Welcome to the Tech Name Right Home for Tuesday, August 9th, 2022. I'm Brian McCullough today.

What's App rolls out privacy features. The battery icon returns to the iPhone. China is growing restless over

its Silicon Industry. HBO Max will stop getting Warner Brothers movies automatically. The really rugged smart watch from Garman, and the real reason

Amazon is buying one medical and I robot.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

What's app has rolled out privacy features to let users do things like leave groups silently, choose who can see you when you're online, and block screenshots of view once messages quoting the

verge. Last December what's app started hiding users online status from

strangers by default. While this was a step in the right direction it still allows

your entire list of contacts to see whether or not you're online.

What's App's upcoming update is supposed to fix that though,

as it will let you choose which contacts can see your status.

So if you don't want someone to know that you're ignoring their message,

toggle on the setting for that user and they'll hopefully never know the difference.

What's app is also launching another handy feature that will let you silently leave groups.

Right now the app very obnoxiously notifies every user in the group of your departure, which

could prompt some group members to message you privately to ask why you left. The new feature is the digital equivalent to the Irish

Goodbye, the act of leaving a party without telling anyone, and should help eliminate the

awkwardness that comes along with exiting a chat. What's app says it'll start rolling out these two features this month

and that it's also working on a way to block users from taking screenshots of view once

messages.

Unlike disappearing messages, view once messages don't vanish after a specific time limit, they go away

after the recipient has seen it once, sort of like a photo or video sent through Snapchat.

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