Samsung Galaxy phones might soon be able to automatically block apps that pester you with adverts in your notifications.

There are many ways of blocking ads on your device, no matter what you use. And there's a clever new trick available for ...

Last year, Apple introduced a feature called App Tracking Transparency which made third-party apps ask users for permission to track them across other apps and websites. Android doesn't quite have an ...

With both basic and intelligent blocking modes, the system can silence spam, put noisy apps into deep sleep, and reduce ...

Spam calls and texts are unarguably annoying and disruptive, so it's a good idea to get acquainted with the tools and apps you can use to stop them. Here are a few on iOS. For iPhone users, there are ...

The Touch Grass app will block your most distracting apps until you (literally) touch grass. I'm already a fan. Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, ...

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