You can check your iCloud email on a computer through the Mail app on a Mac or through iCloud's desktop website.

You can easily back up all your photos to iCloud from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Here's how to do it.

Effectively managing your iCloud storage on an iPhone is essential for ensuring uninterrupted access to your files, photos, and backups. With iCloud serving as the backbone of your data storage, ...

I'm not seeing reports of iOS 26 installs going sideways, but I still always take these steps before making a major upgrade.