A Ukrainian national was sentenced to five years in prison for providing North Korean IT workers with stolen identities that helped them infiltrate U.S. companies.

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YouTube has started a renewed effort to integrate direct messaging into its platform. According to a support page, the service has started testing DMs as a way for users to share and discuss videos.

A federal judge in Chicago allowed the insurer of two auto dealership groups to pursue breach of contract claims arising from the summer 2024 CDK Global cyberattacks. However, U.S. District Judge ...

In November 2025, an Instagram post (archived) with more than 100,000 likes claimed Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, will start reading users' direct messages once it ...

Magna says it is marking its first full year of scaled global production of its Driver Monitoring System (DMS), launched with a Germany-based OEM in China. This, it says, began with initial launch ...

Originally an app designed for sharing photos, Instagram has solidified itself as the most popular social media platform in Meta's family of apps, reaching 3 billion monthly active users across the ...

Maximize LinkedIn by using DMs to turn public engagement into private conversations. Build familiarity, offer value, and nurture connections through a structured DM system. This relationship-first ...

Spotify's move comes after user response. The company announced that most users desire to have a dedicated place within the app where they can share music, podcasts, or audiobooks with friends and ...

Spotify has rolled out a new direct messaging feature, allowing users to share songs, podcasts, and audiobooks without leaving the app. The feature also supports text messages, emoji reactions, and ...

CDK Global’s credit rating was downgraded by Standard & Poor’s this spring because of “softer than expected” first-quarter operating results and “higher customer churn” in the wake of two cyberattacks ...