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Apple pulls Russia's state-backed MAX app from App Store over sanctions compliance

By Chiara Castro Published

Existing iOS users lose push notifications for incoming messages and calls after the super-app is delisted

VPN Privacy & Security
Russian researcher claims state-backed MAX app secretly records users and monitors VPNs

By Chiara Castro Published

MAX rejects the allegations, deeming the analysis "a fake," but a Russian digital rights group could also confirm most of the security claims. Here's how to stay safe.

VPN Privacy & Security
Major Russian Android apps know who's using a VPN, digital rights group warns

By Chiara Castro Published

Researchers at digital rights group RKS Global found that 30 out of the 30 most popular Russian Android apps can detect VPNs, with numbers likely to rise.

VPN Privacy & Security
Russia's state-backed MAX app may know if you are using a VPN to bypass censorship

By Chiara Castro Published

Russia's digital rights group, RKS Global, urges removing the MAX app from any device where a VPN is used, warning that other VK-developed apps are likely to include such functionality.

VPN Privacy & Security
A screenshot of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley
Harry Potter TV show: everything we know so far about the upcoming HBO adaptation

By Grace Dean Last updated

Updated The Harry Potter TV show began filming in mid-2025 – here's everything we know about the HBO show's looming arrival.

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Russia wants to ban Google Meet - but probably not for the reason you might expect

By Craig Hale Published

Russia could ban Google Meet after similar crackdowns on WhatsApp and Telegram, pushing its local Max alternative instead.

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How to watch Rick and Morty season 8 online – Stream episode 7, "Ricker Than Fiction"

By Tom Wardley Last updated

News With life looking good for the universe hopping pair, prepare for a whole heap of new adventures. Here’s how you can watch Rick and Morty season 8 online and on TV

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Ellie and Dina standing and looking shocked in The Last of Us season 2 episode 4
'It's been an honor': The Last of Us co-showrunner calls it quits before work gets underway on the hit HBO Max show's third season

By Tom Power Published

The Last of Us co-creator is stepping back from the HBO Max TV series, but it's got nothing to do with season 2's poor ratings.

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A still from Netflix's new miniseries Adolescence starring Stephen Graham
3 tear-jerking TV shows on Netflix, Disney+ and Max that have made me cry so far in 2025

By Tom Power Published

I watch TV for a living and these are the shows that have emotionally broken me in the first six months of the year.

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Elliot and Ridley looking scared as they look behind them through a car's back windscreen in Death of a Unicorn
3 new A24 movies are coming to HBO Max in July – this is the order you should watch them in, based on their Rotten Tomatoes scores

By Tom Power Published

Three more A24 movies will join Max's movie library throughout July 2025, but there's only one you'll want to add to your watchlist.

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