The "Hi Mom" smishing scam uses a fake family emergency text to trick parents into replying, then escalates to requests for ...

Saily dropped two updates in June 2026 that didn't get much attention but probably should have. The eSIM service now supports EUR and GBP pricing, and you can add a real US phone number to your ...

Anyone traveling in the US or needing to communicate with America can make good use of a US phone number. Saily now combines this with a travel eSIM. It used to be quite easy to get an American phone ...

If a phone you didn't order arrives on your doorstep, there's a good chance someone's trying to scam you. Here's how to recognize this scam and make sure you don't get tricked. Geoff Williams is a ...

Bank security can feel confusing because every account seems to handle it differently. One bank sends a text. Another sends an email. Another asks you to approve a login inside its app. So when ...

Google has made a notable change to its account storage policy, limiting the usual 15GB of free storage only to accounts that are verified with a phone number. For years now, signing up for a Google ...

Editor's take: Google is once again trying to simplify something that was already fairly easy and convenient. Mountain View's latest target is email-based authentication, which is now dropping the ...

Security experts are sounding the alarm after a new wave of Medicare "verification" scam calls started hitting phones across the country, and this time, the trick feels especially sneaky. Scammers no ...

As AI coding tools generate billions of lines of code each month, a new bottleneck is emerging: ensuring that software works as intended. Qodo, a startup building AI agents for code review, testing, ...

Digital privacy concerns have reached unprecedented levels as businesses and individuals navigate an increasingly connected world. Modern online services demand phone verification for account creation ...

The Helium Zero Plan is no longer completely free as of January 27, though it’s not actually being discontinued either. Helium will now require Zero Plan users to add a card and pay taxes and fees, ...