Telegram articles

Telegram has redesigned calls, adding new animations and backgrounds depending on the status of the call. A vaporization animation (Thanos snap style) is also new when you delete messages.

Telegram's take on Stories offer interesting features like a dual camera mode, the ability to edit after posting, custom security settings, detailed statistics, and the option to add them to your profile for permanent display.

What a time to be alive

Swatting-for-hire service connected to dozens, possibly hundreds of incidents in multiple states

Telegram 4.6.5 for Windows has introduced premium user chat translations in real-time in addition to emoji profile pictures, emoji and sticker filtering, open in new window for chats and accounts.

Telegram is adding a new privacy layer, letting you sign-up without your real phone number and use instead anonymous numbers from the Fragment blockchain platform. Also new, set a global auto-delete timer to remove messages in all new chats without leaving a trace.

Pavel Durov warns, "stay away from WhatsApp"

Telegram lets you create group chats with up to 200k members, share media files up to 2GB each, and all your messages are stored in the cloud, so you can easily access them from anywhere.

Faster downloads, larger uploads, exclusive stickers and more for a monthly fee

Motive? The Apple Tax, of course

Very relatable

WhatsApp is great to stay in touch with friends, but feature-wise Telegram is two steps ahead. The latest revision allows anonymous posting in public groups, text recognition in photos, delete any sent messages, and more.

During the time Facebook messaging apps were down, millions of users found themselves forced to look for alternatives in Telegram and Signal

Stay connected with everyone, plus share documents and videos up to 1GB – and do it all privately thanks to heavily encrypted messages. It's free and multi-platform.

Founder of popular messaging app gave scathing comments on the iPhone, Apple's closed ecosystem and Cupertino's relations with China

End-to-end encryption is still limited to secret chats

It's alleged that the app facilitates violence and extremism

Taken from a 2019 vulnerability

Private chats will remain ad-free, however

It's becoming even easier to troll (or be trolled) with deepfakes

The popular messaging app is the latest to criticize Apple's App Store powers

Failing that, Telegram will forfeit a $1.7 billion investment

Was a Sprint worker responsible?

The encrypted service was overwhelmed with "GADZILLIONS of garbage requests"