5 h. ago Doctor who sent racist WhatsApp messages allowed to return to work

Dr Mohammad Sohail was suspended for 10 months in July last year after a disciplinary tribunal ruled he was guilty of serious misconduct

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46 h. ago WhatsApp AI update means you no longer have to read your messages

Message Summaries feature comes as Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says AI chatbots can serve as friends or therapists

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4 d. ago NADINE DORRIES: The most rational and sane member of my family has made a nuclear shelter in her cellar. This is why I don't blame her

Within hours of the US Air Force strike against Iran 's nuclear plants, a message popped on to our family WhatsApp thread from the most rational, sane member of the clan.

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4 d. ago WhatsApp messaging app banned on all US House of Representatives devices

Memo says that cybersecurity office deemed WhatsApp a high risk due to ‘lack of transparency in how it protects user data’The WhatsApp messaging service has been banned on all US House of Representatives devices, according to a memo sent to House staff on Monday.The notice to all House staff said that the “Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high-risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, and potential security risks involved with its use.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago WhatsApp has made a subtle change that has left users FURIOUS

It's the everyday messaging app used by millions of people around the world, but WhatsApp has now made a subtle change that has left users furious.

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5 d. ago Reform unveils plan to top up poorest workers from £250,000 fee on rich UK newcomers

Nigel Farage will outline Britannia Card policy that could give the low paid £600 to £1,000 extra a yearReform UK are to offer wealthy foreigners and returning British expats a bespoke tax regime in exchange for a one-off payment of £250,000 with all funds collected redistributed to Britain’s lowest-paid workers, the party claims,.The proposal, dubbed the Britannia Card, is due to be unveiled by party leader Nigel Farage later this week. It promises a 10-year residence permit and a return to the controversial “remittance basis” of taxation, allowing cardholders to shield overseas income from UK tax and avoid inheritance tax entirely. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago WhatsApp removed from Scottish Government phones after Nicola Sturgeon deleted messages in Covid backlash

Ministers and officials were previously criticised for deleting messages during the Covid pandemic

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1 week ago WhatsApp confirms massive change coming to its chat app and users are furious

WhatsApp is bringing adverts to its app, and the news hasn't gone down well with users.

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1 week ago South London nurse struck off after sending 'sexually motivated' WhatsApp messages to colleague

Leonajar Bato Pulido claimed he had always tried to maintain professional boundaries with colleagues and that his texts were just ‘banter’

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2 w. ago Two groups of Brits may need to 'apply' for reinstated £300 DWP payment says BBC expert

The DWP has announced that the winter fuel allowance will return this year and be paid in November and December to 9 million extra pensioners - but some may have to apply

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2 w. ago UK should renegotiate Chagos Islands deal to allow islanders to return, UN argues

Chagossians were expelled from the islands between 1965 and 1973 to make way for a joint UK-US base

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2 w. ago UN experts urge UK to negotiate new Chagos deal that allows islanders to return

The deal returns sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius, but will see the UK lease back a military base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the islands.

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2 w. ago States sue US government over deal ending ban on triggers that make some rifles fire more rapidly

Sixteen states have sued the Trump administration over its plan to allow the sale of forced-reset triggers and return seized devices

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3 w. ago Primary school bans smartphones after 9,000 messages sent in just one night in children's WhatsApp group

Shocked at the discovery, executive headteacher Simon Botten started a debate with parents on whether smartphones should be allowed in schools - and now pupils can't bring them in at all.

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3 w. ago School bans smartphones after 9,000 messages sent in just one night on WhatsApp group

The headteacher of Blackhorse Primary School in Bristol, has banned smartphones for pupils after a child's phone was found with 9,000 messages sent on a year's WhatsApp group

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3 w. ago Ministers who bin WhatsApps face £5,000 fine after Nicola Sturgeon deletion scandal

EXCLUSIVE: A Labour MSP is behind plans to introduce a criminal sanction for the deliberate deletion of WhatsApp messages on government business.

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4 w. ago Revealed: The 'disturbing' messages police officers sent to each other in a WhatsApp group that saw them all sacked

Seven police officers have been sacked without notice over 'disturbing' WhatsApp messages that ridiculed women, disabled people, and even joked about hiding dead bodies.

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