The Kremlin’s tightening grip on Russian life has a new target: the country’s most popular messaging app. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

Russian authorities have begun restricting access to Telegram, one of the country’s most popular social media apps, as the government continues to push everyday Russians toward its own tightly ...

99-year-old Fort Worth activist Opal Lee now has her very own Barbie doll. Mattel Fort Worth’s Dr. Opal Lee, the woman who led the charge to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, has been immortalized in ...

Long lines, pushing, shoving, fights and stores closing. No, these aren’t protests. It’s the mayhem from people rushing to get their hands on a Labubu doll, often fetching triple its original price.

Source: darkeagle_zok/seeklogo You’ve seen it—maybe clutched in your tween’s hand, perched on their desk, or glaring at you from inside a clear display box like some wide-eyed gremlin. The Labubu doll ...

A woman is an “adoptive mom” to her eight reborn dolls — and breastfeeds them, makes them breakfast and takes them everywhere with her. Kelly White, 28, became interested in the realistic dolls after ...

Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov has confirmed that the messaging app, which is widely used in Russia, has made several changes related to user privacy. Durov, who was arrested in France in August in ...

When federal agent Chris Janczewski was trying to strangle the flow of money to an al Qaeda network in 2020, he first considered infiltrating an invite-only forum or hunting for clues on the dark web.

The rise to prominence of Telegram over the last decade has come at a price for the popular messaging app. It is praised for its privacy and freedom while being criticized for the dark undercurrents ...

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Telegram will now share users' phone numbers and IP addresses with law enforcement if they are found to be violating the platform's rules following a valid legal request. According to a newly updated ...