Sick of your phone buzzing at all hours with spam calls or shady texts? You’re not alone. Millions deal with the daily nuisance of unwanted calls and spam messages, but there are practical ways to ...

Had I known earlier, I would’ve thought twice before relying on the app. Here are six hidden sides of Google Messages I wish ...

It’s the season of loan apps offering quick approvals and marketers pushing discounts you didn’t ask for. Even with Google Messages’ spam filter turned on, some still slip into my inbox. Sometimes ...

Scammers have all sorts of new tricks to steal your information. Phone makers, carriers and software developers are upping ...

Google Messages now lets you delete a sent text message. A deleted message disappears for the other person immediately. The feature is available now for almost all Android users. Get more in-depth ...

Blue text bubbles on Android are from Google's Custom Bubbles feature, which let users change the color of message bubbles in ...

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A security expert warns that spam text messages are becoming more frequent and personal, with hackers using publicly available AI to target victims. The expert advises against responding to the ...

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On Thursday, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson sent a letter to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, alleging that Gmail's spam filters routinely block messages from Republican senders but fail to block similar ...

Spotify is letting you slide into other users’ DMs — right within its app. Users of the streaming service have long been able to share songs, podcasts and audiobooks via other messaging apps and ...