Your phone already has powerful spam protection tools—you just need to activate them. We show you how on iPhone and Android.

On an Android phone, you can disable all potential spam messages from Google's Messages app. Tap the profile icon in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms ...

AT&T and Verizon are not happy about T-Mobile’s new “Switching Made Easy” tool. Both carriers appear to be blocking account access when their users attempt to sign in through the T-Life app. AT&T has ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - U.S. wireless carrier Verizon (VZ.N), opens new tab on Thursday said it will cut more than 13,000 jobs in its largest single layoff as it works to shrink costs and ...

Verizon said Thursday that it will lay off more than 13,000 employees. The company started 2025 with about 100,000 employees. New CEO Dan Schulman said the cuts will make Verizon "faster and more ...

Verizon is set to cut at least 15,000 jobs and convert 180 stores into franchises, marking its largest downsizing ever, according to reports from Reuters, the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg on ...

This week, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers received scam texts after their state's official text messaging system was breached by hackers, according to a report from NBC News. New York’s Office ...

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Phone scams aren’t the only threat anymore — scam text messages (also called “smishing”) are exploding in frequency and in financial damage. According to recent FTC data, Americans lost over $470 ...

T-Mobile's Text to 911 service is now available. The option is available free of charge to anyone with a compatible smartphone. T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T customers can sign up for it. Imagine you ...

T-Mobile now lets anyone use Text to 911 via satellite, including Verizon and AT&T customers. Enabling the service is free, but you’ll need to sign up via T-Mobile’s enrollment page. Text to 911 works ...