2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (509+ words) WhatsApp is quietly testing a fix for one of its most persistent annoyances: the flood of business messages that bury personal conversations. The Meta-owned app is piloting a new “Offers & Updates” folder that will automatically sort messages from large businesses…...

3+ day, 2+ min ago   (533+ words) WhatsApp is finally letting people call each other from a web browser. Until now, that feature was limited to the mobile app and WhatsApp’s standalone desktop program. Meta, which owns WhatsApp, is rolling the capability out to WhatsApp for Web…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (369+ words) Instead of relying only on passwords, recovery emails, or a trusted device, you can now authenticate using a short video of your face. It’s aimed squarely at one of the most common support nightmares: getting locked out of an account…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (497+ words) Meta is rolling out a new free verification badge on Facebook, aimed squarely at a problem the company itself has helped create: it’s getting harder to tell whether the account on the other end of a Marketplace listing, a dating…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (267+ words) abari Media, the African independent media group which houses brands including Tech Labari and The Labari Journal, has officially launched Labari Data, an ambitious open data platform designed to serve as a vital resource for tracking essential information across the…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (210+ words) WhatsApp has started allowing users and organizations to reserve usernames ahead of the full feature rollout later in 2026. This lets you claim a unique handle early, so others can’t take it. Usernames improve privacy (people can message you without your…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (604+ words) Giving out your phone number has always been the price of entry on WhatsApp. Want to join the parent group chat for your child’s football team? You hand your number to strangers. Meet someone at a conference? Same deal. That…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (613+ words) Amazon is seeking to build its first African satellite ground station in Kenya, a move that would bring the company’s long-delayed internet service one step closer to challenging Starlink’s early dominance on the continent. The company has applied for a…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (158+ words) The test is small and limited, but its implications are significant. The company cited the country’s strong WhatsApp community and the quality of feedback it expects from local users as the primary reasons for selecting it as the test market....

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (841+ words) For years, the digital economy existed in a kind of fiscal grey zone across much of Africa. A Rwandan startup could buy Google Ads. A family in Kigali could stream Netflix. A small business could run its entire operation on…...