Education software company EdSights, which uses SMS texting and AI to reach students and identify those at risk of dropping out, raised $80M from JMI Equity
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The GSMA announces the latest RCS standard supports interoperable E2EE between platforms; Apple says it will add support for the standard in future OS updates
iPhones will soon get encrypted RCS messaging to Androids Matt Milano / WebProNews : Encrypted RCS Coming to iOS and Android Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica : RCS texting updates will bring end-to-en...
Investigation: criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar, where tens of thousands of people are enslaved, are using Starlink to get online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online. Bluesky: @malwarejake , @...
Some US school districts are adopting Sonny, an AI “wellbeing companion,” to provide mental health support to students when there aren't enough counselors
Is a human-AI texting service the future of mental-health care for students? — Teens around the country are confiding … Bluesky: @daniloc.xyz , @kiwired , and @radiobeartime.com . LinkedIn: Ana Bran...
T-Mobile says satellite texting, currently in beta and powered by Starlink, will cost $15/month from July 2025; AT&T and Verizon users can use it for $20/month
and how much farther we'll go. … Damien Innes : Coverage like never before, the T-Mobile Starlink Direct to Cell beta is free for anyone on any carrier until July. … Forums: r/apple : T-Mobile Starlin...
Inside Binance compliance boss and ex-IRS agent Tigran Gambaryan's imprisonment in Nigeria, relayed via texts from a secret phone, over money laundering charges
As a US federal agent, Tigran Gambaryan pioneered modern crypto investigations. Then at Binance, he got trapped between … Mastodon: @agreenberg@infosec.exchange . X: @a_greenberg . Forums: r/cybersec...
T-Mobile says satellite texting, currently in beta and powered by Starlink, will cost $15/month from July 2025; AT&T and Verizon users can use it for $20/month
- Anticipated upgrade goes into a free beta period until July … The service is in beta mode now and users can sign …
Sources: DOGE staff were ordered to stop using Slack while the group moves from the OMB to the Executive Office of the President, which is not subject to FOIA
https://www.404media.co/email/ dc4f2fa1-e993-4f30-aea1-b985998bd90a/ Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk : so, Truth Social or X? or are they smart enough to use Signal? [embedded post] Matt Novak / @paleofu...
Sources: Apple has been working with SpaceX and T-Mobile to add Starlink support from iOS 18.3; T-Mobile is testing it with some users, exclusively for texting
- T-Mobile begins pushing offering in limited beta test to users — Apple Inc. has been secretly working with SpaceX …
OpenAI debuts a way to talk to ChatGPT by dialing 1-800-CHATGPT for 15 minutes of free access per month in the US or messaging the number via WhatsApp globally
12 Days of OpenAI: Day 10 Kylie Robison / The Verge : You can now call 1-800-CHATGPT … For the 10th day of “ship-mas,” OpenAI rolled … Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : OpenAI brings ChatGPT to your landlin...