Is Telegram Still Safe To Use, And Are Your Messages Really Private? Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of communication platform Telegram, was recently arrested in France. The charges included non-compliance with law enforcement in an investigation into illegal activity on the app, including illicit drug trafficking. Druov was later granted expensive bail, but he’s finally spoken about it. The Telegram chief highlighted how the company accepted a ban rather than compromising thesafety net of encryptionand also took a similar approach when it was pressured into censorial activities....

It Looks Like TikTok’s BeReal Competitor Is Dead Social media, as a business, has often been focused on chasing trends. Whenever a new network on the block sets the App Store alight with a bright idea, every other platform takes a swing at the same concept (or something similar) in order to keep their users from moving on to something new. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. The latest swing-and-a-miss comes from TikTok, the platform that other video platforms have ironically been trying to ape for several years — specifically in TikTok’s stance againstburgeoning platform BeReal....

JBL’s latest PartyBoxspeaker sent me on a rollercoaster of emotions. Initially unboxing theJBLPartyBox Stage 320, I was bewildered by its size and weight (even its name is a mouthful). I certainly didn’t think I needed it, but then I was comforted by the sound when playing indoors, and later unnerved by taking it outside to see just how loud it could get. There is a lot this large, versatile, and powerful speaker can do, and while I’m still figuring out if this is something I personally should have in my speaker lineup, as I tend to prefer smaller, portableBluetooth speakers, I definitely know there is value – and a lot of fun – to be had....

If you’re attending the 2018 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in June, you might be surprised to seeLG Electronicsat the big event. The home appliance and electronics company is holding the “LaundROO Lounge and Vintage Clothing Swap” the first event of its kind from LG. The interactive experience is meant to help festival attendees refresh their style, experience all that LG devices have to offer, and — let’s face it — smell a little better....

Danish actorMads Mikkelsenbroke into mainstream stardom for his role as the main villain of the 2013 NBC television series,Hannibal, but this was far from his first crack at show business. Fans ofHanniballooking for more Mikkelsen should turn to his work in movies, where some of his finest performances can be found. Mikkelsen has had a long and varied career as a film actor. He got his start in Denmark with the 1996 crime dramaPusher, and he’s been on a hot streak ever since....

Microsoft is getting ready to show off what’s next for Surface and Windows in 2024. The company is holding aNew Era of Work eventon March 21 at 9am PST / 12pm EST where it says it’ll share “the latest in scaling AI in your environment with Copilot, Windows, and Surface.” News that the company was hosting an event wasfirst reported by The Vergealongsidedetails from Windows Centralon the new Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 Microsoft is planning to announce....

Modern Warfare 3 players want popular MW2019 mode to return Modern Warfare 3players have called for one of Modern Warfare (2019)’s most popular game modes to make a comeback when the game launches. The Modern Warfare reboot in 2019 gained a lot of plaudits from theCall of Dutycommunity, making a number of huge changes to the franchise in general as well as introducing new features that have remained in the game’s that have been released ever since....

In a recently releasedinterviewwithHorizon Zero Dawnlead quest designer David Ford, some information was revealed on thequeststructure for the upcoming action RPG from developer Guerrilla Games as well some of the game systems players can use to improve the main characterAloy’seffectiveness in a dangerous world inhabited by massive and wild roaming robots. Aloy will feature options for improving herequipmentandskillsvia familiar systems that are found in other RPGs. Where the game takes things a step further are the variety ofweaponsand ammunition options, that allow players to precisely choose the perfect combination of tools for a specific task....

Nine Of The Fastest Motorcycles Under 250cc, Ranked By Top Speed In the bike community, it’s a rule of thumb that you should start with a small engine and work your way up to a bigger one. Thus, motorcycles with a sub-250 cubic centimeter (cc) displacement seem to be in the Goldilocks zone for beginner riders. That said, experienced riders will also no doubt enjoy having these pocket-rocket machines in the garage for a city runabout....

Fans of Realmac Software’sClear to-do appwho’ve always wanted its gestural user interface in a calendar app need look no further than Peek Calendar for iPhone,$1.99 in the App Store. It’s the calendar humanized, as developer Square Mountains puts it. The premise behind Peek Calendar, as its name suggests, is the decluttering of your calendar entries by providing an effective at-a-glance overview of your day and some novel gestures allowing you to literally peek inside the events....

Afraid of missing out on the latest photo industry news while you’re out, well, actually taking pictures? Photography News of the Week is all the news you might have missed this week, published on the weekends. Alongside the biggest stories of the week, likeFlickr’s big changes, Panasonic’sorganic sensor camera, and a one-handedPhotoshop and Lightroom editing console, find briefs on the latest in accessories and photography news from this week. Budget brand Yongnuo has a “4G” mirrorless camera under development Yongnuo, the China-based budget lens and flash brand, appears to be developing a new mirrorless camera....

PolyFaunais an app that the band recently launched in collaboration with art design studioUniversal Everything. This app was brought about as an inspiration to Radiohead’s 2011 release “Bloom” from “The King of Limbs” album… Users are presented with a visually immersive computer generation of a simplistic, shadowy landscape. Using augmented reality, you can look around the area by moving your device around. Even if that is all you do, the app is impressive....

Ram’s Premature Electrification Ad Is Being Called One Of Super Bowl 2023’s Funniest Commercials When it comes to the idea of buying an electric vehicle, are you held back by range anxiety? The phrase refers to concerns some consumers have about whether an EV’s battery will be able to get them where they need to go or if it will leave them stranded many miles from the nearest charging station. There are someportable solutionsto help alleviate this concern, of course, but recharging a car takes more time than popping open a gas cap and pouring in a canister of gasoline, which makes it particularly annoying when you’re not expecting the downtime....