Iran's government has called upon its citizens to delete WhatsApp from their phones, claiming the messaging app is gathering intel for Israel. The unsubstantiated claim was made by the country's state broadcaster on Tuesday (June 17),

Iranian state television has urged people to remove WhatsApp from their smart phones, alleging without specific evidence that the messaging app gathered user information to send to Israel

Mark Zuckerberg has been offering $100m (£74m) signing-on bonuses to lure staff from the maker of ChatGPT as Meta steps up its race to develop artificial intelligence (AI).

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has accused Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta of trying to poach his developers with the promise of $100mn sign-on bonuses and even higher compensation, as the social media platform races to catch up in the AI battle.