Use your phone’s “Silence Unknown Callers” (iPhone) or spam protection settings (Android) to automatically block or send un ...

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 ...

Mailshell, a San Francisco software company, is working with the nonprofit site TechSoup.org on a campaign to help charities fight unwanted e-mail messages. The effort will culminate in Mailshell’s ...

Verizon has announced it is partnering with Apple to fight the onslaught of robocalls plaguing users, starting with the release of iOS 14. With iOS 14, Verizon's Call Filter app will be offering ...

Researchers recently launched a free spam-filtering service for Twitter that flags offenders for the microblogging service, which, in turn, removes the offending accounts. The Spamdetector service ...

With its promises of free iPods and island getaways, spam often seems to take over e-mail inboxes. Even with spam-filtering software, unsolicited mass e-mails still manage to slip through, and the ...