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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

Today is Tuesday, October 25th.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning.

People around the world are reporting problems, sending and receiving messages on the popular chat app WhatsApp.

According to Down Detector, which tracks outage reports. People started reporting problems at 3 a.m.

They said a WhatsApp spokesperson said the company is aware that some people are having trouble sending messages and is working to restore service as quickly as possible.

Meta, previously known as Facebook, bought WhatsApp in 2014.

It's wildly popular, especially outside of the United States, where many people use it for everyday communication.

I never use it, but I know lots of people who use it constantly.

I have a friend who lives in South America, and I use it all the time to communicate with her.

It's the easiest way, and it's free. Is it reliable when you're using it? Oh, every time, yeah. And there's like as a high school group chat, and so a bunch of people from the States, but for us to stay in touch with Cindy, who lives in Columbia in South America, we use WhatsApp. Yeah, I'm sorry to interrupt, but like Antonina in Sweden.

Yeah.

That's pretty much how, if I do communicate with her,

through that. We use WhatsApp. Yeah. You know, I'm sorry to interrupt, but like Antonina in Sweden.

Yeah.

That's pretty much how, if I do communicate with her, just do that. It's really global. I mean, most people outside of the United States use it all the time. We just get used to using texts and whatever here. But WhatsApp really is convenient. And Steve, yeah, super reliable. Well, because it's free. Whereas if you're text messaging somebody

Exactly.

That I guess that maybe that would add an extra charge.

But Nick, same thing.

I have a friend. because it's free. Whereas if you're text messaging somebody, I guess that maybe that, you know,

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