Fake Geek Squad invoice emails are targeting users with convincing charges and urgent phone numbers to steal personal ...

A decade or so ago, people were replacing their smartphones frequently, sometimes every year. Phones were making such huge leaps and bounds back then that it was worth it. Not anymore. Upgrades are ...

ReverseLookup’s advanced reverse phone and email lookup tool service enables users to investigate suspicious contacts and protect themselves ...

Let’s face it: At best, most of us are reliant on our phones these days. (At worst, we’re downright addicted.) But do you ever consider the things your smartphone knows about you? To put it mildly, it ...

By plugging tens of billions of phone numbers into WhatsApp’s contact discovery tool, researchers found “the most extensive ...

You know the feeling. You sit down to work on something important, and within minutes, your hand is reaching for your phone. Maybe it buzzed. Maybe it didn't. Either way, you're suddenly 20 minutes ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As a person who covers consumer tech for a living, I get to use a few dozen smartphones every year. While I almost always advise on which is the ...

Get fearless, uncompromising truth in your inbox. Subscribe to The Real News. Sign up This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Oct. 29, 2025. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC ...

Senate Democrats are introducing a bill to unwind a provision that would allow 10 of their GOP colleagues to launch lucrative lawsuits after having their phone records obtained by former special ...

On a new phone, I immediately go to Settings > Security > SIM card lock and activate it. Your carrier usually provides a default PIN, but you can (and should) change it to something new. When this is ...

Holiday scams spike during Black Friday and Cyber Monday as criminals exploit your leaked personal data. Learn how to protect ...