Anecdotal evidence from Gmail users—including the author of this story—suggests that something changed with Gmail’s spam filter settings in recent weeks, resulting in the email provider letting ...

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With spam texts on the rise, especially on iPhones and iMessage, we thought it would be helpful to put together a guide on how to block those annoying texts. I'm not sure about you, but I started ...

Let's be honest, spam calls can be a real pain, especially when they seem real, but there are a few things you can try in order to prevent them from going through. The first thing to try is turning on ...

Years ago, email spam was a huge problem. There was an escalating war between spammers and spam filters. Eventually, spam filter technology won. Although email spam is still a thing, the vast majority ...

Gmail’s spam filters are top-notch, but they’re not infallible. Mistakes can happen, and legitimate emails can accidentally get caught up in the spam folder. This is why it pays to check the spam ...

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If you constantly get text notifications from people trying to sell you something, or people who want to offer you deals, you may be a victim of spam texts. Spam texts are irritating and a waste of ...

While the spam filters for Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, and other email providers are pretty good, sometimes they make mistakes and are a little overzealous in flagging emails as spam. Here’s how to make ...

Verizon wants to help curb those obnoxious “spoofing” calls from similar area codes to your own with a new tool called Neighborhood Filter. Spoofing is the method used by spammers to make a number ...

When I cranked up my spam filter settings to “aggressive” not long ago, I saw a gratifying drop in the number of junk e-mails sneaking through Computerworld‘s filtering service. But I quickly ...

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has rejected a Republican National Committee (RNC) complaint claiming that Google violated US law by using Gmail’s spam filter on Republican campaign emails.