Last year’s count was 4.8 million new numbers, 1.9 percent higher than the amount of new numbers logged in 2024, the ...

Use your carrier's app like AT&T ActiveArmor, Verizon Smart Family, or T-Mobile. Third-party apps like Call Control can help block unwanted calls and voicemails effectively. Google Voice can send ...

This morning WhitePages announced that it has acquired Mr. Number, the call blocking and phone spam identification app that is a top-20 Android app in the communications category, with over seven ...

While regulators are doing everything they can to stop robocalls in their tracks , it's an uphill battle, and some calls will inevitably slip through and make it to your phone. Fortunately, both Apple ...

While missed calls will still go to voicemail and appear in the recent calls list, there won't be any notification when the ...

Scam and spam calls are getting more common. And they’re hard not to answer because the number comes up as “unknown.” When there’s no caller ID number, you can’t be sure if it’s a spam caller or an ...

Sometimes, spam callers use a lot of numbers, and blocking all those spam numbers seems useless. In such a situation, you always get curious about the person who is calling you at weird hours and ...

A proposal to force cellphone companies to block certain spam texts is gaining momentum. Meanwhile, there are simple things you can do right now to stop spam texts, which I’ll get to shortly.

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"Bad actors" are reportedly responsible for texts to Verizon customers that come from their own number. The FTC said recently that phone fraud reports have skyrocketed. Verizon also told The Verge it ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this column neglected to note that calling *77 on your mobile phone may instead connect you with law enforcement. The moment you hear that ...

WASHINGTON - Those annoying "spam" e-mails for Viagra or low-rate mortgages that clog computer users' mailboxes appear to be on the decline, federal regulators said Tuesday. In a report to Congress, ...