Authoritarian governments don’t like their citizens being able to have private conversations using end-to-end encrypted messaging apps. This is the reason Russia has just banned FaceTime, but it was ...

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iPhone users on iOS 26, iMessage activation may be blocked by an inactive SIM — here's how to fix it. Some users are finding that they can't activate iMessage with their phone number. This results in ...

Apple’s iOS 26 public beta introduces an exciting new feature: the ability to customize iMessage chat backgrounds. This update transforms the messaging experience by allowing users to personalize ...

If your texts are falling back to SMS, try these steps to ensure that Apple's Messages app is properly functioning. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) Motorola ...

Social media giant Meta claims that it can't be considered a monopoly because iMessage outperforms Facebook Messenger on iOS. Meta, Facebook's parent company, has been dealing with an antitrust ...

Windows and smartphone screens may one day be constructed from transparent wood laced with egg whites and safely composted at the end of their life. Now Bharat Baruah at Kennesaw State University in ...

As ads for secure messenger Signal go, this one is hard to beat. Trump’s senior officials using the encrypted app to discuss America’s attack on Yemen — whether or not war plans were actually shared — ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at an AI-generated image, marveling at its creativity, but wishing it could seamlessly fit into your project without that pesky background? You’re not alone.

We've all had the familiar experience of writing a text message only to discover a few minutes later that we've misspelled a word or included something we wished we hadn't. iMessage has always had a ...

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