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 ...

Reply with 'STOP' for lists, or select the senders name and choose 'Block Caller' This article provides methods to stop ...

While it’s relatively easy to stop spam calls on iPhone, Apple hasn’t yet provided a consistent way to mark unwanted incoming text messages and block and delete them. Nor do they identify texts for ...

Instead of you trying to decide whether to answer, this assistant will pick up the call itself. Using voice-to-voice and agentic AI skills, the receptionist will then ask questions to determine if the ...

CHICAGO -- The text message is clear: Scammers want to steal from you in a new way. For the second year in a row, spam texts have outnumbered spam calls. According to the annual RoboKiller Phone Spam ...

Nowadays, it’s unfortunately normal for your phone to get clogged by incessant spam texts from random numbers. If these texts are scams, the messages will be designed to get you to reply and confirm ...

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It’s less than two weeks to Election Day, and the messages just. Won’t. Stop. No matter your political slant, there’s a good chance your phone is full of unwanted texts from campaigns and interest ...