You can now choose WhatsApp as your iPhone’s default app for calls and text messages, as noted by WABetaInfo. After updating WhatsApp to version 25.8.74, you’ll see the app appear as an option in your Messaging and Calling default app settings. You can change your default calling and texting app by heading to your settings,…
This is your signal to invest in secure messaging. After The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was mistakenly added to a Signal group chat involving top White House officials, it begs the question: Which messaging apps are most secure? While the security snafu prompted scrutiny from President Donald Trump as to whether the Signal app is…
It’s safe to say many of us could afford to spend a little less time glued to our phones and a lot more time moving our bodies. But getting our daily steps in is no easy task — which is why some people rely on gamified challenges to motivate themselves to go for a simple…
Hong Kong will introduce a series of measures for family offices to set up operations, boosting the city’s standing as a leading financial centre, according to Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po. “This year, in addition to our existing tax concessions for single family offices, we will expand exemptions for funds, enhance concessions for family offices…
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Hong Kong will introduce a series of measures for family offices to set up operations, boosting the city’s standing as a leading financial centre, according to Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po. “This year, in addition to our existing tax concessions for single family offices, we will expand exemptions for funds, enhance concessions for family offices…
More than 50 of the new entities added to the list are based in China, with others located in Iran, Taiwan, Pakistan, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates. BIS says the restrictions have been applied to entities that acted “contrary to US national security and foreign policy,” and are intended to hinder China’s ability…
HONG KONG — U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has significantly expanded the trade blacklist it inherited from the previous Joe Biden team, aiming to further constrict China’s capabilities to develop artificial intelligence and advanced computing, as well as direct military technologies like hypersonic missiles. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Commerce…
Topline Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, has experienced a drop off in U.S. user traffic since November’s presidential election—when he used his account to rally support for President Trump—while rival social media platforms Threads and Bluesky have seen significant increases, according to data from digital market intelligence company Similarweb. Musk purchased Twitter for…
Kristen Radtke is creative director at The Verge. “I work with the art team on the overall look and feel of the site across illustrations, photos, and branding,” she explains. “I also design feature stories and custom packages.” One of her favorite software packages is Calligraphr, and so we asked her about it. What exactly…