Security and privacy concerns are growing. The Electronic Frontier Foundation sees encryption as the "best way" to protect ...

Tired of juggling chat apps on Android? Here's how to pick the right mix for privacy, popularity, and features so you never miss a message in 2026.

Kenyan comedian Terence Creative condemns Russian man Yaytseslav for secretly recording and embarrassing Kenyan women. Social ...

How much will the City of St. Louis spend on policing now that the police are under state control? One thing is for certain: It will be a lot more than in years past. Last week, the governor-appointed ...

Working from home means constant copying, links, files, and screenshots. These apps cut friction, save time, and quietly make daily work smoother.

The Chronicle Editorial Board provides the following endorsements to Democrats in advance of early voting (Feb. 17 through Feb. 27) and election day, Tuesday, March 3. We urge readers to be thorough ...

Russia Blocks WhatsApp, Promotes Surveillance-Prone ‘National Messenger’ MAX, Soaring Memory Prices Accelerate Corporate PC Purchases, and Anthropic Significantly Upgrades Free Tier of ...

The decision, announced by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Thursday, stems from WhatsApp’s parent company Meta’s alleged failure to comply with Russian laws, though specifics were not disclosed.

The move comes a few months after Meta shut down Messenger’s stand-alone desktop apps for Windows and Mac.

Meta is shutting down the standalone Messenger website, according to a company help page. The website will disappear in April, though web users will still be able to send and receive messages within ...

Messenger and WhatsApp maybe the default messaging app for many, but for a smarter, more private, and more streamlined ...

Social network Bluesky now offers private messaging by integrating the startup Germ's E2E encrypted messenger natively in its app.