Cold calls are often a waste of your time and an unwanted interruption to your day. You might think that, at worst, you end up buying or signing up for something that you don't really need or at an ...

Fed up with unwanted calls and texts? There's a quick and easy method to block them using the free Telephone Preference Service ...

Feeling buried under a flood of unwanted calls and texts on your iPhone? Sadly, you aren't alone, as spam calls and texts are on the rise from anyone from eager local businesses to politicians asking ...

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 ...

Here’s something smart to start your week. Get a free, private second phone number you can use from your smartphone. It’s perfect for keeping your personal number personal. With Google Voice, you get ...

There was a time when your landline phone would ring and you automatically answered without knowing who was calling. Today, the introduction of cell phones, voicemail, and caller ID has allowed us to ...

Your phone displays "No Caller ID" whenever the caller has chosen to hide their phone number from your screen. This differs from "Unknown Caller" or "Private Number," which typically point to ...

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 ...

Free services like Google Voice are great for US numbers but may require additional credits for international calls. Paid services, such as Vonage and RingCentral, offer robust features and global ...