The Russian government retaliated against the company that operates the Telegram messaging app by filing a lawsuit that would stop or limit access to the app in that country after the company refused a request by the government to turn over its encryption keys to the FSB. Telegram, one of …

DOLGEVILLE — After approximately 10 months of construction, the village of Dolgeville's wastewater treatment plant project is near completion. Chet Szymanski, project engineer with C.T. Male and Associates, said during a telephone interview Friday that current construction on the project includes … Read More

Notices of government meetings and special community events should be submitted to: Leader-Telegram, P.O. Box 570, Eau Claire, WI 54702. Email: leadertelegram@ecpc.com. Government. Menomonie school board, 5:30 p.m. Monday, District Office, 215 Pine Ave. Altoona school board, 6:30 p.m. … Read More

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – You may not see women's nipples on Instagram, but you could find Fentanyl. A quick search can turn up plenty of accounts filled with pictures of various pills. They typically list contact details — email addresses, phone numbers, and usernames for chat apps and encrypted … Read …

Finally, Cardi B's hotly-anticipated first studio album, Invasion of Privacy, which features Chance the Rapper, SZA, Migos, and Kehlani, is now available to stream on Apple Music and Spotify. Between letting it slip that she wants a threesome with Chrissy Teigen and Rihanna, and reminding the world (er, … Read More

Demi Lovato has posted a series of self-love Instagram stories, highlighting her cellulite and stretch marks to her near-70 million followers. In the first post, the singer … "The Boomerang [a looped video feature on Instagram] smoothed out my legs," she said in another Instagram story. "The point is, I …

Amid the Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal that has landed social media site Facebook in a soup, Whatsapp refuted reports that it is keeping track of the messages and said that it collects very little data and every message is end-to-end encrypted. Acquired by Facebook in 2014, Whatsapp came … Read …

Research from security experts Malwarebytes uncovered the bogus app called WhatsApp Plus. The app isn't found on the official Google Play Store or Apple App Store, but is instead being circulated on blogs and forums online. When users install and load it up they are greeted with a gold WhatsApp … …

Facebook announced a few more policy changes Friday to limit the impact bad actors can have on upcoming elections in the U.S. and around the world. The company is now requiring the administrators of popular Facebook pages to become verified, and also extending previous disclosure rules for … Read More

Facebook is rolling out a pair of verification policies meant to “support positive discourse and prevent interference” in elections, founder Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday. Moving forward, only verified advertisers — those who have confirmed their identity and location with Facebook administrators … Read More