At RSA Conference, experts reveal how "evil AI" is changing hacking forever
AI without guardrails is opening new doors for cybercriminals
Telegram reaches a billion active users, CEO Pavel Durov slams WhatsApp calling it a "cheap imitation"
Durov was recently permitted to leave France, months after his arrest
Telegram's pivot to a law-abiding platform: fulfilled requests of user data have skyrocketed
Arrest of CEO Pavel Durov has clearly had an impact on Telegram's modus operandi
Telegram desktop app is now available for Windows on Arm
Telegram has released its first official build for Arm-based PCs. This new Windows version also resolves issues with video playback cutoffs caused by recompression and enhances video message recording on macOS.
Telegram will provide authorities with IP addresses, phone numbers of suspects
The service is trying to change its reputation as a safe haven for criminals
Analysis of thousands of channels reveals Telegram is flooded with criminal networks
Drug dealers, scammers, white nationalists, and toxic content thrive on the platform
South Korea is facing a digital sex crime epidemic, and Telegram is the accomplice
The dark side of AI and digital communication platforms
Pavel Durov charged in France for failure to moderate illegal content on Telegram
"It is absurd to claim that a platform, or its owner, are responsible for abuse of that platform."
Telegram CEO, Pavel Durov arrested at French airport following investigation into platform
The warrant is connected to the platform's alleged contributions to criminal activity including drug trafficking, pedocriminal offenses, and fraud
Ask away... Microsoft has added a Copilot chatbot to Telegram
Copilot for Telegram uses GPT and Bing to assist users. You can use Copilot on the Telegram desktop and mobile apps for free to ask questions, search, or chat with the AI bot. Sharing your phone number is a requirement though.
Telegram boss throws accusations at Signal, claims rival has ties to US government
Distracting from Telegram's own issues?
A hot potato: Forget about Intel vs. AMD and Apple vs. Microsoft, the biggest, most intense public rivalry in the tech world right now is between messaging platforms Telegram and Signal. The latest attack came from Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who suggested Signal was not secure and accused it of having ties to the US government.
Telegram improves calls with a colorful new design
Telegram has redesigned calls, adding new animations and backgrounds depending on the status of the call. A vaporization animation (Thanos snap style) is also new when you delete messages.
Telegram celebrates 10th anniversary with Stories feature
Telegram's take on Stories offer interesting features like a dual camera mode, the ability to edit after posting, custom security settings, detailed statistics, and the option to add them to your profile for permanent display.
A Telegram channel may be offering swatting-as-a-service with hundreds of incidents reported throughout the US
Swatting-for-hire service connected to dozens, possibly hundreds of incidents in multiple states
Telegram introduces real-time chat translation
Telegram 4.6.5 for Windows has introduced premium user chat translations in real-time in addition to emoji profile pictures, emoji and sticker filtering, open in new window for chats and accounts.
Telegram now lets you sign-up with anonymous phone numbers
Telegram is adding a new privacy layer, letting you sign-up without your real phone number and use instead anonymous numbers from the Fragment blockchain platform. Also new, set a global auto-delete timer to remove messages in all new chats without leaving a trace.
Telegram founder calls WhatsApp a "surveillance tool" with "planted backdoors"
Pavel Durov warns, "stay away from WhatsApp"
Telegram is a feature-rich messaging alternative to WhatsApp
Telegram lets you create group chats with up to 200k members, share media files up to 2GB each, and all your messages are stored in the cloud, so you can easily access them from anywhere.
Telegram launches premium tier as platform touches 700 million users
Faster downloads, larger uploads, exclusive stickers and more for a monthly fee
Telegram founder alleges Apple 'intentionally cripples' web apps by not updating WebKit
Motive? The Apple Tax, of course
Messaging Apps: Encrypted or not? WhatsApp, iMessage, Discord, Zoom, etc.
Using end-to-end encrypted messaging services can make this data inaccessible to third parties and protection from bad actors. So the question is, which popular messaging apps use end-to-end encryption?
Telegram summed 70M new users in a single day thanks to Facebook outage
During the time Facebook messaging apps were down, millions of users found themselves forced to look for alternatives in Telegram and Signal