PCMag

Your Private Discord Voice and Video Chats Are Now End-to-End Encrypted

E2EE for voice and video started rolling out in March, but Discord has now tied up some loose ends and made it standard ...

Discord DAVE Encrypts Calls, but Not Text Chats

Discord’s DAVE protocol encrypts eligible voice and video calls, but DMs, server text channels, and Stage channels remain outside E2EE.
CNET

Leave Those Laptops at Home. OpenAI Adds Codex to ChatGPT Mobile App

Out in the real world, with Codex in the ChatGPT mobile app, users can accomplish tasks without juggling a laptop or having ...
Decrypt

ChatGPT Can Now See Your Bank Account—Here's What That Actually Means

OpenAI launched a personal finance tool that connects ChatGPT to your bank accounts, giving spending advice based on your ...
eWeek

OpenAI Launches Codex in ChatGPT Mobile for Its 4M Weekly Users

OpenAI brings Codex to the ChatGPT mobile app, letting users steer coding-agent work from their phones as weekly use tops 4 ...
Shacknews

Meta removes end-to-end encryption from Instagram DMs

Instagram parent company Meta has removed the end-to-end encryption feature for the platform's direct messages (DMs). This had been an optional security feature available to users since 2023, but the ...
Android

WhatsApp Working on Encrypted Cloud Storage Backup for Safer Chat Storage

WhatsApp is developing an encrypted cloud storage backup option with 2GB free space and a possible 50GB paid plan. It will offer secure backups with passkeys or encryption keys, reducing reliance on ...
Wired

Elon Musk’s XChat App Is More Like Facebook’s Messenger Than Signal

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 ...
ExtremeTech

Google Brings End-to-End Encryption to Gmail Apps on Mobile

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TweakTown

X's standalone messaging app XChat is now listed on the App Store

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 ...
Wall Street Journal

Kremlin Enters the Chat With Russia’s New Super-App

The Kremlin has struggled for years to curb internet freedoms and curtail the reach of Western tech platforms that have amassed huge user bases inside Russia. A new Russian super-app is now making ...
9to5google

Gemini now lets you import chats and memory from other AI apps

Besides Gemini 3.1 Flash Live today, Google is rolling out the ability to import memory and chats into Gemini from other AI apps. If you don’t see a prompt, tap the “Settings & help” gear in the ...