RIP to Facebook Messenger’s desktop app. The native app for Mac and Windows is no longer available to users as of today, December 15, 2025, and existing users are being directed to the Facebook ...

London (CNN) — The Russian government will require the state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on all smartphones and tablets sold in the country, in a ...

Security researchers found that Max, which Russia will require to be pre-installed on all phones, carries out “excessive tracking,” confirming fears the app will ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian state-backed messenger application called MAX, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, must be pre-installed on all mobile phones and tablets ...

Authorities are pushing hard to get Russians to switch the daily digital lives to Max, a new, state-backed national messenger ...

The RuStore app, a homegrown rival to Apple’s App Store, will also be pre-installed on iPhones. In addition, from January 1, the Lime HD TV program, which provides free access to Russian state TV ...