While people are complaining about the FasTrak scam, it's a good rule of thumb to do this with any text message you receive asking for money.

We’ve updated this story to clarify how messages are stored in backups. If you don’t want your text messages read by prying eyes, you should consider locking your phone with a passcode or ...

Last month, we covered a new SMS phishing scam (or smishing for short) specifically targeting iPhone users. The idea behind ...

Text messages have a reputation for being informal and inconsequential, but you might have really critical information in there. So, if you’ve deleted some texts to clear up space on your iPhone ...

A like might be as good as a response in some circumstances on messaging apps like WhatsApp, but can you do the same with simple text messages? RCS messaging, which stands for Rich Communication ...

Text message scams are big business for hackers — because they work a lot of the time. You may be plugging along in your day, ...

Read more about how to spot a scam message in our free guide. You can report spam or scam texts directly to your mobile phone provider free of charge by forwarding the text message to 7726. When you ...

Samsung Messages has reportedly regained RCS support on Galaxy S25 series devices. Despite Samsung’s plans to sunset Samsung Messages, Galaxy S25 Ultra users on T-Mobile and Verizon can once ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband has a female friend he grew up with. They have exchanged “happy birthday” texts for many years. However ...

Emergency messaging refers to the ability to text 911 instead of calling in times of danger, which Google said would come to Google Messages last year. That feature is currently available on iPhones.

The messages came to light when cell phone data was collected for a police-involved car crash, the report said.