There are few more frustrating iPhone experiences than receiving a spam call. Whether it’s interrupting your work or play, it doesn’t take much for a junk call to take you out of the moment. The ...

We've all received a call or text from a number we don't recognize. But beyond the occasional wrong number or pocket-dial situation, many of these are spam calls that fortunately can be stopped.

A new feature for iPhones screens calls, similar to a technology available for Android users. Here’s how to activate it. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer ...

Spam is annoying and can sometimes be dangerous if it's part of a widespread phishing attack. When you see spam, you delete it, at least that's what conventional wisdom suggests. However, it now seems ...

Google’s August 2025 spam update rollout is now complete. The spam update started Aug. 26, just under 27 days ago, finishing on Sept. 22. This was the first spam update of 2025, while there were three ...

Google classifies “spam updates” as notable improvements to its automated spam-prevention systems, including SpamBrain. These releases aim to better detect and reduce spam in search results rather ...

Spam and phishing emails are an annoying everyday occurrence that everyone is probably familiar with and finds annoying. These intrusive messages often clog up your inbox and require tedious deletion ...

Google released its August 2025 spam update today, the company announced at 12:05 p.m. This is Google’s first announced algorithm update since the June 2025 core update. It is Google’s first spam ...

In 1969, a now-iconic commercial first popped the question, “How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?” This deceptively simple line in a 30-second script managed ...

Despite the best efforts of the spam blockers in my email inboxes, I still get dozens of spam emails every day that I then have to wade through to get to my real emails. The irony is, the more I use ...

AI Now Creates 51% of Spam: Two Key Reasons Attackers Use This Approach Your email has been sent AI is generating 51% of all spam emails. This isn’t something to worry about — as long as AI-generated ...

iOS 26 is the next major iPhone software update, and alongside its Liquid Glass redesign and various feature upgrades, there are also new tools coming to finally stop spam calls and texts. New spam ...