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Microsoft Teams delivers a premium audio, messaging, and video conferencing experience for workplaces, with plenty of genuinely useful Copilot AI features throughout.

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By John Brandon
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Signal says it was forced to devise its own method to block Recall screenshots.

By Jibin Joseph
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A hacker breached TeleMessage, a company that sells a modified version of Signal to the US government. Mike Waltz was spotted using it last week.

By Jibin Joseph
Former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz

The Pentagon’s acting inspector general is investigating whether Pete Hegseth broke any rules around classification and records retention. Trump's reaction? 'That's such a wasted story.'

By Jibin Joseph
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Ministry of Defense on March 30, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.

Jeffrey Goldberg says Mike Waltz sent him a 'connection request' on Signal, but that's not a thing. Is he protecting a source or did the story simply omit the minutiae of how Signal works?

By Emily Forlini
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At a Tuesday hearing, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and DNI Tulsi Gabbard struggle to explain how info about targets, weapons, and attack sequencing is unclassified. Democrats weren't having it.

By Chloe Albanesius
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe

Days before we learned about the 'war plans' Signal chat, the Pentagon sends a department-wide email warning that Russian hackers are exploiting Signal's 'linked devices' feature.

By Emily Forlini
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Pro tip: When adding somebody to the group chat about classified information that itself violates government rules, double-check that Jeffrey Goldberg isn't on the thread.

By Rob Pegoraro
President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office on March 21, 2025

The workplace platform has been on the fritz since around 10:30am ET, preventing some from logging in and sending messages. Slack says its investigation is ongoing.

By Emily Forlini
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Starting in 2025, Microsoft 365 subscribers can clone their speech in nine languages.

By Jibin Joseph
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Previously, Signal users had to create a group chat to start a group call. Now, you only have to create a link and share it with invitees.

By Jibin Joseph
A screenshot of Signal's new group video calling capabilities.

In an internal memo shared this week, CFO Hugh Johnston says most Disney teams will move away from Slack by the end of this year.

By Jibin Joseph
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Windows and Mac users no longer have to use separate apps for work and play.

By Jibin Joseph
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In a preliminary finding, the EU says Microsoft has 'breached EU antitrust rules' by tying Teams with Microsoft 365 and Office 365.

By Joe Hindy
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Slack feeds user content, messages, and uploads to its machine learning models. All users are opted-in by default.

By Kate Irwin
A Slack desktop browser open, showing purple and white layout with 'A1 Marketing' company group open.

Inundated with endless chats? Slack AI can serve up summaries of discussions or channels.

By Joe Hindy
Slack AI being shown in Slack's search bar

Communities, which rolled out on mobile in December, allows for family and friends, or small community groups and businesses, to organize through meetings, calendars, and chat.

By Marco Marcelline
4.5 Editors' Choice

Slack is an excellent and powerful team messaging app with a rich collection of settings and options. It's among the best, but it's also the most expensive.

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By Jill Duffy
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Ever had someone misread your tone in an email or chat at work? Exclamation points, emoji, and reacji can help, even in business communications.

By Jill Duffy