Character.AI announced on Tuesday that it’s launching “Stories,” a new format that allows users to create interactive fiction that features their favorite characters. The feature comes as an ...

Roblox is to become the first major gaming platform where facial age verification will be mandatory to access any chat features. In 2024, the platform averaged over 80 million players a day, ...

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 ...

Hardly anyone can have missed the AI phenomenon that has taken the world by storm. Almost every major company has some kind of AI initiative now. Politicians talk about how important it is not to ...

German officials on Wednesday said they will vote against a European Union proposal to allow the scanning of private messages even on end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms, signaling that the bloc ...

Google Messages has been working on a system to let you @mention other users in chats. Users who are mentioned in such a manner should see an @ symbol next to the chat. Messages may automatically ...

Gemini arrives in Google Chat. Chat users can have the AI assistant write their messages. AI tools are infiltrating more points of communication. People are already using AI to write emails and ...

EU’s Chat Control law would force apps to scan every message, photo and video pre-encryption. Supporters say it fights child abuse material, while critics warn of mass surveillance. Weakening ...

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There’s a vast difference in texting etiquette amongst different generations. That Boomer thumbs-up reply is on the opposite end of the spectrum of Gen Z’s slang acronyms. So 22-year-old Jason ...

Apple’s launch presentation introducing the iPhone 17 was posted online as soon as the event ended. If you watch the presentation closely, even part of it, then you’ll notice a presentation tactic ...