So, you’re looking into getting your business systems to talk to each other using APIs, but the whole cost thing has you scratching your head? It’s not as complicated as it sounds, really. Think of it ...

Meta has been warned by EU regulators that it might have to take steps to open up access to WhatsApp for rival artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. The European Commission, the EU’s executive body, ...

In October last year, WhatsApp updated its business API policy to ban general-purpose AI chatbots from operating on its platform.

European Commission accuses Meta of breaching EU antitrust rules by blocking rival AI assistants from WhatsApp. Learn about ...

The EU executive on Monday told Meta to give rival chatbots access to WhatsApp after an antitrust probe found the US giant to ...

You might not see them, but these application programming interfaces are the hidden connectors that make a lot of the digital world work. Let’s break down what is an API and why it’s become so ...

Sen. Josh Hawley raises his fist in solidarity as a crowd of Trump supporters gathers before the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Metro columnist {{description}} Email notifications are ...

For the last two years, the fundamental unit of generative AI development has been the "completion." You send a text prompt to a model, it sends text back, and the transaction ends. If you want to ...

RIP to Facebook Messenger’s desktop app. The native app for Mac and Windows is no longer available to users as of today, December 15, 2025, and existing users are being directed to the Facebook ...

This is important because: Meta is steering desktop messaging into the browser, not native clients. That gives it one code path to maintain, faster rollouts, and tighter alignment across Windows and ...

Both desktop apps have been removed from app stores and will stop working in December. Both desktop apps have been removed from app stores and will stop working in December. is a senior editor and ...

Meta is shutting down its Messenger app for macOS and Windows and pushing users to the web. Meta confirmed over email to Engadget that the app will be fully shutdown on December 15, after which the ...