Neowin News Feed for: Dms

TikTok adds support for voice notes and images in DMs

Usama Jawad — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:38:01 +0000

TikTok's latest enhancements should make Gen Z users very happy, but there are a few caveats you should know about. Read more...

Microsoft's new database migration tool has a temporary security cost

Paul Hill — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:18:01 +0000

Microsoft has just made it easier to migrate your data to Azure SQL Database, but there is a security cost to using it, at least temporarily. Read more...

Instagram is adding some features to DMs for content creators

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 07:02:01 +0000

Instagram has announced new features to sort and filter DMs for creators who receive a lot of messages. Read more...

Elon Musk: Twitter will encrypt DMs, add voice and video chat

Justin Luna — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 05:54:01 +0000

Twitter is hard at work to make Direct Messages encrypted, according to its CEO Elon Musk. The company is also exploring the possibility of adding voice and video chat capabilities to DMs. Read more...

Twitter is working on end-to-end encryption DMs again

Rahul Naskar — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:30:01 +0000

In a bid to make messaging more secure, Twitter is working on end-to-end encryption DMs. The feature was spotted on Twitter for Android. However, this is not the first time we are hearing about this. Read more...

EFF tells Twitter to encrypt DMs after hacking incident

Paul Hill — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 20:42:01 +0000

The EFF has said that the recent Twitter breach further highlights the need for direct messages to be end-to-end encrypted. The firm, two years ago, told Senator Wyden it would add the feature. Read more...