Apple’s iMessage and Meta’s WhatsApp are no longer just chat apps, they are the default social fabric for huge parts of the ...

If your texts are falling back to SMS, try these steps to ensure that Apple's Messages app is properly functioning. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) Motorola ...

This guide tells you everything you need to know about RCS. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Rich Communication Services messaging is new to iPhone, and it makes chatting with Android users much ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. It has been the tech story of the month, overshadowing the ...

The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) has said that it’s working on bringing end-to-end encryption to different messaging platforms that support the RCS protocol. Unfortunately, the ...

Apple Messages is your default option for texting on an iPhone or iPad, but it can handle a lot more than that. You can spruce up your messages with photos, videos, emoji, stickers, music, animated ...

The FBI is warning phone users to encrypt their text messages, especially if you send messages between Apple and Android users. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ...

The Messages app now has new folders with automatic filtering. When opening the app, you’ll see the new Filter button in the top-right corner. Among the default folders is one for Unknown Senders, and ...

Stop texting—but these apps need to change as well. Republished on December 11 with proposed new legislation to enforce cybersecurity rules on U.S. networks, this follows proposals to mandate ...

An iPhone update coming in September is raising alarms among Republicans who say it will disproportionately block conservative fundraising and voter outreach efforts, echoing past Big Tech ...