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President Trump Meets With NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte In The Oval Office Of The White House

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Signal chat fallout, tariff tension — and 3 more takeaways from Trump's week

5:00am March 28, 2025

Here, five takeaways from a week when the Trump administration has had to deal with the Signal chat leak, announced new tariffs and made more deportations.

How pro-Trump media is covering the Signal leak

4:57pm March 27, 2025

by Jude Joffe-Block

Some prominent conservative media figures suggested that adding a prominent journalist to the group chat was evidence of the "deep state" though others said it was a security breach.

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Intelligence Chiefs Testify To House Select Committee On Intelligence

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Trump officials downplay the Signal leak. Some military members see a double standard

5:00am March 27, 2025

The news of the leak of life-and-death operational details to a reporter lands differently with veterans and active-duty troops, who can be prosecuted for much less significant "spillage" incidents.

A new version of the Yik Yak app is only available currently in the Apple App Store in the United States. Here's a March 2014 photo illustration of the app in the Google Play store.

Yik Yak, The Anonymous App That Tested Free Speech, Is Back

4:40pm August 17, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

Before shutting down in 2017, Yik Yak was used in hate speech and cyberbullying across college campuses and local schools. The app's new owners vow to take a strong stance against abuses.

Private online chat channels on Slack are the modern-day "safe spaces" for co-workers.

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Workers Find Safe Spaces In Private Slack Channels, But How Safe Are They?

10:39am June 21, 2016

by Anne Li

Workers always find ways to confide — through sign language on assembly lines or now, digitally, on private Slack channels. But privacy experts warn these spaces may not be as safe as they seem.

There are countless communication options, including Yahoo's new Livetext app. Livetext allows users to send a message accompanied by live video but no audio.

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Livetext Me: Are There Too Many Options For Messaging?

12:44pm August 06, 2015

by Paige Pfleger

Yahoo came out with a new app that allows users to send messages while staring at soundless videos of each other typing. It's the latest in the onslaught of new ways to communicate.

We asked you to send in your embarrassing instant messenger handles from days gone by. Thanks for sharing, Blondsoccerplyr, AgentGiggleChunk and absofsteel3616!

What's More Embarrassing Than That Old Screen Name? Sharing It

8:51pm October 27, 2014

by NPR Staff

Years ago, you spent hours dreaming up the perfect AOL Instant Messenger screen name. Many of you aren't so proud of your now-defunct handles today, but that didn't stop you from sharing them with us.

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