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LONDON (AP) — iPhone users have a new tool to combat the scourge of nuisance phone calls: a virtual gatekeeper that can screen incoming calls from unknown numbers. It's among the bevy of new features ...

After years of students—and even their parents—ignoring the rules, a Houston boys' school is taking a dramatic new approach: bring your phone to school, and they will destroy it. Western Academy, an ...

Switching cell phone carriers is such a common occurrence in the industry that it is often referred to as "churn." There are a number of reasons a consumer may switch carriers, including looking for ...

HOUSTON – Authorities have arrested a man caught filming a woman with his cell phone at a Walmart in northwest Harris County, but said she wasn’t the only one he targeted that day. It happened on ...

Despite laws meant to regulate robocalls by the Federal Communications Commission (as well as several state-specific laws), the problem isn’t going away. In August of this year alone, people in the ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the FCC voting for cell phone jamming in state and local prisons. Agents and troops with the Memphis Safe Task Force set up a base of operations ...

Students are banding together against the ban — in the most millennial way possible. Displeased Gen Zers are keeping the lines of communication open amid new cell phone bans in schools, chatting with ...

FULTON COUNTY, GA — The FCC will vote Tuesday, September 30, on a proposal which could ultimately pave the way for state and federal prisons to finally be able to jam the signals of contraband cell ...

Illegal cellphones confiscated from inmates are piled on a table outside Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, S.C., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette) A ...

Cellphones seized by jail staff inside of the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. United State Attorney's Office for South Carolina The Federal Communications Commission approved a proposal allowing ...

Sen. Tom Cotton and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr are calling on lawmakers to pass a bill that would allow state and federal correctional facilities to use use targeted cellphone jamming equipment. AP ...