David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

The "Hi Mom" smishing scam uses a fake family emergency text to trick parents into replying, then escalates to requests for ...

July 4th is coming up and it marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Text “FLAG” to ...

July 4th is coming up this weekend. And we know you are getting ready for the big barbecues and family gatherings. Are ...

WhatsApp is introducing usernames, a major privacy feature designed to help you connect with new people without giving away your phone number.  Reserve your username now, before the feature launches ...

Scams are more advanced than ever, in large part thanks to AI. But there are still ways to identify them. Dianna Gunn built ...

AI chatbots feed off your data. In most cases, your data is used to personalize future responses, but some companies use the information to train their AI. Others sell that data to advertisers. With ...

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 on both iPhone and Android.

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Alphabet Inc.’s Google filed a lawsuit against a suspected Chinese cybercrime operation, alleging that the group used artificial intelligence to send more than 2 million text messages with fraudulent ...

June 8 (Reuters) - Nvidia's (NVDA.O), opens new tab entry into the AI PC market with its RTX Spark superchip last week is less a breakthrough for regular users than a high-stakes bet that a largely ...