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A Russian state-backed messenger application called MAX, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, must be pre-installed on all mobile phones and tablets from next month, the ...

The Russian government will require the state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on all smartphones and tablets sold in the country, in a move that could increase surveillance of Russian ...

It will also be mandatory that from Sept 1, Russia’s domestic app store, RuStore, which is pre-installed on all Android devices, will be pre-installed on Apple devices.

Russia said on Thursday that all mobile phones and tablets sold in the country from next month must come pre-installed with MAX, a state-backed ...

A 34-year-old man from Mumbai was arrested by the Chandigarh police's cybercrime unit for allegedly duping a city resident of Rs 1.3 crore through an elaborate WhatsApp impersonation scam. The scammer ...

Phone calls are now blocked on WhatsApp and Telegram, as the Kremlin pushes for the adoption of a poorly secured 'national' messaging app.

A new travelogue of global worship celebrates gospel unity across cultural difference—within certain limits.

A gymnast whose report of sexual abuse against her former coach led to his arrest and an FBI investigation into potential ...

Officials have lowered the alert level for a volcano near Alaska’s largest city to normal. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says this indicates that Mount Spurr is "quiet” months after showing signs of ...

In Chris Davis’s world, the word “evangelical” can raise eyebrows. Chris is a PCUSA pastor and an evangelical, two identities ...