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The Yasmin Lukatz Project and the Rehabilitation Fund of the Kibbutz Movement

Code for Israel and the Rehabilitation Fund of the Kibbutz Movement introduced a technological solution to strengthen and grow kibbutz communities after the war.

Yasmin Lukatz, founder of Code for Israel
The new feature allows each group participant to add a short “tag”.

Who’s who in the group? WhatsApp allows adding personal tags next to names

 Cyber attacks spiked in 2021

Key barrier to online fraud can be bypassed for pennies, say researchers

 Many people have joined WhatsApp groups that have members of not-for-profits, mothers seeking supplies for their children’s platoons, vendors who can supply goods, and apparently one or more Iranian spies.

IDF security crackdown can’t fix Israel’s WhatsApp addiction


Russia starts restricting some calls on Telegram and WhatsApp, Interfax says

Russia has long sought to establish what it calls digital sovereignty by promoting home-grown services.

 An illustrative image of Telegram.

'Entire attack livestreamed on Facebook': Oct 7. victim relatives file lawsuit against Meta

Relatives of October 7 victims are suing Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, for livestreams of Hamas's massacre, broadcasting footage of their relatives' murder.

 View of the Re'im music festival massacre, in southern Israel, January 16, 2025.

How animated video prescriptions are revolutionizing patient care

Israeli start-up GistMD collaborates with Mayo Clinic to deliver AI-powered, personalized video care instructions that improve patient understanding and outcomes.

 An illustrative image of a nurse writing a prescription.

Investigation exposes X, WhatsApp as hotbeds for arms trade involving Houthis, US weapons

TTP identified 130 Yemen-based X accounts that were advertising a range of weapons, including high-powered rifles, grenade launchers, and other military-grade arms.

Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, mark the annual al-Quds Day on the last Friday of Ramadan, in Sana'a, Yemen, March 28, 2025

Donation infiltration: How Iranian spies infiltrate IDF donation networks to target Israel

Iranian operatives are using Facebook or WhatsApp groups of mothers of IDF soldiers to spy on Israel.

 Many people have joined WhatsApp groups that have members of not-for-profits, mothers seeking supplies for their children’s platoons, vendors who can supply goods, and apparently one or more Iranian spies.

New from WhatsApp: A new tool that will save you from the flood of group messages

The Meta AI assistant quickly summarizes unread chat messages without revealing content to Meta or WhatsApp, combining AI convenience with full end-to-end encryption protection.

 WhatsApp. A series of updates in recent months

Finally: WhatsApp comes to the iPad - and this time officially

After years of neglecting Apple’s tablet, Meta finally launches an official WhatsApp app for iPad, featuring a large-screen interface and multitasking support with other apps for better productivity.

 WhatsApp

Municipal rabbi publicly apologizes for questioning Jewishness of Ethiopian mikveh attendant

Two weeks ago, and about eight years after the incident first occurred, the religious municipality of Kiryat Motzkin, along with Druckman, issued a public personal apology to Ishta.

 Tehila Ishta (third-left) is flanked by Sephardi Chief Rabbi David Yosef to the right and attorney Ela Skaat to the left, at a meeting confirming her qualifications as a mikveh attendant.

Finally, an official WhatsApp app for iPad is here

The new version is now available on the Apple App Store and offers all the features expected from an advanced messaging app in 2025.

 WhatsApp on iPad

In US, spyware has consequences: Pegasus to pay Meta punitive damages - opinion

The judgment bolsters efforts by the United States government to draw red lines around the use of commercial spyware.

 An illustrative image of the NSO Group logo on a smartphone.