With new outages and blockages, President Vladimir V. Putin is taking his boldest steps yet to control Russians’ communications. By Paul Sonne Valerie Hopkins and Oleg Matsnev Paul Sonne reported from ...

OpenAI is backing a new artificial-intelligence startup that aims to build software allowing so-called AI agents to communicate and solve complex problems in industries such as finance and biotech.

WhatsApp is throttled. Telegram is about to be blocked. Soldiers are angry. Max, a state-backed messenger app, is being forced on everyone. Commanders warn Max is unsafe. Average Russians are trying ...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned network defenders that Iranian hackers linked to the country's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) are using Telegram in malware attacks.

The Kremlin’s tightening grip on Russian life has a new target: the country’s most popular messaging app. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

Credit: VentureBeat made with Google Gemini 3.1 Pro Image The hit open source autonomous AI agent OpenClaw may have just gotten mogged by Anthropic. Today, Anthropic announced Claude Code Channels, a ...

Meta, the company behind some of the world’s most popular social media platforms, just scooped up a new site – for bots. Meta has acquired Moltbook, the social media network where AI agents interact ...

Publication of an intercepted cable exposed a clumsy German effort to forge an alliance with Mexico and helped propel the United States into the Great War. Cartoon in reaction to the Zimmermann ...

Russia investigating Durov - official newspaper Russia says Telegram is compromised and a threat Telegram: Russia is trying to force people to MAX Russia crafts a more sophisticated surveillance state ...

News of an investigation into Pavel Durov, the app’s billionaire founder, deepened a crackdown on what remains of the free Russian internet. By Nataliya Vasilyeva Russia is laying the groundwork for ...

Authorities in Russia have opened an investigation into Telegram founder and tech mogul Pavel Durov on suspicion of “abetting terrorist activities,” a sign that the widely used messenger app — deeply ...

A U.S. diplomat’s warning about the Soviet Union’s grand strategy helped produce the strategy of containment that won the Cold War. The introduction of George Kennan’s “Long Telegram” to the ...