If you tap Ask Reason for Calling, your iPhone will ask anyone who calls you from an unsaved number why they are calling you without ringing your iPhone. After the caller answers a few questions, your ...

Contact from unwanted numbers has become more common in the modern era of smartphones. Many people receive at least a few text messages or spam phone calls every week, with some people receiving calls ...

A warning against a national text message scam impacting state residents was recently issued by the Mississippi Department of Revenue.

Instead of you trying to decide whether to answer, this assistant will pick up the call itself. Using voice-to-voice and agentic AI skills, the receptionist will then ask questions to determine if the ...

A new feature for iPhones screens calls, similar to a technology available for Android users. Here’s how to activate it. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer ...

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