Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — The messaging app “Signal” is making headlines again, after military plans were leaked in a group chat. The app didn’t fail, but did exactly what it’s supposed to ...

Amid the fallout regarding a Signal chat among senior national security officials that inadvertently included The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, tech expert Ken Colburn of Data Doctors ...

Software company INRIX’s 2025 traffic scorecard report adds yet another example to the pile. The report, released in December 2025, ranks Nashville the 12 th most congested city in the U.S. and 30 th ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Encrypted messaging app Signal continues to see spiking downloads in the wake of the messaging scandal that saw The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg added to a group chat where high-ranking ...

The encrypted messaging app Signal is getting some unexpected attention this week. The Signal app itself did not malfunction or operate in an unintended way. Rather ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Signal is one of my favorite messaging apps ...