WhatsApp is testing a new privacy feature called "After Reading" Text messages will vanish after you've read them This self-destruct option will be added to existing options Until now, messages have d ...

The feature also includes a safeguard for unread messages. If the recipient never opens the conversation, the message will ...

In brief: Plastic that can breaks itself down when no longer needed sounds like something from sci-fi, but Chinese scientists have moved the idea closer to reality. Their prototype embeds dormant ...

Many plastic products are designed to be used only once, yet the material itself lasts for years. But a new strategy is addressing this problem by creating products that self-destruct on command, ...

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un ...

A mysterious countdown briefly appeared on Taylor Swift's official website April 30 — and it was enough to send fans into full detective mode. The clock, which was live for roughly 10 minutes before ...

Stop everything you’re doing (for me, just dissociating into space): there’s a new countdown on Taylor Swift’s website. Or, there was. Fans noticed that Taylor’s site briefly changed to a countdown ...

Don't miss the Teaser Trailer for Self-Replication /// Destruction, an upcoming third-person parkour shooter developed by IcosaCore. Players will ascend and parkour through a crumbling megastructure ...

Kim Jong Un has confirmed for the first time that North Korean soldiers follow a policy of killing themselves on the battlefield to avoid capture while fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Sometimes you need to send something private… really private. Not “I’ll just delete it later” private, but “Mission: Impossible’s self-destruct after being read” private. That’s when I turn to ...