Tech giant Apple has unveiled the new iOS 16 system, offering new features that bring iMessage up to speed with other popular messaging apps, during its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. Set for release this fall on all iPhones models 8 and up, the operating system upgrades iMessage to …
Read More »Ukraine sends mixed messages on ‘Easter truce’
The foreign ministry of Ukraine said on Wednesday that Kiev is in favor of a four-day “Easter ceasefire” proposed by the UN secretary general, and remains committed to resolving the conflict with Russia peacefully and through diplomacy. However, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, had a day earlier, contradicted this stance by telling French media the …
Read More »Klitschko brothers plot ‘special messages’ for Usyk boxing match
Boxing legends Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko have said they want Oleksandr Usyk to share “special messages” during his defense of his heavyweight titles which will be one of the most high-profile fights of 2022. WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO champion Usyk confirmed last week that he was leaving …
Read More »US DOJ accessed Oath Keepers’ encrypted messages in January 6 investigation
A legal filing that was publicly released on Thursday shows how US investigators used communications from the encrypted Signal messaging app as evidence against the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group Stewart Rhodes. The Department of Justice (DOJ) accuses Rhodes and 10 other members of the Oath Keepers of …
Read More »How even your deleted messages can be secretly accessed by US intelligence agencies
RT recently reported on a leaked document, which exposed how the Federal Bureau of Investigation and US law enforcement can access a wealth of data from popular messaging apps via methods such as court orders and subpoenas. Users would no doubt be shocked to learn the readiness with which WhatsApp …
Read More »Inquiry launched into European Commission chief’s refusal to hand over text messages she exchanged with Pfizer CEO
European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly, the EU’s top accountability and governance officer, launched an inquiry into the European Commission’s refusal to hand over the contents of communications between von der Leyen and a CEO of an unnamed pharmaceutical company about a Covid-19 vaccine contract. As a first step, O’Reilly asked the …
Read More »‘Nasty messages calling me a cheater’: Transgender MMA fighter McLaughlin responds to ‘transphobes’ casting doubt on debut win
Only taking up the sport earlier this year and struggling to find a gym until MMA Masters in Florida accepted her, McLaughlin launched her career with a win that came via a second-round submission on a Combate Global card. Yet the doubters and naysayers have poured scorn on the win, …
Read More »Facebook pays contractors to read your ‘encrypted’ WhatsApp messages, shares info with prosecutors – reports
Social media behemoth Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg promising to keep the stripped-down, ad-free messaging app “exactly the same.” End-to-end encryption was introduced in 2016, with the app itself offering on-screen assurances to users that “No one outside of this chat” can read their communications, and …
Read More »Biden and the DNC want to censor text messages to stop ‘misinformation’ – well, ‘if it saves just one life,’ who needs privacy?
The US government is done playing “good cop” with regard to the “vaccine hesitant.” The Biden administration, which recently opted to send ‘volunteer’ vaccinators door to door in what may be the most ill-thought-out public health campaign in US history, doesn’t just want to meddle with your body anymore – …
Read More »Hunter Biden used N-word in messages with his lawyer, even SEXTED him by accident – media
“How much money do I owe you. [Because] n***a you better not be charging me Hennessy rates,” Biden texted Mesires on December 13, 2018, explaining that he “just made up that phrase.” A bill from October that year showed that Mesires charged $845 an hour, the UK tabloid reported. After …
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