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To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. You probably noticed it sometime in the past few months: a new search bar in your Instagram DMs, a suggestion to ask ...

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.

What’s happened? X announced the launch of Chat via its official channel this week, signifying the complete replacement of its legacy DM system with a revamped, encrypted communication layer. The ...

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 ...

Microsoft Azure experienced a global outage on October 29. Microsoft customer-facing services were affected. Recovery came later that same day, but some problems linger. Last week, Amazon Web Services ...

Azure outage affected global industries, including airlines and airports Microsoft 365 services impacted by Azure configuration change Outage follows recent Amazon AWS disruption, highlighting tech ...

Thousands of users were reporting outages across Microsoft services and a variety of other products midday on Wednesday, Oct. 29. Thousands of users reported issues or outages with Microsoft Azure, a ...

Instagram head Adam Mosseri has announced that as part of a test, some Instagram users will be able to try a new menu bar in the app with a different arrangement of tabs. Notably, the new menu bar has ...

We all know Instagram is prioritizing short-form video content via Reels, so it should come as no surprise that a redesign is on the horizon. In a post on Instagram Reels (of course), Instagram head ...

Cenny Cui Haofan’s mornings used to kick off with him opening over 50 Excel files, digging through a maze of emails, and chasing down colleagues across departments, just to compile one Exchange-Traded ...