Meta drops native WhatsApp app for Windows 11, RAM usage spikes massively

WhatsApp for Windows 11 has shifted to a WebView2-based version, replacing the native app and causing significantly higher RAM usage and performance concerns for users.

WhatsApp is reportedly becoming a dreaded web app again on Windows 11, with RAM usage increasing to a claimed 2 GB under the weight of all your spicy group ch…

According to Windows Latest, popular messaging service WhatsApp is downgrading its Windows 11 app to a WebView2 equivalent in ...
Cryptopolitan

Maverick malware takes over WhatsApp Web

Cybersecurity firms CyberProof, Trend Micro, Sophos, and Kaspersky believe Maverick attacks WhatsApp web users by combining ...

WhatsApp’s latest feature lets you view recently shared media from all chats in one place

WhatsApp has started testing a new Media Hub feature that gives users access to media from all chats in one place.

WhatsApp Rolling Out Media Hub to Easily Browse Shared Images, Videos and More Shared Across Chat: Report

Some users on WhatsApp for Mac and Web have started seeing a Media Hub feature, WhatsApp feature tracker WABetaInfo reports .
TechCrunch

Amazon identifies the issue that broke much of the internet, says AWS is back to normal

An outage on Monday affected web hosting giant Amazon Web Services (AWS), which took out vast swathes of the web, including websites, banks, and some government services. On Monday afternoon, the ...
Dallas Morning News

What to know about the global outage tied to Amazon Web Services

An AWS, Amazon Web Services, logo is displayed at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, Calif., Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Jeff Chiu / AP Internet disruptions tied to Amazon’s cloud ...