How to block your number and hide your own caller ID when making phone calls

If you don't want people to know you're calling, you can hide caller ID by blocking your own number on both landlines and ...

One Tech Tip: Annoyed by junk calls to your iPhone? Try the new iOS 26 call screen feature

By KELVIN CHAN LONDON (AP) — iPhone users have a new tool to combat the scourge of nuisance phone calls: a virtual gatekeeper ...
MassLive

Asking Eric: Is it right to hide my brother’s terminal illness from our dad?

Dear Eric: My younger brother (54 yrs) is a chronic alcoholic. He’s now developed cirrhosis and has little time left. I’m his older sister, who realized more than 30 years ago that binge drinking and ...
GCN

Set up private space on Android to hide sensitive apps

Ever wanted to set up private space on Android without anybody knowing? Android 15 is the first operating system to present this game changer, in which you can build an entirely hidden space in which ...
New York Magazine

How I Won the War Against My Phone — Thanks to the Brick

I don’t remember exactly when it happened. Probably around 2012, when I downloaded Instagram to my iPhone and posted my first heavily filtered image. In the years that followed, the iPhone, which had, ...
BGR

How To Set Up A TSA Digital ID Pass On Your Android Phone

Airport travel is never fun, regardless of how excited you may be about your destination. There are many Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints to go through, and you might worry if ...
KTXS

Phone Scam Alert: Caller ID Spoofing Targets Big Country Residents

ABILENE, Texas — Residents across the Big Country are being warned about a phone scam involving caller ID spoofing. In these scams, perpetrators manipulate caller identification to make it appear as ...
Liliputing

Zinwa P26 kit will let you turn a BlackBerry PassPort into a modern Android phone

The BlackBerry Passport is a smartphone with a 4.5 inch, 1440 x 1440 pixel touchscreen display positioned above a QWERTY keyboard. It was released in 2014 and it was one of the last phones to ship ...
Android

Galaxy S25 Gets Stable Android 16 Before Any Non-Pixel Phone

The Samsung Galaxy S25 is the first non-Pixel phone to receive the stable Android 16 update. This marks a major step for the company’s software support, demonstrating Samsung’s improved efficiency in ...
9to5google

Android 16 QPR1 ‘No Data Wipe’ OTA starts rolling out to Pixel

Over a week after Android 16 QPR1 went stable, Google is now beginning to roll out the “No Data Wipe” OTA update to Beta 3.1 testers. This over-the-air update lets you leave the Android Beta Program ...
The Verge

You can now play Silksong on flagship Android phones — and pick up where you left off on PC

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Hollow Knight sequel is a Windows emulation darling. Hollow Knight sequel is a Windows emulation darling. is a ...
CNET

I Tested the Pixel 10 Pro and It's a Master Class on What an Android Phone Should Be

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. I've spent a lot of time with the Pixel 10 Pro XL, taking ...