A highly critical inspector general report found Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth jeopardized troop safety and violated department policy by using the Signal app on his personal cell phone to discuss a ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to ...

The encryption protecting communications against criminal and nation-state snooping is under threat. As private industry and governments get closer to building useful quantum computers, the algorithms ...

Signal is Microsoft’s response to a world of noise and ephemeral content. Signal is Microsoft’s response to a world of noise and ephemeral content. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has ...

Signal has updated its Windows app to protect users' privacy by blocking Microsoft's AI-powered Recall feature from taking screenshots of their conversations. This new privacy feature, dubbed "screen ...

A messaging service used by former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has temporarily shut down while the company investigates an apparent hack. The messaging app is used to access and archive ...

A digital oscilloscope is one of the most essential pieces of equipment for high school electrical and electronic labs. As useful and popular as it is for high schoolers, the cost of an oscilloscope ...

Signal and WhatsApp are both end-to-end encrypted messaging apps, but they differ in ownership and data collection practices. WhatsApp, owned by Meta, collects metadata on users, while Signal, a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Bradley covers the intersection of tech and entertainment. The story of Signalgate is almost too surreal to be true — top U.S ...