AI agent social media network Moltbook is a security disaster - millions of credentials and other details left unsecured

Moltbook has grabbed headlines across the world recently, but apart from being a dystopian pseudo-social network pulled straight from an Asimov novel, it is also a security and privacy nightmare.
CoinTelegraph

Private messaging faces threats from AI, limited user awareness: Session execs

Session’s Chris McCabe and Alex Linton tell Cointelegraph that AI-integrated devices could bypass messaging encryption, creating privacy and security issues. Artificial intelligence, a lack of ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The Kremlin Really Wants Russians To Switch To A New State-Backed Messenger App. Russians Really Don’t Want To.

One St. Petersburg woman quit her job at a municipal agency to avoid installing the app. Siberian university students were told they couldn’t take final exams, or even threatened with expulsion, if ...
Geeky Gadgets

From Prompt to Publish, Google Firebase Studio Creates Full Stack Apps & Hosts Them

What if building a fully functional app was as simple as sketching out your idea and letting technology handle the rest? With the launch of Google’s Firebase Studio, that vision is now a reality. This ...
CoinTelegraph

Buterin donates to 2 projects pushing ‘next steps’ of digital privacy

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has just donated over $760,000 in Ether to two projects he says are pushing digital privacy forward. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has disclosed a donation of ...
Mashable

YouTube tests direct messaging. Here's how it works.

YouTube is currently testing out a direct messaging feature on the platform, which the company previously removed years ago. Credit: Valera Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Almost ...
Digital Trends

Whatsapp will soon let you chat with people on other messaging apps

What’s happened? Meta has announced a new messaging feature for Whatsapp users that will allow people to chat with users of third-party messaging apps. This update is part of compliance with the ...
TechCrunch

WhatsApp to launch third-party chat integration in Europe soon

Meta is getting ready to launch third-party chat integration on WhatsApp in Europe, the company announced on Friday. The tech giant notes that the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) requires it to give ...
Android Authority

Here's a look at how Android 17 will make alternative app stores easier to use

As part of a settlement with Epic, Google is introducing support for “Registered App Stores” starting with Android 17. Certified third-party stores will utilize a “single store install screen” that ...
Bloomberg L.P.

WhatsApp Debuts Apple Watch App With Voice Messages, Other Features

WhatsApp, the popular messaging service owned by Meta Platforms Inc., introduced a standalone Apple Watch app that makes it easier for users to interact with their chats from Apple Inc.’s smartwatch ...
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Messaging app allegedly used in Louisville sex crimes case described as a ‘Predator’s Paradise’

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Kik, a Canada-based app, was allegedly used as the avenue for a Louisville man to distribute child pornography. A search warrant return from Kik for Michael Booth reportedly ...