Apple and Google start rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS chats in beta for iPhone owners and Android phone users. As Managing Editor, I lead CNET's mobile team, covering news and reviews on ...

WhatsApp has introduced private chats with its AI chatbot which not even the tech company will be able to read in a new "incognito" mode. It means neither the user nor the AI's responses will be ...

UPDATE (May 29, 2026): Google has brought several new features to the Google Messages app since we last updated this article. Scroll all the way down to get more information about the updates. Summary ...

Anyone with a Microsoft 365 account can use new AI agents in Copilot Chat to jump-start Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents — and some users can enlist a special agent to analyze their M365 files.

Meta Platforms META.O is rolling out a new "Incognito Chat" feature for its artificial intelligence assistant on WhatsApp messaging service, the company said on Wednesday, as it looks to address data ...

The company says its new Incognito Chat allows you to use its AI chatbot without anyone else—including Meta—being able to access your conversations. The idea of Incognito Chat is to create a way for ...

Seven years after claiming that the “future is private”, Meta is ending support for end-to-end encryption on direct messages in Instagram. The ultra-private form of messaging, which only allows the ...

If you downloaded iOS 26.5, your device can now access the secure messaging protocol as long as your carrier supports it. Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast ...

WhatsApp has introduced private chats with its AI chatbot which not even the tech company will be able to read in a new "incognito" mode. It means neither the user nor the AI's responses will be ...

When we send a text, we don’t simply convey information; we invite someone into our lives. Every emoji, every punctuation mark, and even every use of “kk” carries emotional data about our innermost ...