There are several steps you can take to block a number on a landline phone and reduce the amount of spam calls you receive.

You can block or unblock a number on an Android phone using the built-in Phone app's "Blocked numbers" menu.

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Apple introduced T9 dialing to all iPhones when the tech giant released iOS 18 in 2024. With T9 dialing, you can call someone just by typing their name into your iPhone's Phone app. That means you don ...

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Arriving early for the shuttle pick-up in the CBD ­reveals the purpose of a phone in “dead” moments: it’s a digital gap ...

The Wisconsin Department of Revenue received reports from Wisconsin taxpayers about a text message requesting personal and ...

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 ...

Keeping your phone safe from AI scams is important, as scam calls can be maddening. But if you have an eligible iPhone that's up to date, you have access to a new iOS 26 feature that automatically ...

A viral app called Neon, which offers to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell that data to AI companies, has rapidly risen to the ranks of the top-five free iPhone apps ...

Neon will pay you to share your phone calls. The app sells recordings of your calls to AI companies for training. You can earn as much as $30 a day. A new app is promising to give you hundreds or even ...