In the digital age, email communication is essential, and when services like Gmail encounter issues, it can significantly impact users' daily activities. Recently, Gmail users have reported widespread ...

You shouldn't just have to deal with abuse on Instagram — and now you can filter it out. Credit: bob al-green Instagram will now let you filter out abusive messages that contain offensive words, ...

Distracted by a notification bell, have you checked your iPhone only to find out that it's a useless promotional message? Have you received suspicious links in messages from unknown senders? If so, ...

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When Apple released iOS 26 on Sept. 15, the update included a call screening feature to help block spam calls to your iPhone, and it can screen texts from unknown senders to keep your inbox spam free.

WhatsApp, the popular messaging app, is set to introduce two exciting features in its latest update for the Windows native app. As first reported by renowned WhatsApp insider Wabetainfo, update ...

If you get an error prompt stating Call was canceled by the message filter, 0x80010002 when you try to open an application or when the application is called on your ...

The change? A new “aggressive message filtering” feature, according to the NRSC memo, that Apple is introducing in iOS 26’s Messages app, which handles both iMessages and regular SMS text messages.

The iOS 26 message filter drawing political outrage isn't new, won't enabled by default, and might actually make it easier for some texts to be seen. At WWDC 2025, Apple told users that iOS 26 will ...