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Google Messages has started rolling out custom "Chat themes" with customizable backgrounds. The update appears in the chat ...

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Apple's iOS 27 software update is currently in beta ahead of a fall release, but there are already two Messages features ...

March Madness is over and UNC women’s basketball will begin building its roster for the 2026-27 season. The Tar Heels’ 2025-26 season ended in the second round of the women’s 2026 NCAA Tournament ...

Despite Instagram’s sister app, WhatsApp, using encrypted privacy as a core feature to reassure users, the company is switching the privacy function off for Instagram direct messages Instagram direct ...

Ross Ulbricht built Silk Road as a libertarian marketplace, but it became a hub for illegal drug sales. US authorities arrested him, and a court sentenced him in 2015 to life in prison. On January 21, ...

Visitors capture cellphone images and peer through a security fence along Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House in Washington on July 7, 2022. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post) Last week, ...