On July 28, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey released a free, new open-source messaging app in Apple's App Store called Bitchat Mesh, or Bitchat. Dorsey unveiled the new app on X, formerly Twitter, in ...

Multi-service messaging app Beeper, which allows people to connect to all their chat apps from one interface, is relaunching its app on Wednesday to offer a more secure version that no longer requires ...

Jack Dorsey, most famous for co-founding Twitter (now X) all the way back in 2006, is cooking up a different way to connect people. It's a peer-to-peer mesh-network-based messaging app that lets you ...

The ubiquity of off-network messaging applications presents a major challenge for legal and compliance functions. While offering convenience and immediacy, these platforms operate largely outside ...

Messaging apps gather users’ data and violate their privacy. Session co-founder Kee Jeffreys says encryption and decentralization are the solution. Social messaging apps tend to make major news ...

What if you could send a message without ever needing Wi-Fi, cellular data, or even an internet connection? It sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but with BitChat, it’s a reality. Created by ...

Jack Dorsey used Goose, Block's AI code editing tool, while developing his Bluetooth mesh messaging app Bitchat. Dorsey said he developed the app over a weekend. He's released a beta version. Dorsey ...

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