WhatsApp is working on a new feature: Messages that disappear after you read them. This is according to WABetaInfo, which found the feature in the latest WhatsApp for iOS beta, version 26.19.10.72.

What a mess. Since Labour’s crushing local elections defeats, we’ve had a botched reset, a stalking horse who threatened to run then backed down, about 90 MPs calling for the Prime Minister to go, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

As the president’s popularity withers, the party has no will to stage an intervention against him Donald Trump wins, Republicans lose. The Indiana primaries on 5 May, in which five of seven ...

The sight of Roberto De Zerbi pulling a black hood over his face as he stalked the touchline was a symbol of another night of self-destruction by Tottenham Hotspur. It would not have settled the game ...

In brief: Plastic that can breaks itself down when no longer needed sounds like something from sci-fi, but Chinese scientists have moved the idea closer to reality. Their prototype embeds dormant ...

Many plastic products are designed to be used only once, yet the material itself lasts for years. But a new strategy is addressing this problem by creating products that self-destruct on command, ...

Orlando, Fla. — The Detroit Pistons began the fourth quarter on a 5-0 run after entering the period trailing 75-69. They managed to come within one point at 75-74, but then Tobias Harris committed a ...

Kim Jong Un has confirmed for the first time that North Korean soldiers follow a policy of killing themselves on the battlefield to avoid capture while fighting in Russia's war against Ukraine.

Sometimes you need to send something private… really private. Not “I’ll just delete it later” private, but “Mission: Impossible’s self-destruct after being read” private. That’s when I turn to ...

Which is the better late-era Metallica album — Hardwired ... to Self-Destruct or 72 Seasons? That is the question at the heart of this week's Chuck's Fight Club poll on the Loudwire Nights radio show.