Apple today updated its iMessage troubleshooting support document to add a scenario that can occur in iOS 26. If you don't activate iMessage or an eSIM when setting up a new iPhone with ‌iOS 26‌, it ...

Since the release of iOS 26 in September, iPhone users have experienced myriad issues. Whether it was the Calendar bug which made it difficult to search for specific keywords or the fact that some ...

Apple has an official fix for users who can't activate iMessage after updating to iOS 26. The issue has to do with an inactive SIM or eSIM following the update. Removing or deleting the inactive SIM ...

The iPhone Messages app on iOS 26 gets a bunch of new filtering features, primarily targeted around dealing with spam and junk texts. But it also gets some filters that are generally useful too. For ...

Developer Maurice Kleine shipped a web app on Thursday that could be either a boon for meme-making or the bane of your existence, depending on how you look at it. Mockly can generate believable images ...

If your texts are falling back to SMS, try these steps to ensure that Apple's Messages app is properly functioning. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) Motorola ...

Social media giant Meta claims that it can't be considered a monopoly because iMessage outperforms Facebook Messenger on iOS. Meta, Facebook's parent company, has been dealing with an antitrust ...

The Signal encrypted messaging application is seen on a mobile device in this illustration photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on 26 March, 2025. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto) I don’t know very much ...

As ads for secure messenger Signal go, this one is hard to beat. Trump’s senior officials using the encrypted app to discuss America’s attack on Yemen — whether or not war plans were actually shared — ...

Scammers who prey on Apple iMessage users via phishing (or smishing) messages are doubling down on a novel tactic that tricks their victims into disabling built-in security. Spotted by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. It has been the tech story of the month, overshadowing the ...

Unity's Supersonic has released a new AI-powered Game Idea Generator tool for developers. The tool merges AI with Supersonic's “industry knowledge and best practices" and is designed to help speed up ...