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With the messaging application's latest update, Telegram is rolling out support for Chatbot payments. Users will now be able to buy stuff from chatbots, almost 2 years after the company first introduced them into its ecosystem. Along with letting bots play shopkeepers, the company has also introduced short video messages and a new design for...

Today, Donald Trump signed off on a new executive order that forbids immigrants from six Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States, cutting Iraq from the last ban. It's appropriate, then, that London-born Stanford University student Joshua Browder has developed a chatbot that aids immigrants in acquiring asylum. Browder's DoNotPay chatbot, which was originally created...

Alec Jones, a 14-year-old boy from Victoria, is getting international attention about an app that he created to keep him on track with his homework. The app is called "Christopher Bot" and was designed to be a student's modern day agenda and task book. The chatbot is based on Facebook Messenger's platform and it provides...

Money transmission company TransferWise is joining the chatbot movement, creating an interface for Facebook Messenger that helps users set up transfers from Canada, the US, Australia or Europe. According to a new report from Reuters, TransferWise's integration with Facebook Messenger will enable users to send money and set up rate alerts from without leaving the social...