A frantic call. Your child's voice. A demand for money. Scammers are weaponizing AI-generated voices, and parents are in the crosshairs. Here's how the scam works—and how to stop it.

The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or ...

TL;DR: XChat, Elon Musk's encrypted messaging app within X, launches on iPhone and iPad April 17, offering end-to-end encryption, no ads, and features like disappearing messages and video calls. Built ...

Signal Private Messenger is available for free worldwide for both iOS and Android and allows its millions of users to send texts, videos, and files, make voice and video calls, and shield your ...

Rather than launching a sleek, worthwhile encrypted messaging app, Musk dropped a junky, insular extension of his social media platform. One of XChat’s red flags is that users must connect an existing ...

Open Whisper Systems, a provider of security-related technologies and apps for mobile devices, has started rolling out an Android version of its private messaging and calling iOS app Signal. In doing ...

One of the many benefits of using iMessage is that you know your conversations are always end-to-end encrypted. That level of security has never previously extended to green bubble conversations. But ...

In 2026, the way people communicate online has changed dramatically. Traditional SMS, once the dominant form of mobile ...

WhatsApp has become one of the most widely used messaging platforms in the world, handling billions of personal conversations every day. From family chats and office discussions to sensitive financial ...

Cryptography is a funny thing. Supposedly, if you do the right kind of maths to a message, you can send it off to somebody else, and as long as they’re the only one that knows a secret little thing, ...

Moxie Marlinspike has been working for years to make an easy-to-use, end-to-end encrypted communication app. Last month, his organization Open Whisper Systems launched a protected voice calling and ...