SMS, MMS & RCS

2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (115+ words) AdVantageNews.com By asking a smart device to find a customer service number, you could actually be putting yourself in contact with scammers. This scam is becoming more commonplace as many of us default to asking Alexa or Siri to…...

2+ hour, 48+ min ago   (352+ words) The Times of India Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has reacted to a chilling account of a suspected AI voice scam after an X (formerly Twitter) user said a caller sounded almost exactly like his wife The scammer reportedly asked for…...

5+ hour, 35+ min ago   (615+ words) AI-generated voices are making phone scams harder to spot, with fraudsters able to imitate people we know. Zoho co-founder Sridhar Vembu has backed a simple precaution, agree on a private verbal password with family and close friends, then use it…...

9+ hour, 23+ min ago   (218+ words) Carrier mounts holiday-long watch as Secure.AI+ hunts fake delivery texts and rogue investment apps LG Uplus said on the 13th it will run a 24-hour special response system centered on the AI-based "customer damage prevention analysis system (Secure.AI+)" to…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (992+ words) New platform lets businesses build AI phone agents while choosing their own carrier, language model, speech provider and voice — with transparent per-call costs and consent controls built into the software. Seattle-Tacoma, WA, Washington, United States, September 10, 2026 -- Phony.ai today announced…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (396+ words) “Users don’t need to be SMS experts to be successful with SMS.” In this Technology Reseller News podcast recorded at Alianza Navigate 2026, Alan Tran, Solutions Engineer at Beetexting, discusses how the company helps MSPs, channel partners and businesses simplify SMS…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (464+ words) The decision is about ownership before it is about delivery. A communication provider can carry a message, but your service still decides who may request it, what the message says, how long the code lives, and when a reset becomes…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (227+ words) ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — As Grandparents’ Day nears, the Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about scams that use artificial intelligence to mimic the voices of family members and friends. The BBB says these scams usually involve a call, text, or email…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (633+ words) The surge is not random. It follows a documented pipeline from public data exposure to targeted anonymous contact. A hidden caller identity is rarely a glitch. The system is designed to allow outgoing masking, and bad actors exploit three primary…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1020+ words) Get local news, sports and community events delivered free every Thursday. Select one or more newsletters, then complete your signup. Smart devices such as Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri make it easy to find information with your voice, but consumers…...