XChat will support encrypted and vanishing messages, as well as audio and visual calls without a phone number, Musk said.

With big competition from WhatsApp, Telegram, and so many other message software, these are the new features coming to iOS 26 ...

For five weeks, the Federal Trade Commission asked a federal judge to imagine a world where Instagram and WhatsApp flourished outside Meta’s control instead of being acquired by the tech giant. In the ...

Meta is accused of creating an illegal social networking monopoly thanks to its purchases of WhatsApp and Instagram more than a decade ago.

If the FTC wins, it would have to prove at a second trial that measures such as forcing Meta to sell Instagram or WhatsApp would restore competition. Losing Instagram in particular could prove ...

Mr. Zuckerberg, who was called as the first witness in the trial, has previously denied that buying Instagram and WhatsApp hurt competition. Image Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive ...

Elon Musk has unveiled a new secure messaging service called XChat, aiming to transform X (formerly Twitter) into a ...