Meta To Link WhatsApp To Instagram And Facebook Via Accounts Center
- Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
- Fact-Checked by Justyn Newman Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
Meta announced they are rolling out the option to add WhatsApp to the company’s Accounts Center, allowing the app to link with other platforms such as Instagram and Facebook.
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- Meta included WhatsApp in its Accounts Center, allowing WhatsApp users to link their accounts to Facebook and Instagram.
- Users will be able to share a single post across multiple platforms.
- The new feature is optional and will be rolled out during the next few weeks.
According to the press release, the new feature will be available for all users within the next few weeks for those who choose to connect networks. Users will be able to share the same updates across WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook the way the last two can share the same stories at the moment.
“We’re introducing the ability to add WhatsApp to Accounts Center to easily cross-post your WhatsApp Status, or log in to multiple apps with the same account,” wrote the company.
Meta also explained that users can simplify access to their accounts by using a single sign-on. The tech giant added that they expect to include more linked features in the near future—like connecting stickers and avatars across platforms—and clarified that personal data on WhatsApp remains secure and encrypted.
“Privacy is paramount to WhatsApp and your personal messages and calls are always protected by end-to-end encryption, which means that no one else, not even WhatsApp or Meta, can read or hear them,” wrote the company, assuring that allowing WhatsApp to join the Accounts Center doesn’t change this aspect.
Users interested in getting access to this new feature will have to allow it on WhatsApp settings or accept it when they share a new Status and get the notification to include it in other Meta platforms. If the option doesn’t show, they’ll have to wait a bit longer for it to be available.
In November, WhatsApp rolled out its audio transcription feature for users to transform voice messages into text.
OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle Unveil $500 Billion ‘Stargate Project’ for Advanced AI Infrastructure
- Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
- Fact-Checked by Justyn Newman Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
OpenAI, along with SoftBank, Oracle, and in collaboration with the White House, announced on Tuesday the Stargate Project, a joint venture backed by up to $500 billion to build infrastructure for developing advanced AI technologies in the United States within the next four years.
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- OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and other tech companies will work together in a new venture called Stargate, backed by the U.S. government.
- The new company expects to build new data centers with a $500 billion investment within the next four years.
- Stargate’s infrastructures will start building in Texas, and the project should generate over 100,000 jobs in the U.S.
According to OpenAI, the Stargate Project will support national security and re-industrialization in the country. OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and MGX are the initial equity funders. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son will chair the new venture, as the Japanese company will assume financial responsibility, while OpenAI will focus on operational duties.
U.S. President Donald Trump publicly backed the project in a public announcement during a press conference along with Masayoshi Son, OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman, and Oracle’s Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellis.
Trump described Stargate as “the largest AI infrastructure project by far in history,” and acknowledged the fierce competition in the market. He said the new company should soon create over 100,000 jobs in the U.S.
“We will begin deploying $100 billion immediately,” wrote OpenAI in a public announcement. “This infrastructure will secure American leadership in AI, create hundreds of thousands of American jobs, and generate massive economic benefit for the entire world.”
The infrastructure construction will begin in Texas and will count on other major tech companies like Microsoft, Nvidia, and Arm as key initial technology partners.
Microsoft and OpenAI have also announced updates on their business relationships. According to Microsoft’s press release , some key terms have changed.
While Microsoft and OpenAI will keep working together—even though Microsoft included OpenAI in its competitor’s list —, Microsoft is no longer the company’s exclusive cloud provider, and OpenAI could reach out to other companies if the reach computing capacity.
