Meta has updated its WhatsApp API policy to ban general-purpose AI chatbots effectively blocking services like ChatGPT and Perplexity from operating on the platform.

These AI models are currently free in India:

Perplexity Pro – Free for Airtel users. Redeem through the Airtel Thanks app, or download the Comet browser on Windows/Mac to get the subscription free.

ChatGPT Go – Available for everyone. Just enable auto-pay via UPI or debit card (app or web).

Google Gemini AI Pro – Free for eligible Jio users. Claim it through the MyJio app.

Counterpoint Research reports that Apple is on track to surpass Samsung and become the world’s largest smartphone maker for the first time in more than ten years.

WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal Users Alert: Government Apps Set to Block Access Without an Active SIM.

▪️ Every messaging app must now be tied directly to the active SIM in your device.
▪️ If you remove or switch the SIM, the apps will stop functioning immediately.
▪️ Web versions will force a logout every 6 hours, requiring a fresh QR scan to reconnect.
▪️ The policy targets fraud, impersonation, and misuse involving inactive or foreign numbers.
▪️ Travelers and multi-device users may face major access disruptions.
▪️ Apps have 90 days to meet the new requirements, or risk being blocked in the country.

Smartphone makers are shifting their memory configurations again.

Industry insiders say that, because of tighter component constraints, budget phones are set to return to 4GB RAM in 2026.
Flagships will scale back as well, with most ultra-premium models dropping from 16GB to 12GB.
Mid-tier devices are also expected to settle back into 6GB and 8GB variants, reversing the upward trend of the past few years.

Instagram will discontinue end-to-end encryption for DMs, allowing Meta to access content. Users with existing chats will receive instructions to download their data.

Meta is removing end-to-end encrypted messaging from Instagram starting today.

A new GTA 6 leak reportedly reveals details about cars, crashes and other gameplay features:

• Cars can reportedly begin smoking heavily after taking serious damage.
• Fuel stations reportedly include repair and refueling mechanics.
• Jason is shown robbing multiple stores.
• Major crashes can trigger a cinematic-style camera sequence.
• The footage appears to tease a strip club at the end.

Another two-minute GTA 6 gameplay clip has leaked.

The footage shows the player refueling and repairing a vehicle at a gas station before entering the store, knocking out the cashier and stealing money from the register. The same robbery is then repeated at another gas station.

Later, the player crashes into another car at high speed, triggering a cinematic slow-motion shot of the collision before gameplay resumes.

The final 10 seconds tease footage from inside a strip club. The leaker claims the full footage will be released once their cryptocurrency reaches a $3 million market cap.

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The full GTA 6 in-game day-night cycle appears to last 144 minutes, making it three times longer than GTA V’s 48-minute cycle.

Based on the Hypercars2 leak, the in-game clock shows 7:29 AM at the 55-second mark and changes to 7:30 AM at 1:01. This indicates that one in-game minute passes every six seconds of real time.

A poster seen inside the GTA 6 strip club leak reads:

“No Laughing at Dancers, your Daughter might work here”

BBC reports that the GTA 6 Netflix Extended Look will have a runtime of 30 minutes.

An alleged GTA 6 build has reportedly leaked online.

A roughly 130 GB file claimed to be a fully playable version of the game is reportedly circulating across various platforms and trackers, causing major chaos within the community.

Players are warned not to download the file or click any links associated with it, as it is suspected to be malware that could potentially include ransomware, an info-stealer, or a crypto-miner.

CyberLeek has released the GTA 6 strip club leaked video after the market cap of his coin surpassed $3 million.

Cyberleek: I don't know what they did to Durov in France, but it's obvious he sold out to the US.

Mr. Durov, weren't you being targeted by the US back in 2014? Why have you suddenly changed?

God willing, you'll recover 🙏🏻

CyberLeek just burned 270 million of their own tokens (worth over $1 million).

Burning means they permanently destroyed them so no one can ever use them again.

This reduces the supply and shows the devs aren’t in it just for the money.

CyberLeek has launched a poll asking followers to choose the next GTA VI leak.

The options are:
• Nudist Town
• Beach
• Strip Club 2

CyberLeek claims to have avoided spoilers so far, but is now asking whether players want to see a prologue centered on Lucia.

He says he plans to launch a poll and is also calling on 10 people to show up outside Take-Two/Rockstar offices dressed as “leeks” while carrying game discs.