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Use Google Messages? I change these 9 settings on every new Android phone - here's why (zdnet.com)

2026-06-15 | by Elyse Betters Picaro | get Google Messages App → | tags: google messages, android, rcs chats

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Bluesky launches group chats, as company shifts focus to community features (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-11 | by Sarah Perez | get BlueSky Group Chat Sticker Pack → | tags: bluesky, chats, communities

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Meta now wants to use your activity from other websites to personalize its AI (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-10 | get Meta Data Privacy Toolkit → | tags: activity, businesses, chats

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Apple’s Focus filters are a great feature, but they have a glaring blind spot: group chats (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-23 | by Michael Burkhardt | get WhatsApp Group Chat Organizer → | tags: apple, ios 16, focus filters

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Here’s why I won’t be switching on auto-deleting Siri chats (9to5mac.com)

2026-05-18 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Siri Privacy Protection Kit → | tags: siri, google gemini, apple privacy

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Meta says its new Incognito AI chats are ‘completely private’ (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-13 | get Meta Incognito AI Chatbot → | tags: chat, chats, incognito

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WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-13 | by Ivan Mehta | get Meta AI Incognito Mode → | tags: chat, chats, incognito

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iOS, macOS, and iPadOS 26.5 updates arrive with encrypted RCS messaging and more (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-11 | get Apple MacBook Air M2 → | tags: ios, rcs messaging, apple maps

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Hackers abuse Google ads, Claude.ai chats to push Mac malware (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-10 | get Google Ads Malware Protection → | tags: google ads, claude.ai, mac malware

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Is 2026 the End of iMessage Work Group Chats? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-08 | by Logan Simmons | get iMessage Group Chat Extender → | tags: imessage, apple, business communication

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Meta Adds New Live Chat Feature to Threads for NBA Playoffs, Major Events (cnet.com)

2026-04-22 | by See Full Bio | get Meta Threads Live Chat → | tags: meta, threads, nba

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Threads users can now join group chats during live events (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-22 | by Marcus Mendes | get Smartphone Group Chat App → | tags: threads, live chats, meta

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Threads introduces 'live chats' for following live events (engadget.com)

2026-04-22 | get Live Chat App for Threads → | tags: threads, meta, nba

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Threads is adding Live Chats to boost real-time engagement (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-22 | by Aisha Malik | get Blue Microphones Snowball iCE → | tags: threads, live chats, meta

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XChat, X’s standalone messaging app, launching this month these features (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-22 | by Zac Hall | get XChat Messaging App → | tags: xchat, app store, groupchats

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XChat, X’s standalone messaging app, launching this week these features (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-22 | by Zac Hall | get XChat Messaging App → | tags: xchat, app store, groupchats

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XChat, X’s standalone messaging app, launching with these features [U] (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-22 | by Zac Hall | get XChat Messaging App → | tags: xchat, app store, end-to-end encryption

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US v. Heppner (S.D.N.Y. 2026) no attorney-client privilege for AI chats [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-15 | get AI Chat Privacy Guide → | tags: us v heppner, attorney-client privilege, ai chats

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Google Messages is cooking up a feature Samsung Messages users will love (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-14 | get Samsung Galaxy SmartTag → | tags: google messages, samsung messages, rcs chats

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OpenAI is retreating from its NSFW chatbot plans (androidauthority.com)

2026-03-26 | tags: openai, chatgpt, android authority

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Google Messages may bring back Ultra HDR support, and do it right this time (androidauthority.com)

2026-03-24 | get Google Pixel HDR Plus Lens → | tags: google messages, ultra hdr, rcs chats

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WhatsApp is working on ‘guest chats’ for people without accounts (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-16 | by Marcus Mendes | get WhatsApp Guest Chat Access → | tags: whatsapp, guest chats, meta

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Apple is finally testing RCS encryption, but there’s a catch for Android users (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-17 | get Messaging → | tags: android, apple, chats

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Pocketblue – Fedora Atomic for mobile devices (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-15 | get Fedora → | tags: atomic, atomic fedora, chats

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ChatGPT’s cheapest options now show you ads (theverge.com)

2026-02-09 | by Stevie Bonifield | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: chatgpt, chats, free

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A community organizer’s guide to Signal group chats (theverge.com)

2026-02-03 | by Stevie Bonifield | get Signal → | tags: chat, chats, group

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Switching to Gemini from another chatbot may soon get much easier (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-02 | get Chatbot → | tags: chats, feature, features

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US has investigated claims WhatsApp chats aren't private (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-31 | get WhatsApp chats → | tags: aren, aren private, chats

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Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations (slashdot.org)

2026-01-29 | by Posted | get Chatbot → | tags: chats, exposed, google

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Spotify has a group messaging feature now (engadget.com)

2026-01-29 | get WhatsApp → | tags: added, chats, listening