Intellectual curiosity & infectious optimism: Industry cheers Kunal Shah's new role as WhatsApp HeadIndia Inc. is celebrating Kunal Shah's appointment as WhatsApp head, hailing it as a milestone for Indian startup leadership. Industry lead...
23 Jun, 2026, 05.46 PM IST
Explained | What is the 'Boss Scam' and how hackers are using CEOs' WhatsApp accounts to steal moneyA sophisticated 'Boss Scam' is targeting Indian companies, with cybercriminals hijacking executives' WhatsApp accounts to authorise fraudul...
23 Jun, 2026, 11.44 AM IST
Family bankruptcy meant Kunal Shah could not afford BTech, studied philosophy and did data entry operator jobs. Cred founder is WhatsApp's new global bossKunal Shah’s journey to becoming Meta’s new global head of WhatsApp is far from the typical startup success story. After his family went ba...
22 Jun, 2026, 09.09 PM IST
Psychology says people who keep opening and closing their phones waiting for a message, are not obsessed: Why the brain gets hooked on the possibility of one special personPsychology suggests that people who constantly open and close their phones are rarely attached to the technology itself. More often, they a...
17 Jun, 2026, 10.58 AM IST
90 days without WhatsApp, 11 hours a week gained: Ankur Warikoo on his 2016 digital detox habit. Here’s how he uses the messaging app nowEntrepreneur Ankur Warikoo shared his disciplined approach to WhatsApp usage, revealing he deleted the app for 90 days in 2016 to reclaim t...
27 May, 2026, 07.30 PM IST
Why losing some friendships may not be a loss at all? Lebanese-Canadian psychologist Gad Saad says, ‘Anyone who is willing to end a relationship because of a reasoned difference of opinion is…’Gad Saad's quote on relationships argues that true friendships can withstand reasoned differences of opinion, suggesting relationships endi...
25 May, 2026, 11.38 AM IST
WhatsApp’s Incognito AI Push Signals Meta’s Bigger Privacy StrategyMeta is attempting to solve one of the biggest barriers slowing mainstream AI adoption: trust. With the launch of Incognito Chat for Meta A...
14 May, 2026, 02.47 PM IST
Soaring inflation and plummeting economy test Iran's ability to withstand war and US blockadeIran faces severe economic hardship due to war and US sanctions. Prices for essentials like food and medicine have surged. Job losses and b...
13 May, 2026, 09.46 AM IST
How BJP's well-oiled vote machine breached Mamata's Bengal fortressThe Bharatiya Janata Party achieved a significant victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections. Their campaign focused on booth-level orga...
05 May, 2026, 02.38 PM IST
Mangaluru man gets call about SIM card misuse; one mistake makes him lose Rs 2,07,04,600 in a few weeksA 61-year-old man in Mangaluru was allegedly duped of over Rs 2 crore in a sophisticated digital arrest scam, where fraudsters posing as of...
26 Apr, 2026, 07.39 PM IST
The power of ‘No’: Social connections are important but some obligations can drain your battery quicker than a 5-km sprintWriter Anuja Chauhan, non-fiction author Rashmi Bansal, and entrepreneur Mamta Sharma emphasise the importance of being socially selective ...
11 Jan, 2026, 06.33 PM IST
Mossad drops bombshell, claims hundreds of IRGC members secretly asking for help to escape Iranian regimeMossad X account has claimed that hundreds of IRGC officers and soldiers are secretly reaching out, saying they’re fed up with Iran’s regim...
04 Jul, 2025, 07.59 PM IST
Dutch government recommends children under 15 stay off TikTok, InstagramThe advisory "gives children the time to further develop digital resilience and media literacy," Vincent Karremans, caretaker deputy minist...
18 Jun, 2025, 09.32 AM IST
Sending a funny meme on WhatsApp can cost you bank account, social media account, photos and more, check this latest scamDownloading images received on WhatsApp, even seemingly harmless ones, from unknown sources can compromise your phone's security through hi...
25 May, 2025, 08.00 AM IST
How YouTuber Ankush Bahuguna, with 7 lakh followers, became a victim of a 40-hour digital arrest scam.Ankush Bahuguna, a YouTuber, shared his 40-hour ordeal with a digital arrest scam. Scammers accused him of illegal activities, isolated him...
05 Jan, 2025, 11.35 PM IST
DRDO scientist case: ATS makes Pakistani agent co-accused; wants psychoanalysis test on Pradeep KurulkarKurulkar was the director of one of the labs of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Pune when he was arrested by th...
21 Jun, 2023, 08.01 PM IST
Pakistan captured videos a propaganda, do not share them: Security officialsFive videos were shot by Pakistani army and released on WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram as part of a psychological operation agai...
27 Feb, 2019, 10.15 PM IST