Ask any teenager why they prefer text messaging, or SMS, over email and the answer they’ll give is likely to reflect the needs of the healthcare industry and hospital/physician communication, too.

As a devastating wildfire burned through a Maui town, killing more than 100 people, emergency management employees traded dozens of text messages, creating a record that would later help investigators ...

A new study highlights how AI integration and aggressive data tracking are chipping away at our digital privacy, even on ...

The latest iPhone software introduced the biggest upgrade to iMessage in years. Here’s how to get the most out of it.

Google had urged Apple for years to support RCS texting to make communication between each company's devices more seamless.

Encrypted text messages may finally reach iPhone users with iOS 26. Code in the beta version of iOS 26 reveals strings for RCS encryption. With encryption, texts between iOS and Android will be more ...

The incident instantly ignited fiery criticism over the Trump administration’s security practices. Former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg wrote on Threads that “from an operational security ...

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a feature that would allow text messages to be viewed only once. The same feature is ...

You may notice a new warning in your iPhone’s text messages, and it’s not a scam about unpaid tolls. On Monday, Apple released its latest iOS update, 26.5, for eligible iPhones and iPads. In it are ...

Updated on May 12 as Apple’s new messaging update goes live. It’s finally here. Almost 18-months after the FBI warned Americans to stop texting between iPhone and Android, Apple has fixed the problem.

Cellular protocols are not encrypted end-to-end, meaning that audio could be intercepted along the way—unless you use a ...

Person holding an iPhone displaying the Apple logo on its startup screen. Apple is preparing encrypted RCS support for iPhone, a change that could make messaging with Android users more secure and ...