ZDNET's key takeaways iOS 26 adds built-in call screening for unknown numbers.Let an automated voice ask for the caller's reason.Transcripts can help you decide whether to answer or ignore. I get a ...

For the past two months, 91-year-old South Milwaukee resident Dorothy Wiza's phone has been bombarded with spam calls. Starting in November, while Wiza ate meals at her kitchen table or sorted through ...

Spam calls are a seemingly endless nuisance with no solution, but there are several ways to get relief built into your iPhone and through services like those provided by Incogni. It's not just you — ...

The Federal Trade Commission is out with its 2025 fiscal year report on the Do Not Call list, and Florida ranks 5th in the ...

Are you tired of spam and robocalls disrupting your day? These intrusive calls are more than just an annoyance—they can expose you to risks such as fraud and scams. Fortunately, there’s a reliable way ...

Telemarketing and spam calls are relentless, and you might be surprised to learn that you can do little to stop them — for example, political campaigns are exempt from the National Do Not Call ...

Spammers continuously look for ways to invade our smartphones. Luckily, there are tools available to eliminate their success. One of the most popular tools for identifying unknown callers and blocking ...

On Android, Truecaller would check the phone number displayed by caller ID and send it to a database of known junk callers. If identified, it would add a spam or scam warning to the incoming call ...

Spam calls have become a pervasive problem for smartphone users, disrupting daily life and compromising privacy. As an iPhone user, you may have noticed that the built-in call blocking feature only ...

Caller ID used to be a very simple thing in the “landline phones and copper wires” days. If somebody called you, their number showed up on the display, and if it didn’t, then the caller had ...

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