If SOS is showing up on your iPhone's status bar, it means there's no cellular connectivity for your phone. Here are two ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. This is not as easy as it sounds — and it’s not common advice. But ...

A resurfacing iPhone bug is leaving alarms technically "on" but functionally silent, catching users off guard at the worst possible time. Here's how you can (usually) avoid the same fate. Imagine if ...

Apple has taken a major step forward in repairability with its smartphones in recent years. In fact, the iPhone Air is an extremely repairable device, despite being the thinnest iPhone ever. And if ...

The iOS 26 update can cause outgoing call failures due to carrier setting mismatches, eSIM activation issues, or corrupted network configurations. Fixing iOS 26 call failed errors usually involves ...

If your new phone no longer supports SIM cards, or you don't want to use them anymore, you can convert to eSIM instead. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) ...

If your iPhone battery drains faster after updating to iOS 26, wait 24–48 hours for background tasks to settle. Then update to iOS 26.1, restart your iPhone, check and update battery-draining apps, ...

The recent discovery of a sprawling SIM farm operation in the New York City area has revealed how these facilities, typically used by cybercriminals to flood phones with spam calls and texts, have ...

Just updated to iOS 26 and suddenly your iPhone says “No Service”? Want to fix it? Don’t worry, this happens sometimes after big updates. Luckily, there are a few quick things you can try to get your ...

Google’s Pixel 10 series is finally here, and for the most part, all the upgrades we were expecting have come to fruition. The Tensor G5 chip promises big performance gains over the G4, the Pixel 10 ...