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SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Meta told a federal judge Thursday it is immune from claims brought by financial professionals who say the tech giant helped facilitate an investment scam that unlawfully used their names and likenesses to promote Chinese penny stocks. Meta attorney Sonal Mehta of WilmerHale argued Meta is exempt under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — which shields online businesses and social media platforms from liability for content posted by third parties — because scammers, and not Meta, created the content that contained impersonations of the plaintiffs. “What they are alleging is the likenesses and impersonation happened in the WhatsApp chats once the people were already in those chatrooms,” she said. “They admit Meta did not create that content. Just looking at allegations of the amended complaint, they admit Meta did not contribute to core illegality.” The class of financial professionals say their names, images, voices and personas were used in a pump-and-dump scheme orchestrated through Meta-owned WhatsApp. They say scammers used advertising tools, including generative AI tools, offered by Meta to create fraudulent ads for WhatsApp scam groups. They say users who clicked on the ads were added to WhatsApp groups, where the scammers, posing

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OpenAI’s Atlas web browser could have security protections bypassed and be tricked into spamming dozens of WhatsApp contacts or making unauthorized purchases on Amazon, according to new research presented today at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas. The Atlas findings, from researchers at security firm Zenity, are part of a broad series of flaws the company discovered in leading AI-enabled web browsers and browser extensions, including products from Google, Anthropic, Microsoft, and Perplexity. The researchers found around 20 flaws, which allowed them to access local machines, grab files, take over a password manager, and leak someone’s entire browsing history. “They have nerfed the security control of browsers—we are now back to seeing the kinds of attacks that you saw on browsers 20 years ago,” says Michael Bargury, cofounder and CTO of Zenity, who is presenting the findings at the security conference with Zenity’s Stav Cohen and other colleagues. So far, AI web browser integrations have largely come in two forms: dedicated browsers with AI assistants included and extensions that add AI products into existing browsers. These bots can navigate websites for you—summarizing entire pages in seconds, for instance—and setups nclude agents that can take actions on your behalf

EZContact — AI WhatsApp & voice customer engagement Mexican software company EZContact expands to the United States with an AI agent that answers WhatsApp messages and handles calls as a virtual receptionist. MONTERREY, MEXICO, August 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Mexican software company EZContact expands to the United States, offering small businesses an AI agent that answers customer messages on WhatsApp and handles phone calls as a virtual receptionist — set up with a single prompt, no complex automation flows required. As WhatsApp becomes the default communication channel for millions of U.S. Hispanic consumers, EZContact is bringing its AI-powered customer engagement platform to small and medium businesses across the United States. An estimated 56–57% of U.S. Hispanics use WhatsApp daily, yet most small-business tools still treat it as an afterthought. EZContact, an official Meta Business Partner, gives businesses an AI agent that holds natural conversations on WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram from a single unified inbox — and, with its AI voice receptionist, answers phone calls, books appointments, and responds to customers around the clock. Unlike automation platforms that require dozens of nodes and complex workflows, EZContact is configured with a single prompt: the business describes how it wants its AI to

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Creating side chats just got way easier WhatsApp has launched three new features to improve group chats, which include upgrades to polls and a way to create new chats from existing groups. One of the larger focuses of today’s update was support for polls, with several upgrades launching specifically for the feature. Essentially, voter names can now be hidden so people feel more comfortable sharing their input; you can now set an end time to lock voting by a given deadline; and polls can be edited for up to 15 minutes. Similar to other group chat apps like Discord and Slack, support for @all mentions has now been added. WhatsApp noted that “For larger groups with more than 32 people, @all is available for admins only.” The final major feature added with this update is the ability to create new group chats from an existing group. If you ever need to create a smaller group chat, you can find the new ‘Create a similar group’ button on the group details screen. This feature was shown off by WhatsApp as part of a surprise within a birthday dinner chat, but this could be used for a variety of reasons. Last year

MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA (VINnews)-WhatsApp is experiencing a major service disruption, with users in multiple regions reporting difficulties sending and receiving messages and media files. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email Affected users have described messages that fail to send, media that will not upload or download, intermittent connection problems and, in some cases, application crashes. The full extent of the outage remains unclear. It is not yet known how many countries or regions have been impacted. Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of WhatsApp, has not publicly identified the cause of the disruption or provided a timeline for restoration of full service. The company has also not confirmed the geographic scope of the problems. Outage-tracking sites have recorded elevated volumes of user complaints beginning in the late afternoon Eastern time. Large-scale disruptions of messaging platforms frequently prompt users to turn to alternative services and social media to report issues and seek updates. Follow VINnews for Breaking News Updates

Users are reporting a malfunction in sending images on the WhatsApp application. On Downdetector, a website that monitors network outages, a spike in reports of a malfunction in the application has also been recorded. Comments The commenter agrees to the privacy policy of Ynet News and agrees not to submit comments that violate the terms of use, including incitement, libel and expressions that exceed the accepted norms of freedom of speech.

Emmanuel Latte Lath is delighted to have the chance to play in the Bundesliga with Union Berlin. - © IMAGO/John Adams/Icon Sportswire Emmanuel Latte Lath is delighted to have the chance to play in the Bundesliga with Union Berlin. - © IMAGO/John Adams/Icon Sportswire bundesliga 03.08.2026 Emmanuel Latte Lath has joined Union Berlin on a season-long loan from Major League Soccer side Atlanta United. Latte Lath came through Italian side Atalanta's academy before enjoying a breakthrough campaign with Swiss club St. Gallen in 2022/23, scoring 14 league goals and providing four assists in 31 appearances. His form earned him a move to English Championship outfit Middlesbrough, where he struck 29 goals in 67 competitive matches, including 16 in his debut league season. The four-time Côte d'Ivoire international, 27, then crossed the Atlantic to join Atlanta United in early 2025, registering 15 goal contributions in 48 appearances. "Emmanuel has worked his way up step by step and proven his quality in different countries," said Union sporting director Horst Heldt. "With his pace, mentality and eye for goal, he fits the profile we were looking for in attack. He will give us additional options, and we are convinced he will quickly integrate

Instant messaging app WhatsApp has now rolled out an exciting feature that will allow users to message themselves.