Google Messages shows check marks and other symbols on your texts to hint at what's happening behind the scenes. Here's what each of these means.

Spammers and malicious actors inundate us with a steady stream of text messages—often purporting to be from legitimate institutions or companies. Stanching this flow isn’t easy. Just as the unwanted ...

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Did you get this text from Verizon about *** $20 credit? This one is real. Here's what's going on. So after an outage knocked out service for customers nationwide, Verizon now says it's going to give ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms ...

Google Messages might soon get a new trash or bin folder, just like the Gmail app. Deleted messages will be stored here for the next 30 days. This new option finally addresses the fear of millions of ...

Blue text bubbles have almost always been associated with Apple. The easiest way to know if someone's an Android or iPhone user without even meeting them is by sending them a text message and checking ...

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Google Messages now lets you delete a sent text message. A deleted message disappears for the other person immediately. The feature is available now for almost all Android users. Get more in-depth ...

YOUR VEHICLE. WE’RE HEARING ABOUT THE SCAM FROM MULTIPLE VIEWERS EVERY SINGLE DAY. FOLKS, YOU MAY RECALL THIS ONE STARTED OUT MORE THAN A YEAR AGO WITH TEXT MESSAGES CLAIMING TO BE FROM THE ...

A phishing text message scam targeting drivers in Washington and across the U.S. began circulating in recent weeks, with some purporting to be from the state’s and Seattle’s “Department of Motor ...