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  • WhatsApp will soon let you exit groups secretly

    WhatsApp will soon let you exit groups secretly

    WABetainfo has unveiled a beta feature that allows participants to leave a group with only the admins being notified.

    ‘Only you and group admins will be notified that you left the group,’ says a beta popup when a group member opts out.

    Currently, when someone leaves a group chat, WhatsApp broadcasts their departure to the whole group, making their departure very public. Although leaving a group silently is not yet possible, WhatsApp appears to recognise that making one’s withdrawal less noticeable may be the safest default.

    Officially, WhatsApp allows up to 256 users to join a single group, however, this can lead to a lot of coming and departing notifications in a conversation, which can be distracting to other participants.

    WhatsApp is also testing rich link previews in Status updates in another beta development. Rich link previews would provide a preview of the website being linked to, giving users an indication of the content they may expect to see if they visit the webpage, whereas sharing a link in a Status update now only displays the URL.

    The meta-owned WhatsApp hasn’t said when these new features will be available for the normal users, as it usually does while testing them with its beta users.

    Greater file transfers, emoji reactions and larger groups were among the most recent major additions to the platform in the last month.

  • Safe to fill up fuel tanks to the max in this heat?

    Safe to fill up fuel tanks to the max in this heat?

    Considering Pakistan’s scorching summer and rising petroleum prices, a claim has been made regarding how much fuel should be topped inside a vehicle.

    According to a viral image being attributed to Pakistan State Oil (PSO), motorists should not fill gasoline to the full capacity of the tank owing to rising temperatures since it may trigger an explosion in the tank. Drivers can fill half of their tank and leave the rest for air.

    Conversely, there has been no official word from the oil company in this regard; however, a similar image went viral years ago when PSO clarified that filling fuel tanks to their full capacity poses no harm to automobiles or passengers.

    The announcement came after a Whatsapp message went viral on the internet in 2018. In view of rising temperatures, the message falsely claimed that PSO had warned the public against filling gasoline tanks to full capacity.

    According to the statement from PSO, the auto-igniting temperature of gasoline is far higher than the peak summer temperatures in Pakistan. Filling a petrol tank to the maximum capacity poses no danger to the automobile or its occupants, and is considered fully safe and advantageous to the vehicle’s operation.

    Read more: CNG prices pushed to Rs140 per kg for sales tax collection

    Also, the idea that filling the vehicle’s gasoline tank to the full capacity will cause an explosion defies scientific logic.

    This is because the auto-ignition temperature for petrol is 495°F (257°C), which is the lowest temperature required to ignite a gas or vapour in air without the presence of a spark or flame. The highest recorded temperature on earth was 56.7°C (134°F), observed on July 10, 1913, at Greenland Ranch, Death Valley, California, USA.

  • WhatsApp’s new update will support group voice call with up to 32 participants

    WhatsApp’s new update will support group voice call with up to 32 participants

    In the last few months, the popular Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has made news by adding new and widely requested features in its Beta releases.

    Many other features, including enhanced file sharing size, emoji reactions, and the ability to hide last seen from select contacts, will be available in the live release of the app soon, according to the business.

    As per reports, WhatsApp has begun rolling out a new update for iOS that includes support for 32-person talks, a redesigned call user interface, waveforms, and other enhancements. On iOS, the update will be available in the live build of WhatsApp.

    Until now, WhatsApp users had been able to make group phone calls with numerous people at once. Previously, a group voice discussion could only hold up to eight people, but WhatsApp is now rolling out a new version that allows up to 32 individuals to join.

    In WhatsApp Groups, voice calls with up to 32 participants would be possible. To accommodate the new members, the platform has changed the way participants are displayed on the screen. Different WhatsApp users are labeled using waveform pictures.

    Read more: Google to ban call recording apps in the next update

    This new capability is included in the update version 22.8.80, which is 109.7MB in size for iOS devices. Android users will get a similar upgrade with these additional features in the near future, but it will not be available on the windows or desktop version.

  • Emoji reactions for Whatsapp messages coming soon

    Emoji reactions for Whatsapp messages coming soon

    The Meta-owned Whatsapp is currently testing an ‘emoji react’ feature, initially in the Beta version for android devices. As per a credible resource, reaction Emojis have already started to appear in the Beta application for developers or users to test it.

    In the Beta version, holding a received message allows users to react with one of six Emojis which comprises: thumbs up, crying, laughter, love, shocked face, and folded hands as an alternative of saying ‘thanks’.

    It seems like the most popular messenger with billions of users will be rolling out the feature on Android phones in the first phase. However, there is no official date announced by Meta regarding its introduction but the testing pace says it all.

    The new feature will significantly enhance its usability, letting users immediately respond to messages instead of accessing the keyboard every time.

    Besides the ongoing testing for Android devices, there are signs that the emoji reactions are also on the way for iOS devices. A few months ago, the iOS Beta version was upgraded with a feature that consisted of a toggle to enable or disable reaction notifications.

    Previously a number of messaging and social media platforms have introduced emoji reactions including Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Google Messages, iMessage, and most surprisingly the Twitter DMs.

