When buying a new phone, you can trade it in for a discount or sell it to earn money toward a new one. Here's how to safeguard your data before you ship it off, and a few places that will take it.

If you're buying a new phone, you can save money by trading in or selling your old device. Here's how to safeguard your data ...

A frustrating error message may appear for some iPhone users when they’re using a computer to restore an iPhone or install an ...

A fake Apple email about app-specific passwords claims a $2,990 PayPal charge and urges recipients to call a support number, but it is a phishing scam.

ZeroDayRAT spyware compromises iPhone and Android devices to access messages, notifications, location data and live camera ...

Satellite messages can be sent to contacts using iMessage or standard SMS, depending on the recipient’s device and settings. If the recipient is using an Apple device with iMessage enabled, the ...

Apple's Lockdown Mode is gaining attention after it blocked U.S. federal authorities from accessing a reporter's iPhone.

Apple says Lockdown Mode is an “optional, extreme” protection tool designed to guard against “extremely rare and highly sophisticated cyberattacks.” It’s not for everyone, but instead for “very few ...

Passwords remain a persistent point of tension between usability and security. Controls designed to strengthen authentication often introduce complexity, which encourages users to rely on familiar ...

When police pulled over Jeremy Travis Payne, he didn’t expect them to search his phone without a warrant. But officers put him in handcuffs and used his thumb to unlock his phone. Later, in a viral ...

A magician in Missouri had a kooky idea: implant a computer chip into his hand and then do some fun magic tricks with it. Too bad he forgot the password. It sounds like a short story cooked up by Kurt ...

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