Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Telegram is surging—with nearly a billion users now on the app; but ...

“Telegram reached 950 million monthly active users,” its CEO Pavel Durov announced on his channel on July 22. “Up from 900 million in the spring—on track for ONE BILLION!” Exciting stuff—but with a ...

With the latest update, Telegram users can now create a passkey to instantly log in to their accounts without needing an SMS code or password. Here’s how to activate it. Since Apple and Google ...

Telegram is a great alternative to WhatsApp, even better in terms of some privacy features. Many features that made Telegram unique, such as channels, are being introduced by WhatsApp under other ...

Telegram bots are programs that run inside the Telegram app and handle tasks, provide information and automate processes through chat interactions. Telegram bots use the “Bot API” to process messages ...

The new Telegram update brings its own implementation of Apple’s Liquid Glass design, and it works even if you’re not running iOS 26. Over the weekend, Telegram rolled out an update on iOS that ...

Telegram fixed a zero-day vulnerability in its Windows desktop application that could be used to bypass security warnings and automatically launch Python scripts. Over the past few days, rumors have ...