  • ‘Using me for your pleasure’: Doctor receives sex-related WhatsApp message on-air

    ‘Using me for your pleasure’: Doctor receives sex-related WhatsApp message on-air

    GB News UK guest was mortified after a very explicit WhatsApp message flashed up on-screen during a live interview.

    Vaccine skeptic doctor, Dr Samuel White has claimed he was the target of hackers after a rather compromising text message appeared on his screen in a clip of a GB News chat.

    The General practitioner (GP) spoke to presenter Patrick Christys after he won a legal case that ordered him to stop discussing the virus on social media.

    In a clip of the interview, which appeared to be recorded on a phone, a very amusing message flashed up on his screen after he received a notification from a contact named “Suzie Sub”.

    It read: ‘As you rest just give a thought to using me for your pleasure. Having me on my knees doing whatever you say… xxx.’

    His fellow guest Jon Gaunt also joined in on re-posting the clip to his own social media accounts, writing: ‘Oh dear someone forgot to turn their WhatsApp off! This is very funny.’

    https://twitter.com/jongaunt/status/1467903170210934791

    A spokesperson for the doctor told Indy100 hackers were to blame for the clip upload, after Dr White has become the ‘target of smear campaigns.’

  • ‘25 baar change kia’: Imran Ashraf reveals what he did during social media outage

    ‘25 baar change kia’: Imran Ashraf reveals what he did during social media outage

    Imran Ahsraf has revealed what he was doing after WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram services were down for more than six hours.

    WhatsApp said in a statement that it was aware that some users were having problems using the app, saying: “We’re aware that some people are experiencing issues with WhatsApp at the moment. We’re working to get things back to normal and will send an update here as soon as possible.”

    The Ranjha Ranjha Kardi star reacted to this and shared in a tweet that what he did during that phase, “I have switched 25 Wi-Fi passwords in an hour”.

    It should be noted that the services were out for over six hours and shares of Facebook fell almost five percent in the US stock market after being affected by Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp services worldwide.

  • Mark Zuckerberg loses $6 billion in hours after Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp outage

    Mark Zuckerberg loses $6 billion in hours after Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp outage

    Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by more than $6 billion (roughly Rs44,790 cores) in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistle blower came forward and outages took Facebook’s flagship products offline.

    As per details, a selloff sent the social-media giant’s stock crashing 4.9 per cent on Monday, adding to a drop of about 15 per cent since mid-September.

    Read More – Social media flooded with memes after WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram outage

    The stock slide on Monday sent Zuckerberg’s worth down to $121.6 billion (roughly Rs9,06,050 crores), dropping him below Bill Gates to number five on the  Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He’s down from almost $140 billion (roughly Rs10,43,150 crores) in a matter of weeks, according to the index.

    On Monday, a technical problem related to Facebook’s DNS records generated at least six hours of outages.

  • Social media flooded with memes after WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram outage

    WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook were not working all around the world on Monday night. A lot of users were unable to send or receive messages.

    WhatsApp outage was reported around 8:39pm (Pakistan Standard Time).

    People across the globe took to Twitter to not only share the problems they were facing but also made memes about the situation.

    Read More: #PetrolPrice: Memes break the internet

    https://twitter.com/imhammad12/status/1445226204026507265?s=20
    https://twitter.com/InamBhai14/status/1445168357838360586?s=20
  • Man hires secretary to answer messages on family WhatsApp group

    Man hires secretary to answer messages on family WhatsApp group

    A man named Zain Yaqub came up with a hilarious yet much-needed plan, by hiring a man named Ian as his ‘secretary’ to answer all the messages on the family WhatsApp group on his behalf, as per Times Now News.

    His family soon came to know about this and decided to play along. Even a video was shared on TikTok by Zain’s brother, showed the chats where Ian answered.

    “Sorry this is Ian, I will relay this message to Zain and get back to you when he responds,” was the secretary’s standard message to the family. Upon this, the father asked him to send Zain his love.

    The video went viral on TikTok, where Zain’s father confirmed that he has met Ian over a Zoom call as well. A user actually suggested, “Start inviting the secretary to family events instead of Zain.”

    Who likes such groups where thousands of good morning messages and memes keep coming in? This is a great solution for a desi household.

  • Man taken to hospital after fight over WhatsApp display picture

    Man taken to hospital after fight over WhatsApp display picture

    A young man was shifted to a hospital after a fight over a WhatsApp display picture (DP) in India’s ​​Hyderabad, Geo News reported.

    According to the local police, a young man named Akram had posted a picture of Mohsin’s female cousin as his WhatsApp DP. Mohsin did not like it and warned Akram to remove the picture immediately.

    Akram did not remove his display picture after which the two had an argument, which ended up in a serious fight. Akram and his companions then thrashed Mohsin.

    Read More: ‘I love Pakistan’ balloons found in Indian Punjab

    According to the local police, when Mohsin tried to run away, Akram attacked Mohsin with a knife, injuring him severely.

    Later, the police reached the spot and shifted the injured to the hospital for treatment, where Mohsin’s condition is said to be critical. Police have registered a case of attempted murder and initiated action.