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Apple and Google start rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS chats in beta for iPhone owners and Android phone users. Patrick Holland Managing Editor As Managing Editor, I lead CNET's mobile team, ...

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Graham Platner’s rise happened entirely outside the Democratic Party’s establishment, handpicked by a group of independent activists. WSJ’s Aaron Zitner reports from Maine and New York on the strategy ...