RCS, filters, mentions, and backgrounds help to modernize Messages. On every new iPhone, I check these settings and features ...

Samsung Messages is being discontinued in the U.S. this month. Google Messages is becoming the default texting app on newer Galaxy phones. Samsung says to check the Messages app for your exact ...

To mute a conversation in Google Messages, open it, tap the three-dot menu in the upper-right corner, and select Mute ...

Apple's decision to move Hide My Email to a dedicated "private.icloud.com" domain appears to have the consequence of making it easier for platforms that want to block iCloud aliases to do so. Apple is ...

The FBI and Google disrupted Outsider Enterprise, a China-based phishing-as-a-service operation tied to 3.87 million stolen credit cards and huge losses.

Google Messages has several settings worth checking. PSA: Gemini chats in Messages are not end-to-end encrypted. Also, small changes can make texting cleaner and less distracting. So, when I set up a ...

Your phone comes with built-in spam text protection, but it might be turned off by default. I'll tell you how to change that ...

Scam texts are becoming more sophisticated. Learn how to spot the warning signs, avoid common schemes, and protect yourself ...

Your iPhone can feel nearly useless to a thief once you mark it as lost. Apple's Activation Lock can help turn a stolen device into a locked brick. That should make phone theft less profitable. Yet ...

A lawsuit filed by Karen Read Thursday revealed text message exchanged between two police officers who investigated her for murder that are chock-full of racial slurs and other highly offensive ...

Bravo boss Andy Cohen has dramatically scaled back direct texting with Real Housewives cast members after leaked messages, backstage betrayals and growing legal scrutiny turned private conversations ...

Graham Platner’s wife called the media reports that her husband had previously exchanged sexually explicit text messages with several women “shameful” over the weekend, the latest controversy to hit ...