WhatsApps use of phone numbers has left user privacy wide open to spam and harassment. Since phone numbers are needed for setting up accounts and receiving messages, its easy for people to misuse them. To fix this, the Meta-owned messaging platform has been working on usernames since early 2023, so users can chat with unique handles instead of sharing their phone numbers. Now, a recent beta build hints that WhatsApp might add the option to set up PINs for extra protection against unwanted messages.

YouTube TV is quickly becoming the go-to option for cord-cutters eager to dive into the upcoming NFL Sunday Ticket season. Its standout feature is the multiview option, which lets you catch up to four games at once, so you never miss a moment. But there's a catchright now, you can only use multiview on TV screens or through the YouTube TV app, and it's only available in the US. But that's changing soon, as Google plans to bring multiview to the main YouTube platform.

Android has always given users a lot of freedom, letting them manage their devices pretty much how they want, including grabbing apps from third-party sources. While Google did require people to enable a certain setting to install apps from outside the Play Store, it was a simple process. But now, Googles new policy is about to make sideloading apps a bit more of a hassle. With the latest guidelines, users will have to go through an extra step when downloading apps from third-party sources.

For a while now, Google has been the dominant player in search engines, handling almost every search worldwide. But lately, it's been seriously challenged by Microsoft's Bing, which got a boost from ChatGPT in its AI chatbot department. Now, with OpenAI stepping up, Google might have more competition than ever. Rumors about OpenAI working on its own search engine have been floating around, and it looks like it's about to become a reality in less than a week.