Visa and OpenAI integrate Visa's secure global payment directly into ChatGPT

Would you hand an AI chatbot your credit card? This week, Visa's deal with ChatGPT maker OpenAI became the latest step in the march toward a future where AI offers to shop on your behalf.

I've reviewed every PDF editor out there - then I had ChatGPT build me a better one

The smartest way to use AI may not be letting it interact with your files, but asking it to write software that handles them ...

Signal Veterans Want to Encrypt Slack, Google Docs, and Basically Every Other App

Encrypted Spaces provides "verifiable, encrypted, untrusted storage.” ...

Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps

The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or ...

A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Setting Up and Using ChatGPT 5.5

Master ChatGPT 5.5 with this comprehensive beginner guide. Discover how to use the Codex app to build spreadsheets, ...
techtimes

Signal Phishing Attack Steals Backup Keys, Exposing Full Encrypted Chat History

Hackers launched a new phishing campaign this week targeting Signal users — specifically journalists, anti-Chinese Communist Party activists, and human rights workers — with fraudulent text messages ...
9to5Mac

iOS 26.5 gave Messages app encrypted RCS, here’s how to check it’s working

One of the many benefits of using iMessage is that you know your conversations are always end-to-end encrypted. That level of security has never previously extended to green bubble conversations. But ...
KXAN

Body cam shows DPS trooper used encryption app in Austin student’s immigration arrest

Under President Donald Trump’s renewed administration, Texas has emerged as a key frontline in the push for aggressive immigration enforcement and widespread deportations. Texas residents – regardless ...
The Verge

Mark Zuckerberg announces ‘completely private’ encrypted Meta AI chat

Incognito Chat AI messages disappear after users leave their chat session, which Meta says makes it different from other bots. Incognito Chat AI messages disappear after users leave their chat ...
Shacknews

Meta removes end-to-end encryption from Instagram DMs

Instagram parent company Meta has removed the end-to-end encryption feature for the platform's direct messages (DMs). This had been an optional security feature available to users since 2023, but the ...
Android

WhatsApp Working on Encrypted Cloud Storage Backup for Safer Chat Storage

WhatsApp is developing an encrypted cloud storage backup option with 2GB free space and a possible 50GB paid plan. It will offer secure backups with passkeys or encryption keys, reducing reliance on ...
Wired

Elon Musk’s XChat App Is More Like Facebook’s Messenger Than Signal

Rather than launching a sleek, worthwhile encrypted messaging app, Musk dropped a junky, insular extension of his social media platform. One of XChat’s red flags is that users must connect an existing ...