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2025-05-06

Meta wins more than $167 million in damages from spyware maker that targeted WhatsApp

A jury has ruled that the company behind the infamous Pegasus spyware must pay Meta more than $167 million in damages for spreading malware via WhatsApp. The ruling is a major victory for Meta after a years-long legal battle with NSO Group.


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2025-01-31

WhatsApp claims that 100 journalists and activists were the targets of Israeli-made spyware

WhatsApp has claimed that some users were “possibly compromised” by spyware, according to a report by The Guardian. The Meta-owned messaging app went on to allege that nearly 100 journalists and a [...]

Match Score: 206.90

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2025-05-01

Apple sends spyware warnings to iPhone users in 100 countries

Apple has been warning possible victims of spyware attacks, according to several alleged recipients of the messages. At the time of writing there appears to be at least two people who have confirmed t [...]

Match Score: 134.89

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2025-05-06

What we’ve learned from FTC v. Meta antitrust trial

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Match Score: 131.36

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2025-04-29

Meta has a plan to bring AI to WhatsApp chats without breaking privacy

As Meta’s first-ever generative AI conference gets underway, the company is also previewing a significant update on its plans to bring AI features to WhatsApp chats. Buried in its LlamaCon updates, [...]

Match Score: 109.38

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2025-06-20

Meta and Oakley announce new 'perfomance AI' smart glasses for athletes

Meta is expanding beyond its popular Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses with a new lineup of frames created in collaboration with Oakley. The Oakley Meta HSTN (pronounced HOW-stuhn, apparently) will be availa [...]

Match Score: 102.86

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2025-05-08

Facebook owner Meta set for $167 million windfall after NSO Group ordered to pay up over WhatsApp spyware campaign

Israel's NSO Group has been ordered to pay over $167 million in damages to Meta over 2019 WhatsApp spyware campaign. [...]

Match Score: 97.07

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2025-06-15

How to set up a WhatsApp account without Facebook or Instagram

There's no shortage of reasons to stay off the Meta ecosystem, which includes Facebook and Instagram, but there are some places where WhatsApp remains the main form of text-based communication. T [...]

Match Score: 95.17

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2025-06-16

WhatsApp has ads now, but only in the Updates tab

It has been a long time coming — seven years since Meta first announced its plan to do so, in fact — but ads are starting to appear in WhatsApp as of Monday. They'll only be visible on the Up [...]

Match Score: 91.59

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2025-06-25

AI-powered chat summaries are coming to WhatsApp

Meta is adding a new Message Summaries feature to WhatsApp that uses AI to summarize unread messages in a few bullet points. The feature is built on the Private Processing technique Meta announced at [...]

Match Score: 88.08