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Apple Says It Was Ordered to Pull WhatsApp From China App Store

✇NYT: Technology
By: Tripp Mickle and Mike Isaac
19 April 2024 at 14:23
Apple said it removed WhatsApp and Threads from its China app offerings Friday on Beijing’s orders, amid technological tensions between the U.S. and China.

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A recently-opened Apple Store in Shanghai’s Jing’an district in March. Apple said it removed WhatsApp and Threads, which are owned by Meta, from its app store in China.

Meta, in Its Biggest A.I. Push, Places Smart Assistants Across Its Apps

✇NYT: Technology
By: Mike Isaac and Cade Metz
18 April 2024 at 12:00
Users of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger will be able to turn to the new technology, powered by Meta’s latest artificial intelligence model, to obtain information and complete tasks.

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Ready for a Chatbot Version of Your Favorite Instagram Influencers?

✇NYT: Technology
By: Sapna Maheshwari and Mike Isaac
15 April 2024 at 12:19
Instagram is testing a program that offers its top influencers the ability to interact with their followers over direct messages using a chatbot.

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The Creator A.I. program expands on Meta’s earlier efforts to incorporate a cast of A.I. avatars built using the likenesses of celebrities.

Beeper Messaging App Is Acquired as a Bet on a Regulatory Shift

✇NYT: Technology
By: Tripp Mickle
9 April 2024 at 11:00
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, bought Beeper in an effort to build a system that works across Android and Apple devices.

© Helynn Ospina for The New York Times

A Beeper founder, Eric Migicovsky, said his company was trying to change “apathy about new experiences in chat.”
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