texting

This one-word message is the worst text to receive — are you guilty of sending it?

Is this one-word response worse than "k"? It surely seems so.

Men are just 'bad texters' — and NYC women have had enough of their excuses

Most women have been victims of the self-proclaimed "bad texter" — a boyfriend, lover or husband who barely replies to messages, and, if he does, the conversation is plagued with dry...

Two ex-FBI officials who traded anti-Trump texts close to settlement over alleged privacy violations

The tentative deal was disclosed in a brief court filing Tuesday that did not reveal any of the terms.

Gen Z woman floored by 35-year-old man's text after first date

A young woman is going viral for sharing the text message she received from a man after a first date, revealing the unexpected detail that makes it “bad."

Global outage hits iPhone users last night

Hundreds of reports are emerging that people are having trouble sending text messages using their Apple devices.

First-ever emojis from 1988 revealed — can you guess where these low-tech symbols came from?

"These sorts of devices are pre-internet, so there’s not much about them online."

I kicked a bridesmaid out of my wedding party for this unforgivable group chat act

Are you guilty of this digital faux pas? Well, it could just see you booted from a bridal party.

Never send this text to someone with anxiety

Those three little words can trigger an onslaught of worried thoughts.

The way you text reveals if you're a boomer, millennial or Gen Z, tech influencer says

Fashion, vernacular and musical preferences aren't the only clear cultural indicators of age, according to this digital wizard.

Gen Z is ditching acronyms like Millennial-favorite 'YOLO' for cool 'DIFTP' slang

No more “ROTFL,” gramps. Sorry.

What is 'hermeneutic labor'? Why women are forced to figure out what men really mean

"A lot of the time, we'd try to guess at what a guy wanted and how to avoid 'freaking him out,'" one expert said.

Apple's 'green bubble' Android texts fuel 'social stigma,' DOJ claims in landmark suit

“Many non-iPhone users also experience social stigma, exclusion, and blame for ‘breaking’ chats where other participants own iPhones,” the lawsuit said.

The sneaky invisible texting trick kids love using to fool their parents revealed

Fortunately, it's easy to disable the function.

Did you really want to send an eggplant? Older people are using emojis wrong, study says

Many people use emojis in chats to add spice, laughter or context to a conversation, and research revealed that people perceive them differently due to their gender, age and culture.

Wall Street firms hit with $81M in fines in latest WhatsApp, texting crackdown

A new group of Wall Street firms has agreed to pay more than $81 million in civil penalties to settle SEC charges of record-keeping failures, the regulator said.

Judge who sent 500 texts to her bailiff during murder trial, called dead child's mom 'liar, liar,' resigns

Judge Traci Soderstrom stepped down just days before her scheduled trial.

Missouri doc feared 'murderer' boyfriend before her sudden death, texts reveal

“I have had to move in with my boyfriend the “murderer’” [sic] which has been scary at times,” Sarah Sweeney wrote to her friend in March 2022.

I canceled on a date as he was on the way to pick me up — this text was a major red flag

One text from a woman’s potential suitor landed him in the doghouse. 

Dear Abby: My daughter's mother-in-law snooped on her phone and saw my insensitive joke

Dear Abby weighs in on mother-in-law drama and a woman looking to buy her son's girlfriend a graduation gown.

'Shrinking' star reveals why Harrison Ford is left out of cast's group chat

First-time Emmy nominee Jessica Williams said her "Shrinking" co-stars have a group text chain, but Harrison Ford is not included in the conversation.