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WhatsApp is gearing up to bring a new twist to photo sharing. The platform is reportedly testing a motion photos feature on Android, spotted in the latest beta update (v2.25.22.29) by WABetaInfo. This feature captures movement and sound from just before and after a photo is taken — letting users share more lively, immersive moments. ALSO READ: Oppo K13 Turbo Pro 5G : All You Need To Know Before Tomorrow’s Launch, Expected Price And Features Currently available to some beta testers via Google Play, the rollout may take a few days to reach everyone in the beta programme.e. Screenshots from WABetaInfo show a new play-button icon inside a circular ring, appearing in the top-right corner of the image selection screen. Tapping it will enable sending the image as a motion photo. WhatsApp describes these as “a recording of the moments before & after a photo was taken”and confirms audio will be included. The feature isn’t entirely new to Android users—Samsunglready offers it as “Motion Photos”,, and Google’s Pixel phones have “Top Shot”. WhatsApp’s implementation will work with devices that support motion photo capture. Even if your phone can’t take them, you’ll still be able to view those sent by others. The

Ahmedabad, Aug 11 (IANS) The Gujarat Police have created WhatsApp groups linking village sarpanches with local police stations in order to strengthen coordination between law enforcement and rural communities, officials said on Sunday. The initiative aims to ensure timely reporting of incidents, big or small from remote areas, enabling quicker response, and improved monitoring. Gujarat Police Chief Vikas Sahay, speaking at an interaction programme organised by Ahmedabad Rural Police, has said that the system has already delivered results. "For the past few days, police stations and sarpanches have been connected through WhatsApp at the village level. We are now getting information about local incidents much faster, which makes it easier to keep an eye on the situation and act effectively," he added. He said that the platform proved particularly valuable during 'Operation Sindoor' in border districts, where limited police resources make community assistance essential. The interaction at Makarba Police Headquarters brought together around 150 sarpanches from the Sanand and Bopal police station limits. Gujarat Police Chief Sahay urged village leaders to assist in crime prevention, help curb drug abuse and cyber fraud, and spread public awareness. Sarpanches suggested steps like displaying police helpline numbers at gram panchayat offices, milk cooperatives

WhatsApp has also made a considerable effort against online fraud by eliminating more than 6.8 million scam accounts in a huge crackdown. Most of these accounts belonged to organised scam networks in Southeast Asia, Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, said. These scams normally trap victims with fake job promotions, investment scams, and giveaways meant to steal people's and financial information. The action comes in addition to new safety measures to assist users in identifying and evading scams more efficiently. Meta's recent update highlights the increased risk of fraud online and the company's initiative to make its platforms more secure for communication. New Features to Detect and Avoid Scams To curb the rising scam activity, WhatsApp is introducing several new safety tools: Group Invitation Alerts – Users will receive a notification if they are invited to a WhatsApp group by an individual who is not in their contacts. The notification will include group information and provide safety suggestions, making it simpler to opt out of suspicious groups. Warnings for Unknown Contacts – Meta is piloting features that will alert users before responding to unfamiliar numbers during one-on-one conversations. These resources hope to provide users with greater agency over their interactions

Laurie Magnus The prime minister has asked me, as his independent adviser on ministers’ interests, to double-check once again that you are all aware of your ministerial responsibilities. Angela Rayner What the hell does that mean, mate? Magnus It means, mate, that he doesn’t want any more embarrassments just before he tries to go on holiday. Rayner Like what? Magnus Like if you’re the f***ing homelessness minister, it doesn’t mean you’re supposed to go around making people f***ing homeless, does it? In fact that’s the precise opposite of what you’re supposed to be doing. What an absolute omnishambles. Rachel Reeves Are you trying to be Malcolm Tucker, Laurie? Magnus You think I enjoy having to start every f***ing press briefing with “It was regrettable that …”? Rayner I don’t have time for this. I’m in the middle of my new office launch. Magnus You’ve been doing that for a week already. How long does it take to launch an office? Who even launches an office? Do you know what it looks like? It looks like you’re preparing for a leadership bid. If that’s what you’re doing then I have news for you, Angela. Nobody likes you. I’m sorry, it’s true.

from the shutting-it-down dept It’s funny just how often the actions of so-called “strong men” actually show just how scared and fragile they are. And if you want a more specific example of what I’m talking about, you can typically tell when a national government is feeling scared or weak, because that usually comes along with restrictions on a free and open internet. Worried that your horror-show of a government from a human rights standpoint might generate pushback and protests? Construct the Great Firewall of China. Concerned that social media sites might serve as rallying points against your election in Brazil? Have the actual police actually police the internet for anything you don’t like. Launched a war of aggression against your neighbor because you thought you could annex an entire country in a few months, only to find out that you’re in a prolonged war of attrition that your own people might get severely tired of? Well, then you do what the Kremlin did, and iteratively crackdown on internet access and freedoms over several years. And Putin isn’t stopping. Russia appears to be degrading performance or access to some targeted internet sites, such as YouTube, while also building out state-controlled

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Published August 7, 2025 Scam groups use fake investments, crypto fraud, and social media manipulation to deceive victims across platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, and TikTok. Image: unsplash/Amanz WhatsApp has removed more than 6.8 million accounts associated with international scam operations, particularly those operating out of Southeast Asia, in the first half of 2025. The announcement, made by parent company Meta, highlights the growing threat of organized cyber scams, many of which are linked to scam centers in Southeast Asia. Meta confirmed the takedown in a published statement on Tuesday, explaining the accounts were proactively removed “before scam centers were able to operationalize them.” The company noted that many of these centers are coordinated by organized criminal syndicates and rely on coerced labor. These groups employ a variety of deceptive tactics, including fraudulent investment schemes, cryptocurrency cons, and manipulative activity across social media platforms. According to Meta, scammers frequently initiate contact through text or dating apps, then transition across multiple platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, or TikTok. The aim is to make it difficult for any one platform to track the full extent of the fraud. In one coordinated bust, Meta, WhatsApp, and OpenAI worked together to take down a scam network

Two malicious npm packages have emerged as sophisticated weapons targeting WhatsApp developers through a remote-controlled destruction mechanism that can completely wipe development systems. The packages, identified as naya-flore and nvlore-hsc, masquerade as legitimate WhatsApp socket libraries while harboring a devastating kill switch capable of executing system-wide file deletion through a single command. Published by npm user nayflore using the email address , these weaponized packages have accumulated over 1,110 downloads within a month, demonstrating their effectiveness in infiltrating developer workflows. The malicious libraries exploit the growing WhatsApp Business API ecosystem, which now serves over 200 million businesses globally, creating an attractive target environment where developers routinely install third-party packages for chatbot development, customer service automation, and messaging integrations. Socket.dev researchers identified the sophisticated attack mechanism embedded within what appears to be standard WhatsApp integration functionality. The malicious code specifically targets the requestPairingCode function, a legitimate component that developers would naturally invoke during WhatsApp bot authentication setup. Remote Kill Switch Architecture The packages implement a particularly insidious attack vector through their phone number verification system. Upon execution, the malicious code retrieves a remote database of whitelisted phone numbers from a GitHub repository using Base64 obfuscation:- const sesiPath = "aHR0cHM6Ly9yYXcuZ2l0aHVidXNlcmNvbnRlbnQuY29tL25hdmFMaW5oL2RhdGFiYXNlL21haW4vc2Vza2E"; // Decodes

Meta took down 6.8 million WhatsApp accounts tied to scam operations on Tuesday after victims reported financial fraud schemes.

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