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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 ...

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 messaging app endorsed by the Kremlin will be a mandatory preinstallation for smartphones in Russia beginning next month.

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.

Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to quickly reject Sean “Diddy” Combs' request that he throw out a jury verdict or order a new trial after a jury convicted the music maven of two ...

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