If you're in multiple text threads with different people in your life — your family, your partner, your kid's teacher — it can be hard to stay on top of your messages. Who should you respond to first?

It's struck a chord with others who feel "shackled by technology." — -- Tiffany Jenkins has a message for the friend who wants to know why she didn't respond immediately to her text message.

Have you recently received a text message claiming to be from a lottery winner offering to share their jackpot fortune with ...

The California Department of Motor Vehicles says Californians should not respond to text messages appearing to be from the DMV that ask them to pay outstanding tolls. The scam involves messaging that ...

The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office and Service Oklahoma warned Oklahomans about a mass text scam going around on Friday afternoon, offering ways to stay vigilant. On its website, Service Oklahoma ...

It looks official. A text message from E-Z Pass or some other toll company saying, “Final Reminder: You owe an outstanding toll. Pay by March 31 to avoid additional fees or legal action.” It’s the ...

WhatsApp introduced emoji reactions in December 2024, which allows users to react to a text using emojis. However, this is apparently not enough. The Meta-owned messaging platform is now working to ...

A bug in the latest Google Messages beta automatically prompts emoji reactions in chats where the last received message is an image. The issue apparently appears only in the recent v20250406 beta ...