Now, you can easily see who is speaking if their camera is off.In-call banner notifications: See when someone new joins a group call.Picture in Picture on iOS: Now in beta testing and rolling out in 2023, easily multitask while on a call thanks to a minimized in-call video screen.If a user long presses on a

Executive summary As the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine unfolded, Russian state media and diplomatic accounts online began a deliberate, coordinated effort to spread propaganda that aims to justify or deflect blame for the violence. They continue to broadcast this propaganda around the world, including, rather intensively, in Latin America. In a region that contains both U.S. partners and friends of Moscow, public opinion about the conflict still appears to be up for grabs. An analysis of Russian state-backed content on Twitter and Facebook targeted to audiences in Latin America suggests: Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, Russian state media and diplomatic accounts began a concerted effort to push their messaging about the conflict to audiences in Latin America. According to data collected for this paper, the proportion of all posts about Ukraine-focused topics by these accounts tripled, and engagement with posts about Ukraine — in the form of likes, comments, shares, and other reactions — increased by more than 400%. Kremlin propaganda sought to justify the invasion by asserting that there was an existential threat: Moscow argued that the Ukrainian government, led by “drug addicts and neo-Nazis,” was committing genocide against Russian-speaking people in the eastern part of the country.1 As

ALISON BOSHOFF: Taylor Swift's fiancé Joe Alwyn is in WhatsApp group called 'tortured man club' with Paul Mescal and Fleabag's Andrew ScottBy Alison Boshoff Chief Showbusiness Writer For The Daily Mail Published: 20:10 EST, 16 December 2022 | Updated: 21:20 EST, 16 December 2022 Joe Alwyn (Taylor Swift's fiancé) is in a WhatsApp group called the 'tortured man club' with Paul Mescal and Fleabag's hot priest Andrew Scott.Alwyn and Mescal, of course, share a bond as they are successive leading men in Sally Rooney adaptations (Normal People and Conversations With Friends).They met Scott two years ago, when filming a skit for RTE Does Comic Relief, and they all hit it off — hence the group. Hilarious: Joe Alwyn (Taylor Swift's fiancé) is in a WhatsApp group called the 'tortured man club' with Paul Mescal and Fleabag's hot priest Andrew Scott (left, pictured in 2021)But there's more than just a bromance here — there's a network of connections between the three men and three women: Taylor Swift, Mescal's girlfriend musician Phoebe Bridgers, and Fleabag writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge.The Phoebes are friends, and Waller-Bridge directed one of Bridgers' music videos.Grammy-winner Swift is close to Waller-Bridge, too; and was recently interviewed about her ambitions

WhatsApp has been adding a lot of features this year and the latest one before ending 2022 is Improved Calling. In this update, the company has added 32 Person Calls, Message or Mute Call Participants and Call Links. The new features are pretty straightforward. Just like with voice calls, you can now do video calls on your mobile with up to 32 people (which is four times the number of people than before). You can also choose to message or mute a call by doing a long press on a participant, which will also enlarge the video or audio feed while the calls are ongoing. Finally, you can easily invite people to a group call by sharing a call link. On top of that, there are other design changes made in the update. WhatsApp has also added colourful waveforms so that you can see who is speaking if their camera is off. An in-call banner notification will appear when someone new joins a group call and last but not least, there is beta testing on a Picture-in-Picture for iOS users. It should be rolling out in the new year. To recap, WhatsApp has added several new features, this includes view-once messages

WhatsApp’s new features include 32-person calls, and even some design changes. — SoyaCincau pic Follow us on Instagram, subscribe to our Telegram channel and browser alerts for the latest news you need to know. By Dzamira Dzafri Friday, 16 Dec 2022 8:22 AM MYT KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — WhatsApp announced several new features that promise “improved calling” for its users. They include 32-person calls, and even some design changes “for a more seamless calling experience”.“That’s why over the course of this year we’ve launched several improvements to calling on WhatsApp, for catching up with your loved ones, colleagues and communities securely,” said WhatsApp in their press release.Features for better group callsWith WhatsApp’s new update, you will soon be able to make video calls with up to 32 people. It’s about four times the number of people than before, as you’re able to just make a group call with seven others.Additionally, long pressing on a participant in a group call will enlarge the video or audio feed. You can use the enlarged feed to either mute or message them separately while the call is still going.And you might have been able to do this feature already, but WhatsApp introduced call

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WhatsApp picture-in-picture mode for video calls has begun testing for Apple iPhones. Given that, when is WhatsApp's picture-in-picture mode going to be widely available on iPhones? The tech giant has announced its potential release timeline. But for now, it is still under its testing phase on iOS. (Photo : INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images) In this photo illustration taken on November 6, 2020, a user updates Facebook's WhatsApp application on his mobile phone in Mumbai. WhatsApp Picture-in-Picture Mode for Video Calls on Apple iPhones As per the latest report by The Verge, the giant messaging service is now testing out its picture-in-picture mode for iPhones. WhatsApp announced in its latest blog post that "Picture in Picture on iOS" is now in its beta testing. It further explains that this feature should let users "easily multitask while on a call." The new mode would allow users to do other tasks while on a video call. And as such, they could check their messages or browse Instagram or Twitter while catching up with someone. It is a pretty handy feature that WhatsApp iOS users are missing out on. (Photo : KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) A picture taken on November 11, 2021 in

Image Source : PIXABAY WhatsApp WhatsApp has started to roll out a new feature which will give users the ability to search groups by entering a contact name on the Desktop version. The feature will appear to some users after installing the latest WhatsApp Desktop update, reports WABetaInfo. With the new feature, users could get a list of all their recent groups in common with a contact by entering their name within the search bar. It is helpful for users who joined many groups on the platform and do not remember the name of a group in common with a specific contact. It will be rolled out to more people over the coming days, the report said. Last month, the messaging platform was reportedly working on a mute shortcut for group chats for a future update of WhatsApp Desktop beta. The mute shortcut will display at the top of group chats and will help users to disable notifications of messages received in the group. Meanwhile, earlier this month, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company is bringing digital avatars to the messaging platform. Inputs from IANS Latest Technology News

WhatsApp users may soon have access to a brand-new feature which will allow messages to disappear after being read once. The eagle-eyed team at WABetainfo say that the Meta-owned service appears to be testing a 'view once' option for the popular instant messaging (IM) service - which would allow users to send messages that can only be read once before vanishing forever. It's a feature that long-time rivals Snapchat made their name from, but until recently, WhatsApp has never signified an interest in a similar method of communication. Read more: Urgent WhatsApp warning issued to millions after phone numbers stolen by hackers The Express reports that alongside self-destructing, all chats sent using the function will not include the ability to be forwarded, nor copied and pasted. It is also very likely that screenshots will be barred when using the view once function, creating a totally secret way of messaging. Snapchat on the other hand allows screenshotting, but senders will receive a notification when a recipient does so. Of course, at present users can already send 'Disappearing Messages' through WhatsApp, but these remain on file for at least 24 hours before being deleted. A new upgrade would see complete confidentiality with