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If your Messages inbox is catching a lot of stray, unwanted messages, we'll show you how to filter, report, and block spam messages on iOS 26. At WWDC 2025, Apple announced that it would be bringing ...

Spammers and malicious actors inundate us with a steady stream of text messages—often purporting to be from legitimate institutions or companies. Stanching this flow isn’t easy. Just as the unwanted ...

H&R Block's DIY tax-filing platform uses a straightforward interface that prompts users with questions to determine which plan is right and if they're eligible for various deductions. If you have ...

Millions of people across the world continue to get their fix of entertainment via Amazon’s hugely popular Fire TV Sticks. Although these devices are built for streaming via legal platforms such as ...

NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is not leaving any stone unturned in a bid to effectively curtail unsolicited commercial communication or UCC. In an interaction with ...

UPDATE (February 18, 2026): Google is working to fix one of the main annoyances of Google Messages. Read more about it at the end of the article. Summary: Google Messages is a messaging service from ...

Apple’s Messages app got a bunch of new features in iOS 26, including a ‘Screen Unknown Senders’ option meant to eliminate spam texts. My initial experience with the feature wasn’t great, but tweaking ...

Like other Google apps, Messages for Android A/B tests many features. It can take the RCS/SMS client a rather long time to actually launch new functionality in stable. From various reports, Google ...

Google Messages Screen Effects add a fun touch to everyday chats, but you might not have encountered this cool feature. It’s not well-known, and the animations don’t have to be specifically selected ...