You can use Facebook Messenger Rooms to video chat with up to 50 people at once from the Messenger app for mobile or desktop, ...

Facebook has built a new feature codenamed “Host Chat” that lets people set up chat rooms their friends can join without an invitation, a source familiar with the feature tells us. I’ve contacted ...

Life is far from normal, right? Fortunately, there’s one form of technology that’s been holding together the bonds of friendship and the functionality of the economy since the coronavirus outbreak ...

It’s been almost a month since Doja Cat issued an apology after controversial videos and songs from her past resurfaced. But the singer has yet to put in her last words about the situation. On Tuesday ...

A flurry of greetings — all colors, fonts and sizes — welcomed Alissa Wylie into the AOL teen chat room. “Hi!” “HELLO” “a/s/l?” It was 2003, and Alissa, 13 and an eighth-grader in Deerfield, Ill., had ...

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Video chatting platforms like Zoom are continuously growing in popularity, thanks to the easy-to-use features which allow friends and family to connect when they're not together. If you're looking to ...

Chat rooms can be scary for kids and lead to potentially dangerous situations, but experts say they are not as threatening as information-sharing social media platforms. Chat rooms are online ...

Have you used Netflix Party? It's a neat little way to remotely watch the same Netflix show or movie while doing bits with your friends in a sidebar chat room. But there are some caveats -- namely, it ...

They’ve been friends for 23 years. Yet they’d never met in person. Not even once. An entire ocean and more than 3,000 miles kept them apart. James Hodgdon and Anne Osborne met long ago in an online ...

Each installment of The Friendship Files features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she ...