WhatsApp has added “Unread” and “Groups” filter to the iOS and Android app.

It's official: The US will ban TikTok if it doesn't disconnect from China

👉The United States government has passed a law forcing TikTok’s owners to sell the platform or face a national ban.
👉TikTok will need to be sold in nine months, although the US can extend this period by three months.
👉This law will likely face First Amendment scrutiny, which could delay the ban or even cancel it.

United States President Joe Biden today signed a bill that forces TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the popular video-sharing platform within nine months. If the sale doesn’t happen, TikTok will be banned across the entire US.

Google is feeling pretty pumped about a new way of showing you ads on YouTube.

👉Google says its experiment with “pause ads” on YouTube has yielded some very positive results.
👉The company calls it “a new non-interruptive ad format.”
👉At present, YouTube is testing pause ads on smart TVs.

In Alphabet’s latest earnings call, Google’s Philipp Schindler shared positive results of an ad experiment the company has been running on YouTube.

“In Q1, we saw strong traction from the introduction of a pause ads pilot on connected TVs, a new non-interruptive ad format that appears when users pause their organic content,” Schindler noted.

iOS 18 is expected to feature new AI capabilities, an overhaul to multiple apps, and new Home Screen updates

The upcoming iPad Pro could feature an M4 chip with new AI capabilities

Apple is expected to launch new iPads at its upcoming May 7th event

📝 WhatsApp for iOS 24.8.85: what's new?

WhatsApp is widely rolling out a new channel update forwarding feature to everyone!

This year, the iPad gets something Android tablets have had since FOREVER:

A CALCULATOR.

Finally, the Play Store can download two apps at once

You'll no longer need to wait for one app to download before the next download begins.

👉The Google Play Store is rolling out support for simultaneous downloads of apps.
👉We have it working on a Galaxy S23 Ultra and reports of it working on many other devices.
👉Unfortunately, you can’t update multiple apps at the same time, at least not yet.

📝 WhatsApp beta for iOS 24.9.10.71: what's new?

WhatsApp is rolling out a feature to list recent online contacts, and it’s available to some beta testers!
Some users might have received this feature through earlier updates.

Epic Games to Bring Fortnite to iPad in EU After iPadOS 'Gatekeeper' Decision

Epic Games‌ is already working to release an ‌iPhone‌ version of Fortnite in the EU, with the game set to be available from the forthcoming ‌Epic Games‌ Store, an alternative app marketplace. The ‌iPhone‌ version of Fortnite is coming "soon," and an ‌iPad‌ version will follow "this year."

Apple Watch Ultra to Get 'Almost No' Hardware Upgrades This Year

Just over six months ago, Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said the likelihood of a new Apple Watch Ultra being released in 2024 was decreasing but it now sounds like there will be an Apple Watch Ultra 3 this year after all.

Kuo said that while the Apple Watch Ultra will be updated this year, the new model will have "almost no" hardware upgrades compared to the Apple Watch Ultra 2. Kuo did not reveal any specific changes planned for the Apple Watch Ultra 3, which will presumably launch in September.

Next week, we’re likely to find out whether GTA 6 will launch in early 2025 or later, as Take-Two previously stated they would reveal FY25 plans (games releasing before April 2025 and estimated revenue) in their final quarter earnings call on May 16th.

What to expect from the upcoming iPad Pro based on rumors

Rockstar is potentially preparing for a new GTA 6 announcement next week after clearing their Instagram account again, keeping only 14 posts ahead of Take-Two’s conference call on May 16th.

📝 WhatsApp beta for iOS 24.9.10.75: what's new?

WhatsApp is rolling out a zoom control feature for the camera, and it’s available to some beta testers!

🚨 Ola has decided to move its entire workload from Microsoft’s cloud computing platform Azure to the company’s Krutrim cloud within the next week.

🚨 Apple is nearing a deal with OpenAI to put ChatGPT on the iPhone. (Bloomberg)

There are concerning reports on Reddit that Apple's latest iOS 17.5 update has introduced a bug that causes old photos that were deleted – in some cases years ago – to reappear in users' photo libraries.


After updating their iPhone, one user said they were shocked to find old NSFW photos that they deleted in 2021 suddenly showing up in photos marked as recently uploaded to iCloud. Other users have also chimed in with similar stories. "Same here," said one Redditor. "I have four pics from 2010 that keep reappearing as the latest pics uploaded to iCloud. I have deleted them repeatedly."
"Same thing happened to me," replied another user. "Six photos from different times, all I have deleted. Some I had deleted in 2023." More reports have been trickling in overnight. One said: "I had a random photo from a concert taken on my Canon camera reappear in my phone library, and it showed up as if it was added today."