A previous version of this article said it was "not clear why WhatsApp settled on the oddly specific number." A number of readers have since noted that 256 is one of the most important numbers in computing, since it refers to the number of variations that can be represented by eight switches that have two positions - eight bits, or a byte. This has now been changed. Thanks for the tweets. DB
crash8308 on January 21st, 2020 at 06:58 UTC »
Neither are odd. Both are even.
shurikns on January 21st, 2020 at 07:43 UTC »
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lol
NyteMyre on January 21st, 2020 at 08:57 UTC »
Later they added: