The main drawback of the new WhatsApp is that it's a wrapped web app, which means it uses more RAM than a native application.

According to a report by BleepingComputer, security researchers have found a 'malicious package on the Node Package Manager (NPM)' that pretends to be a genuine WhatsApp Web API library. In reality, ...

The era of keeping WhatsApp Web permanently logged in on your desktop is drawing to a close, following a major new directive from the Indian government’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT). New ...

The developers behind WhatsApp have given it a steady supply of updates and upgrades down the years, and one of the features recently added to the messaging app is one that we now take for granted in ...

WhatsApp is finally bringing back a highly requested feature on the WhatsApp Web and Desktop. Users will soon be able to access View Once photos and videos outside of their mobile devices again.

WhatsApp Web, the messaging platform that connects your mobile account to your computer, is experiencing an outage on November 4, 2025. Users in several regions around the world are reporting multiple ...

Under the new rule, the DoT requires messaging apps, including WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal, to implement "SIM binding", ...

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