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Telegram adds more features for group admins
San Francisco: To give group on its app a better control over how members engage, instant messaging app Telegram has introduced a new feature called “Slow Mode”. The feature allows…
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Telegram says massive cyber attack originated in China
Berlin: Telegram founder Pavel Durov revealed that the massive cyber attack on the encryption-based service was launched by China. In a tweet response, Durov wrote that the IP addresses originated…
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WhatsApp, Telegram messengers are extremely insecure: Study
London, Sep 16 : Popular mobile messengers like WhatsApp expose personal data via discovery services that allow users to find contacts based on phone numbers from their address book, say…
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Telegram launches multiple pinned messages, more tools
New Delhi:Â Messaging app Telegram on Saturday launched new capabilities like multiple pinned messages, live location 2.0, and easy music Playlist sharing option to enhance user chat experience. Multiple pinned messages…
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Telegram update brings new design, Archive option
San Francisco: Private instant messaging and voice over IP service Telegram has updated its app with a new design for Android and added an Archive Chats option. “Swipe left on…
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Why more Indians want to try to Signal, Telegram
NEW DELHI: With the shocking revelation that WhatsApp of many Indian journalists and activists was compromised, social media is now abuzz with users mulling a migration to other messaging platforms…
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WhatsApp, Telegram media files could be manipulated
San Francisco: If you thought instant messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram that provide end-to-end encryption give you rock-solid security, think again. Researchers from cyber-security firm Symantec on Monday revealed…
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Telegram now lets users delete entire chat history
San Francisco: Giving tough competition to WhatsApp that lets its users delete messages “for everyone” within a time limit, private instant messaging and voice over IP service Telegram has expanded…
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Telegram founder Durov asks people to delete WhatsApp
SAN FRANCISCO:Â Telegram founder Parel Durov, in his post on the platform, has urged people to delete WhatsApp unless they are “okay with surveillance”, media reports said. Facebook-owned WhatsApp, which has…
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WhatsApp rival Telegram finally adds video call support
New Delhi: WhatsApp’s closest rival Telegram has announced that it is launching video call functionality in all its desktop and mobile apps. The feature, currently available in Telegram beta, will officially…
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AI-bot generates over 1 lakh nude images of women on Telegram
New Delhi: AI-powered bot, a messaging platform on Telegram generated over one lakh nude images. Researchers at security company Sensity have revealed this as a part of the ‘deepfake ecosystem’. The investigation…
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WhatsApp, Telegram not to give users’ data to Hong Kong govt: Report
San Francisco:Â Facebook subsidiary WhatsApp and its closest rival Telegram on Monday said they will not process official requests from the Hong Kong authorities to hand over user data for the…
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WhatsApp spyware: Why more Indians want to try to Telegram
New Delhi: Â With the shocking revelation that WhatsApp of many Indian journalists and activists was compromised, social media is now abuzz with users mulling a migration to other messaging platforms…
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Telegram users can now send silent messages, animated emojis
San Francisco: Private instant messaging and voice over IP service Telegram has rolled out updates that bring the ability to send silent messages and animated emojis for the users. The…
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Telegram ordered to pay $625K in fees over ‘GRAM’ ticker lawsuit
San Francisco, Nov 4 : A US District Court has ordered mobile messaging service Telegram to pay nearly $625,000 in legal fee to a small crypto firm called Lantah LLC.…
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Users shun WhatsApp to join Telegram, Signal amid data concerns
New Delhi, Jan 9 : As WhatsApp teases users to either give their consent to sharing data with Facebook or lose their accounts after February 8, rival Telegram’s Founder and…
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Telegram lets users add profile videos, send 2GB files and more
New Delhi: WhatsApp’s closest rival Telegram has rolled out a substantial update, adding Profile Videos along with improved People Nearby features, unlimited file sharing with up to 2GB per file and…
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Forget Telegram, Signal: IS terrorists in India, abroad using much more secure Threema
New Delhi: Amid the debate over privacy concerns, several people are switching to Telegram and Signal from WhatsApp. However, terrorists in India and abroad are using a much more advanced secure…
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Telegram CEO says 2.5 cr new users joined in last 72 hours
New Delhi:Â Telegram, which has surpassed 500 million monthly active users (MAUs), registered 25 million (2.5 crore) new users joining the platform globally in the last 72 hours alone as users…
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Telegram to pay US SEC fine of $18.5mn over digital token charges
San Francisco: Telegram has agreed to return more than $1.2 billion to investors and to pay an $18.5 million civil penalty to resolve the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s charges…
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Signal, Telegram grab 40 lakh new users in India amid WhatsApp row
New Delhi: As WhatsApp started sending notifications to over 400 million users in India last week asking them to either accept its new policy or see their accounts removed from…
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Telegram CEO says 2.5 cr new users join in last 72 hours
New Delhi, Jan 13 : Telegram, which has surpassed 500 million monthly active users (MAUs), registered 25 million (2.5 crore) new users joining the platform globally in the last 72…
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WhatsApp ‘will never be secure’: Russian rival
MOSCOW: The Russian founder of popular messaging app Telegram has warned that WhatsApp, the world’s top messaging app, will continue to be open to surveillance after the Facebook-owned platform had…
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WhatsApp says latest update does not change data-sharing practices with Facebook
New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Saturday said its latest update – which has received criticism from a multitude of users globally – describes business communication and does not change its data-sharing…
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Putin offers condolences to Erdogan for Turkey’s earthquake casualties
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram of condolences to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the casualties and massive destruction caused by the powerful earthquake in Izmir Province,…
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Iranian hackers found using tool to extract 2FA SMS codes
San Francisco, Sep 19 : Researchers at cybersecurity firm Check Point have unravelled an ongoing surveillance operation by Iranian entities who have used multiple tools including an Android backdoor that…
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Texas: Bid to remove GOP leader Dr Shahid Shafi, because he is Muslim, backfired
Texas: Republications rejected vote to oust GOP leader because he is a Muslim. CNN with reference to the Star-Telegram stated that ‘the Tarrant County Republican Party voted on Thursday to…
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Now Paytm founder asks Indians to join Signal
New Delhi, Jan 11 : Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma, who fought a bitter war with Google recently, took to Twitter on Monday and urged Indian users to move to…
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Iran’s Supreme Court upholds journalist’s death sentence
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death penalty of a once-exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests three years ago, Iranian media reported on Tuesday. The…
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1 in 2 Indian users say WhatsApp changes unacceptable: Poll
New Delhi, Jan 12 : As WhatsApp faces intense scrutiny over its upcoming data and privacy policy, a new poll on Tuesday revealed that nearly one in two Indian users…
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