Meta executives proceeded with a plan to encrypt the messaging services connected to its Facebook and Instagram apps despite internal warnings that it would hinder the social media giant’s ability to ...

An internal Facebook presentation from 2018 describes a messaging-based app that would have allowed high school students to ...

Meta is shutting down the standalone Messenger website and will end access to messenger.com in April 2026, directing web ...

Privacy and encryption are central themes in legal proceedings involving child safety against Meta and Apple this week.

Messenger web users will be redirected to Facebook's chat interface after the shutdown. Meta previously retired the desktop ...

Meta is shutting down the standalone Messenger website, according to a company help page. The website will disappear in April, though web users will still be able to send and receive messages within ...

Meta is shutting down its standalone Messenger website, the company shared in a help page. Starting April 2026, the website ...

The BBC has finally released its new supernatural comedy series Small Prophets, which was filmed in Urmston and other parts of Greater Manchester. Created by Pirates of the Caribbean actor Mackenzie ...

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RIP to Facebook Messenger’s desktop app. The native app for Mac and Windows is no longer available to users as of today, December 15, 2025, and existing users are being directed to the Facebook ...

The Facebook Messenger desktop app for macOS is being axed on December 15, forcing Mac users into using the web version, for better or worse. At the time, Facebook had already pulled the app from the ...