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Element signs Chat Control open letter
Element has joined other European organisations in an open letter to European leaders on the latest developments regarding Chat Control.
Denise Almeida
7/10/2025
Hiding room metadata from servers
Every year, Element takes on a small number of summer interns to work on various research and development projects. Internships are a significant part of our culture, and ~20% of the current Element engineering team has completed some form of internship with us before joining permanently. This year, our interns
Skye Elliot
30/09/2025
New Element Web and Desktop apps have distinct Element X vibes!
The brand new updates of the Element Web and Desktop apps include a major rework of room listings. It brings the ‘laptop and PC versions’ of the Element apps in line with the Element X design on mobile devices to give a far sleeker experience. This update marks the first
Danielle Kirkwood
23/09/2025
TI-Messenger is moving to Matrix 1.15
Gematik recently announced its intention to rebase its TI-Messenger specification on Matrix v1.15, which brings important improvements to TI-Messenger.
Patrick Maier
17/09/2025
Coordinated Matrix security update
A new coordinated security fix for all Matrix server implementations is now published as part of the Matrix 1.16 off‑cycle spec update.
Element Security
11/08/2025
Helping to get everyone in their element
Element is now more accessible by design and by default, thanks to more than 40 accessibility improvements.
Danielle Kirkwood
29/07/2025
Reality bites the UK government’s push to undermine end-to-end encryption
The UK government’s bruising Apple encounter has, inadvertently, underlined the global support for end-to-end encryption in democratic countries.
Steve Loynes
22/07/2025
TI-Messenger goes live!
It’s a milestone week for Germany’s TI-Messenger initiative as public healthcare insurers go live with their TI-Messenger based solutions!
Steve Loynes
16/07/2025
Addressing fear, uncertainty and doubt thrown at Element and Matrix
We’ve seen a serious uptick in misinformation about Element and Matrix over the last week, so thought it would be useful to set the record straight from Element’s side.
Steve Loynes
20/06/2025
The importance of open standard federation for chat
A genuine open standard is the single most important part of ensuring digitally sovereign communications between multiple separate organisations.
Steve Loynes
19/06/2025

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