Your phone comes with strong built-in spam protection—you just need to turn it on. Here's how to do it on both iPhone and ...

Link previews, including YouTube, have a new design and taller cover image. The page title is larger with the domain accompanied by a favicon and more prominent background. However, Google has removed ...

Waiting for online shopping purchases to arrive? Stay vigilant against scammers pretending to be the U.S. Postal Service.

Brits sent 1.6 billion fewer texts over the past year amid the rise of instant messaging services, according to new data.

Phone numbers used to be shared carefully. You gave it to family, close friends, or maybe a workplace, and that was it. Today, your number sits behind.

Texts sent by Anna Kepner’s distraught family after she was found dead on a Carnival cruise last month provide a rare insight into her stepmother’s initial desperation to protect her son — the primary ...

Released text messages in a court case between Anna Kepner's stepmom and her ex-husband show the family tried to prevent information from being released. The text messages discuss keeping things "hush ...

Apple and Android have never worked perfectly together. From Apple’s long-standing reliance on iMessage to the familiar green bubbles used for non-iPhone users, communication between the two platforms ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. The FBI warns that malicious actors are now sending fraudulent ...

Not receiving text messages on your Android phone can be incredibly frustrating—especially when important OTPs, bank alerts, or personal messages fail to come through. Fortunately, this is a common ...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Gwinnett County judge threw out subpoenas this month after a developer demanded private text messages and social media posts from six Gwinnett residents who opposed a housing ...