Meta has officially discontinued the Facebook Messenger desktop app for Mac and Windows, redirecting users to the Facebook ...

A privacy policy change scheduled for Dec. 16 has been misinterpreted by some to mean that Meta will be poking around your Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp DMs.

Google Chat finally gets a message scheduling feature. As the name suggests, you can schedule messages to send at a later time or date.

Google Chat is becoming a more helpful tool for both work and personal conversations. Many people often want to send a message at a later time so that the other person receives it when they are free.

Google Chat can now be accessed right at chat.google.com in your browser. The old URLs still work, but Chrome extensions may need to be updated. Chat is also adding the ability to schedule messages in ...

A new archival function for Google's RCS Messages is designed to help companies with record-keeping and responding to legal requests related to employee communications. As Google explains, it's to ...

Managing Facebook messages can become overwhelming when your inbox fills up with old conversations. Many people want a simple way to clear everything at once, especially when starting fresh or ...

What Just Happened With the EU’s Controversial Chat Control Proposal? The European Union’s attempt to mandate scanning of private messages has stalled again, marking another reversal for the bloc’s ...

Group chats can be one of the best ways to communicate with friends and family, but also one of the worst, especially when you have a large number of people chatting in them. Some messaging apps ...

What’s happened? Google Messages has finally started testing the ability to mention other users in RCS group chats. Why is this important? Active group chats can easily bury important messages. The ...

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Vermont state Senator Samuel Douglass, a Republican, has resigned from his office after his involvement in a controversial group text with dozens of young Republicans came to light. Douglass, 26, is ...