Scam guides
Plain-English guides to phone and text scams: how they work, the red flags, and exactly what to do.
How to Turn On Optimised Photo Storage
Free up gigabytes by keeping full-size photos in the cloud: iCloud's Optimise iPhone Storage, Google Photos' Free up space, and the traps to avoid.
How to Set Up Spotify Kids
The Spotify Kids app still works, but managed accounts are now Spotify's main option for under-13s. Here's how to set up either one.
How to Turn Off Location Sharing Temporarily
Pause location sharing on iPhone, Google Maps or Life360, see exactly what the other person notices, and do it without starting an argument.
How to Set Up Check-Ins Instead of Constant Tracking
Swap always-on location sharing for arrival alerts, timed shares and safety timers that your teen or partner agrees to and can see.
How to Set Up Notification History on Android
Turn on notification history on Pixel and Samsung, bring back alerts you swiped away, snooze the rest, and keep a shared phone private.
Is My Phone Listening to Me? What’s Real
Why that ad feels like eavesdropping, what the orange and green dots really prove, and the five-minute checks that settle it on iPhone and Android.
How to Know the Call-Recording Laws Where You Live
One-party or all-party consent, the US states that need everyone's agreement, calls across borders, and how to record a call openly and lawfully.
How to Tell If Your Email Was Hacked
The signs that really mean someone got in, how to check sign-in activity in Gmail and Outlook, and what to do in the first hour.
How to Check Your Call History on iPhone
Find recent calls in the iOS 26 Phone app, read the details, see them on your iPad or Mac, and get older records from your carrier.
How to Filter Messages From Unknown Senders
Move texts from strangers out of your inbox on iPhone, Android and WhatsApp without missing delivery updates, login codes or the school.