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On July 1, 2026, new rules took effect in Vietnam that penalize social media users who the government deems sharing fabricated or false information. In the weeks since, the

TikTok does appear to be banned in Oman, though the exact reason and cause are not clear, and the government has previously refused to acknowledge that it bans tech platforms.

In April 2025, the Omani Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) “

Over the past few months, Proton VPN has been working on Proton protocols, a new client‑side VPN protocol codebase. Known internally by the codename ProTUN, this new code architecture is written in Rust. Although we forked cryptography code from Cloudflare’s

Our apps work well, but we’re reaching the limits of what’s possible with our current codebase. For Proton VPN to future-proof our apps, build more innovative VPN features, and be fighting-fit for our next phase of growth, we need a new foundation.

We’re therefore rolling out a new client‑side VPN protocol codebase to our b eta apps that takes the best parts of our ...

Read receipts are very convenient if you’re sending a text to someone else. They let you know the recipient of a message has received and opened it. But if you’re the recipient, it can feel a little invasive knowing others can track whether you’ve read their messages. In this article, we show you how keep things a little more private by disabling read receipts on your phone.<...