When Apple released iOS 26 on Sept. 15, the update included a call screening feature to help block spam calls, and it can also screen text messages on your iPhone. With iOS 26, Messages can hide ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. The technology underpinning early mobile text messaging began development in the 1980s. The short message service (SMS) ...

Ever wondered why your text messages sometimes fail to send, show up pixelated or don’t appear at all on the other person’s end? It might not be your phone, but your carrier’s messaging support.

Have you recently received a text message claiming to be from a lottery winner offering to share their jackpot fortune with ...

The FBI investigates a text scam impersonating the Harris County District Clerk’s Office, urging victims to pay fake toll fees.

People questioned the veracity of texts released in court documents which detailed Robinson allegedly admitting he was ...

The phishing scam — sent out Monday and Tuesday — tells recipients that the revenue department has processed a "refund ...