Caller ID is standard now, but it wasn't always. When widespread adoption started in the 1990s, it was controversial to the point that it was widely viewed as an invasion of privacy. For people with ...

Caller ID used to be a very simple thing in the "landline phones and copper wires" days. If somebody called you, their number showed up on the display, and if it didn't, then the caller had ...

Receiving calls from hidden numbers can be more than just annoying—particularly when you discover it's someone trying to sell you something or, even worse, a scammer trying to trick you out of your ...

Once upon a time, it took multiple devices, software and/or programs to accomplish what a lot of us can now do with just our smartphones. You no longer need photo editing software to remove the ...

It's something that's happened to us all: we reach for our phone to answer a call only to see the words "scam likely" on the screen. As more people move to messaging as their primary means of keeping ...

The phone rings, and as soon as you say hello, the person on the other end starts babbling about saving money on car insurance. Don’t say anything! They could be recording your voice, which they’ll ...

Are you continuing to receive unwanted sales calls? Despite registering for the National Do Not Call Registry, a Henrico County woman reached out to 8News because she was still receiving dozens of ...