In 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received more than 2.6 million complaints – some states had far more than others.

I am sufficiently old-school that I will sometimes answer a phone call from an unfamiliar number for which no caller ID is ...

If it feels like it's getting harder and harder to avoid being scammed, that's because it is. In the age of artificial ...

People report that their personal contact info was surfaced by Google AI—and there’s apparently no easy way to prevent it.

If you need to change your address or phone number, the quickest way is through your my Social Security account — but you'll first need to make sure you've transitioned to the new Login.gov or ID.me ...

As of early 2026, the Department of Veterans Affairs and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have activated a new identity verification mandate using ID.me, targeting high-assurance ...

"Banking spoof call" scams involve people disguising their actual number so that the caller ID displays the financial institution's contact information, FBI officials told Chicago-based TV station ABC ...

Phone security has evolved well past requiring PIN numbers and passcodes to unlock them. These days, phones have biometrics, a form of identification that uses a person's unique traits to grant them ...

President Donald Trump has given dozens of phone interviews to various news outlets in recent weeks. Reporters have noted that Trump's personal phone number is being widely shared among journalists in ...

Tom has been covering technology since 2019, having worked as part of the phones team at TechRadar and then as an editor at What to Watch. Since 2025 he’s been a freelance contributor for many more ...

To block that, Apple introduced Stolen Device Protection, which leans more heavily on biometric authentication and adds an hour-long delay to certain actions, optionally only when you’re not in one of ...

Washington’s hottest commodity is a 10-digit number that can swing financial markets, drive the news, and shift policy—but only if the timing is right. The White House has received reports in recent ...