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WhatsApp is now rolling out its View Once feature to text messages for users in the messaging app’s beta programme.

Apple has an undisclosed multilingual gray list of tens of thousands of words and phrases that its iOS keyboard will not autocomplete or swipe-type, a researcher said on Friday.

The latest Alexa for shopping feature is initially available by invite in the US.

As we first reported in early August, Anthropic has bowed to demands from EU legislators that AI-generated text carry a hidden watermark, to help eventually distinguish between human- and AI-generated content. 

Android statue at Google in Mountain View. Photo: Marcin Wichary / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

When OpenAI debuted its Dot agents late last month, it promised users would eventually be able to text them to give them instructions. Now, nearly a month later, the company has begun rolling out a preview among US Pro users that allows you to do just that. With the new feature, OpenAI says you can send your Dot…

OpenAI is bringing its Dot agent into your regular messaging app, so you can assign tasks without opening ChatGPT. The texting feature is rolling out in beta to ChatGPT Pro users in the US, with support for Apple’s iMessage and Android’s RCS. You can send your Dot text, photos, and voice messages, and also receive…

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There’s a good chance you’ve gotten a message from a “wrong number” at least once. These follow a familiar pattern: a random number asks a question addressed to a name that’s not yours, so you politely respond and say they have the wrong number. Instead of acknowledging this and moving on, they thank you for…

In September 2024, War Robots support received a surge of complaints from Chinese iOS players: after updating to iOS 18, in-game text was displaying incorrectly for some users. The issue manifested differently across devices: some players noticed missing characters, while others reported wrong or unfamiliar glyph styles. To make matters worse, we were unable to…