Apple brought RCS support to the iPhone's Messages app with the iOS 18 update last September, effectively putting an end to the bubble wars. The green bubbles did not disappear from the iPhone all of ...

Apple's refused to comply with a UK government demand for a backdoor into encrypted iPhone data, leaving users exposed. Other governments may press the issue.

Apple confirmed iOS 18 will support RCS messaging on iPhone and then brought RCS functionality to the first iOS 18 betas. You can text your Android contacts via RCS right now, assuming your carrier ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook says his company will fight a federal magistrate’s order to hack its users in connection with the investigation of the San Bernardino, California shootings, ...

With RCS rolling out on the iPhone yesterday, Google is looking ahead on new features including cross-platform end-to-end encryption (E2EE) between Android and iPhone. The governing GSMA body says the ...

There was a lot of excitement when Apple finally brought RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging to iPhone a little over a year ago. The new standard permanently upgraded the process of sending ...

As of last week, Google Messages indicated that Android-iPhone RCS conversations don’t support end-to-end encryption with a lock icon that features a slash. This is because Google Messages uses its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. First to tariffs. We’re currently in the eye of the storm, but at ...

WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. will tell a federal judge this week in legal papers that its fight with the FBI over accessing a locked and encrypted iPhone should be kicked to Congress, rather than decided ...