UPDATE (February 18, 2026): Google is working to fix one of the main annoyances of Google Messages. Read more about it at the end of the article. Summary: Google Messages is a messaging service from ...

Apple’s Messages app got a bunch of new features in iOS 26, including a ‘Screen Unknown Senders’ option meant to eliminate spam texts. My initial experience with the feature wasn’t great, but tweaking ...

Like other Google apps, Messages for Android A/B tests many features. It can take the RCS/SMS client a rather long time to actually launch new functionality in stable. From various reports, Google ...

Bar owners say they struggle to dissuade people from forming a line as behavioural experts point to post-pandemic ‘new norms’ “I’m not sure what else we can do to be honest,” Paul Loebenberg said, of ...

Stephen Mansfield writes that an orderly line at the bar is a vast improvement on the ‘scrum’ of old. Plus, letters by Jacqueline Douglas and Patrick Cosgrove Anyone who prefers the good old days of a ...

There are warnings of queues at passport control at airports in Europe over upcoming holiday periods, as the rollout of a new biometric border system continues. Passengers have already reported ...

Google Messages Screen Effects add a fun touch to everyday chats, but you might not have encountered this cool feature. It’s not well-known, and the animations don’t have to be specifically selected ...

The M5 has reopened following a "police-led incident" on the Avonmouth Bridge The route was closed for more than five hours with motorists trapped The incident came to a conclusion at about 17:30 GMT ...