Hackers on Monday hijacked a mass text messaging service, pushing hundreds of thousands of scam texts to people who subscribe to alerts from New York state, a Catholic charity and a political ...

The seasons for fishing in New Jersey lakes and river vary, but authorities warned it’s still open season for phishers who use a fake government agency text to hook an unsuspecting consumer for money.

A political action committee aligned with opponents of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is accusing him of deleting work-related texts and other phone records from his cellphone in violation of state law.

Inarguably, one of the worst things that can happen mid-conversation while texting is that your signal drops or you run into a problem sending outgoing messages. There are a wide variety of reasons ...

Give it a go before you give it up. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac For the first time in 18 years, Apple redesigned the oft-overlooked Phone app. The overhaul coming soon in iOS 26 simplifies the ...

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 ...

A man from Peoria, Arizona, was scammed out of his life savings in a matter of hours, and it all started with a text that he thought was from his bank. Earlier this year, a message that appeared to be ...

MADISON COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Calling 911 during an emergency can save your life, but what if you can’t talk on the phone? That’s where text to 911 comes in. In January 2022, the Alabama 9-1-1 Board ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — By now, you know to be on the lookout for the toll text and the final notice for the outstanding traffic ticket. Both are scams (Don't respond to texts with links to pay. Go to the ...

MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A Hickox Boulevard woman may have lost more than $3,600 July 8 through a text-phone scam. The woman reported that at about 1 p.m. that day she received a text message ...

Cybercriminals and fraudsters are using fake texts, this time from UPS, to gain access to iPhone users' personal information. Here's how to stay safe and keep your data from falling into the wrong ...

Let’s be honest: talking on the phone isn't always fun — or necessary. In fact, a lot of people flat-out prefer texting over phone calls. From wasting precious hours listening to people ramble to ...