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WhatsApp has until end of February to clarify changes to its privacy policy, EU says
FILE PHOTO: The WhatsApp messaging application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo
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WhatsApp outage hits trading in assets from crypto to Russian oil
This picture taken in Moscow on Oct. 5 shows the U.S. instant messaging software Whatsapp logo on a smartphone screen.
technology
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 05, 2020 this picture shows logos of US social networks Facebook, Instagram and mobile messaging service WhatsApp on the screens of a smartphone and a tablet in Toulouse, southwestern France. - Major social media services including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were hit by a massive outage on October 4, 2021, tracking sites showed, impacting potentially tens of millions of users. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)
technology
WhatsApp launches test of in-app business directory
FILE PHOTO: WhatsApp app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
technology
Facebook’s WhatsApp fined nearly $270-million for breaking EU’s data privacy law
FILE - This March 10, 2017 file photo shows the WhatsApp communications app on a smartphone, in New York. Ireland's privacy watchdog said Thursday Sept. 2, 2021, it has fined WhatsApp a record 225 million euros ($267 million) after an investigation found it breached stringent European Union data protection rules on transparency about sharing people's data with other Facebook companies. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
technology
U.S. FTC refiles its antitrust case against Facebook
FILE PHOTO: A 3D plastic representation of the Facebook logo is seen in this illustration in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 13, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
technology
EU watchdog rejects call to ban Facebook from processing WhatsApp user data
FILE PHOTO: Facebook logo in 3D in front of the EU flag, May 15, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
technology
WhatsApp targeted in EU consumer complaints over privacy changes
FILE PHOTO: The WhatsApp messaging application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo
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ਹੁਣ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਮੇਰੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਬੋਲ ਰਹੇ ਹੋ
Dr. Raj Grewal, Medical Director of the Covid-19 testing centre at the Embassy Grand Convention Centre in Brampton, Ont., is photographed on May 12, 2021. The L6P postal code area in Brampton, Ont. has seen high positivity rates for COVID infection and many essential workers live in this area, or live in multiple generation households. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
world
WhatsApp sues India government, says new media rules mean end to privacy
FILE PHOTO: A WhatsApp advertisement is seen on the front pages of newspapers at a stall in Mumbai, India, January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
world
Gaza-based journalists in Hamas chat blocked from accessing WhatsApp
A 3D printed Whatsapp logo and a padlock are placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration picture taken May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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Sikh advocacy group says India blocked Canadian website to fund COVID-19 patients
A health worker receives the COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. A Sikh advocacy group says the government of India has blocked a Canadian website that aims to raise funds for COVID-19 patients in India, including the state of West Bengal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bikas Das
technology
EU countries take joint stance ahead of negotiations over WhatsApp and Skype privacy rules
3D printed Facebook and WhatsApp logos and keyboard buttons are placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
technology
WhatsApp delays launch of business features update after privacy backlash
FILE PHOTO: The WhatsApp messaging application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo
u.s. business
Signal sees meteoric rise in daily installs as people look for WhatsApp alternatives
This photograph taken on 11 January, 2021 in Toulouse, southwestern France, shows the logos of WhatsApp and Signal mobile messaging services. - Secure messaging app Signal is on the top downloads on Apple Store and Google Play platforms in several countries after the popular messaging app WhatsApp asked its some two billion users on January 7, 2021 to accept new terms that will allow it to share more information with its parents company Facebook and roll out advertising and e-commerce. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Merger regulators don’t have crystal balls, but we have backstops if they get it wrong
Joshua Krane & James Musgrove
technology
Microsoft, Google and others join Facebook’s legal battle against hacking firm NSO
FILE PHOTO: A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
technology
WhatsApp to bring voice and video calls to desktop next year
FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of Whatsapp logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
opinion
What Canada should learn from the FTC’s case against Facebook
Robin Shaban
european business
Suspected North Korean hackers target COVID-19 vaccine maker AstraZeneca, sources say
FILE PHOTO: The logo of AstraZeneca is seen on medication packages in a pharmacy in London April 28, 2014. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/File Photo
u.s. business
Big U.S. technology firms fail to comply with curb on Europe data transfers: survey
FILE PHOTO: The Whatsapp logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration taken November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
world
Communication collapse: Inside Facebook’s tussle with Brazil’s central bank
The central bank headquarters building is seen in Brasilia, Brazil, on Oct. 29, 2019.
u.s. business
Facebook, Telegram freeze Beijing’s request for reviewing user data in Hong Kong
Questions over WhatsApp’s status come at a politically fraught time in China.
international business
Brazil central bank chief says WhatsApp payments service faces further review
The WhatsApp messaging application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017. R
international business
Cielo shares plunge after Brazil suspends WhatsApp deal
FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of Whatsapp logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
u.s. business
Facebook’s Giphy deal draws U.K. competition watchdog’s attention
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Facebook logo is placed between small toy people figures in front of a keyboard in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
international business
How messaging technology is helping to fuel global protests
How messaging technology is helping to fuel global protests
u.s. business
Facebook sees signs of stability in ad spending
FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
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How advisors are adapting to their new reality
Society distancing disease control and limiting social contact with people to avoid flu virus infection to limit novel coronavirus or covid-19 infectious spread of contagious germs with 3D illustration elements.
technology
Facebook invests $5.7-billion in Reliance Jio, plans digital services for Indian grocers
A man waters a tree outside the Jio World Centre during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Navi Mumbai on April 22, 2020. - Facebook has taken a $5.7 billion stake in the Jio digital platforms business of India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, the two sides said on April 22, marking one of the biggest foreign investments in the country. The deal will give the US social media giant a 10 percent stake in Jio Platforms, part of Ambani's Reliance Industries empire. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP) (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images)
food & wine
With cocktail hours and dinner parties now held online, there’s a new way to socialize
Woman staying home at New YearÕs eve and talking with her mother on video call
world
Silicon Valley gets used to its new role as digital saviour as coronavirus leaves millions isolated
Silicon Valley gets used to its new role as digital saviour as coronavirus leaves millions isolated