The freedom that an Android phone offers also comes with a price, and one of the biggest is the app overload. Unlike iOS and other Apple devices, where iMessage dominates everyday conversation between ...

Simply sign up to the Russian politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Millions of Russians were abruptly cut off from the encrypted WhatsApp messaging service on Wednesday afternoon ...

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Russian regulators are pushing a state-developed app as an alternative to WhatsApp Russia has ordered a block on WhatsApp, as the Kremlin continues to tighten restrictions on messaging apps.

WhatsApp said the Moscow has fully blocked its services in Russia, to promote a state-sponsored 'super' app called Max. The move has impacted 100 million users. (Reuters / Thomas White / File photo) ...

A woman checks her phone while walking along a street in Moscow, backdropped by the State Historical Museum and the Kremlin, on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, PAVEL BEDNYAKOV / AP Russia has blocked the ...

Russia has ordered a block on WhatsApp, as the Kremlin continues to tighten restrictions on messaging apps. Meta-owned WhatsApp said the move aimed to push more than 100 million of its app users in ...

Germany's domestic intelligence agency is warning of suspected state-sponsored threat actors targeting high-ranking individuals in phishing attacks via messaging apps like Signal. The attacks combine ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The woman who helped create the Amber Alert system is now advocating to make changes to it after news of Hailey Buzbee’s death. Fishers police classified the 17-year-old as a runaway ...

NORTH JUDSON, Ind. (WISH) — A northern Indiana boy who was the subject of a Friday morning AMBER Alert has been found and is safe, according to Starke County Sheriff Jack Rosa. Just after 6 a.m., ...

Telegram, one of Russia’s most widely used messaging apps, has been malfunctioning for the past two days. On Tuesday, Russia’s federal censorship agency confirmed it was behind the disruptions, saying ...

Russia has confirmed that it has blocked instant messaging app WhatsApp in the country, instead directing Russian citizens to use its state-backed Max app. The news comes days after it emerged that ...