Years ago, email spam was a huge problem. There was an escalating war between spammers and spam filters. Eventually, spam filter technology won. Although email spam is still a thing, the vast majority ...

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If you use a cellphone, you know how persistent and annoying spam text messages can be, and it’s getting worse. The FCC has noted a sharp increase in complaints about unwanted text messages: consumer ...

We've all gotten those incredibly annoying robocalls on our phones. Although, over the last few years, scam text messages have grown into an out-of-control nuisance. I tend to get a lot claiming that ...

BOSTON (WBZ) — It’s election season and people are getting barraged with political text messages. WBZ-TV addressed this issue in May, but a successful business owner from Massachusetts came up with a ...

Boston-area entrepreneur and startup investor Paul English was getting pretty annoyed by all the spam text messages on his phone from politicians this election season. But unlike millions of others ...

The co-founders of Swedish caller identification app Truecaller are stepping back from day-to-day operations, marking the end of an era for one of Sweden’s most successful consumer technology ...

CHICAGO -- The text message is clear: Scammers want to steal from you in a new way. For the second year in a row, spam texts have outnumbered spam calls. According to the annual RoboKiller Phone Spam ...

Spam messages are everywhere, and we cannot escape them. However, some Cash App users may be eligible to receive compensation due to a class action settlement against the electronic transaction ...

Block, Inc., the parent company of Cash App, has agreed to a $12.5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit. As we previously reported, the settlement comes after Cash App was accused of forcing ...