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To address the impact of the global energy crisis, the Malaysian government is rolling out a new work-from-home policy for civil servants. According to a circular issued by the Public Service Department, eligible federal civil servants will be allowed to work remotely starting 15 April. 

Instagram is preparing to remove end-to-end encryption (E2EE) from its direct messaging system, marking a notable shift in how private conversations are handled on the platform. The change will take effect on 8 May 2026, after which encrypted chats will no longer be supported inside Instagram. While it may sound counterintuitive, Meta says the feature was not widely used, which played a major role in the decision to discontinue it.

Today, Meta’s WhatsApp has rolled out a new feature called Group Message History. It is designed to help users get up to speed with group chat conversations more privately and efficiently, as well as aiming to make it easier for users to re-enter group chats after they’ve been away without overwhelming them with long chat histories.

Today, CelcomDigi is introducing a new PrivateSIM feature. As the name suggests, PrivateSIM is designed to safeguard customers' personal mobile numbers from unnecessary exposure and privacy breaches.

Whenever a YouTube channel does something wrong, it will inevitably get a ton of dislikes such as the recent YouTube rewinds and the latest Shin Megami Tensei V video game review by IGN (yes, they messed up again lol). However, it has brought attention to YouTube about the dislike button and from now onwards, the dislike count will be private across the platform.

After Elon Musk told his followers on Twitter to switch to Signal app from WhatsApp, there was a sudden spike in new registrations and verification code delays due to the number of new users. In case you missed it, WhatsApp recently updated their privacy policy on how they share your data with other Facebook-owned platforms, which got a lot of people feeling uneasy.

Based on a statement by techradar.com, it seems that cybercriminals are still keen on stealing information from your Zoom account information due to the sudden increase in online scams lately. The scammers send emails to unsuspecting users by requiring them to “verify” their account by keying them into a landing page that was provided in the email thread.