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Isn’t there a No Call Registry? Here’s why you’re getting so many spam calls, texts

Penn Live 22 Dec 2025
A call-log showing numbers as "Suspected Spam." This is one of the ways the FTC says you can avoid having your phone ring nonstop with scams ... A photo illustration of a phone receiving a spam phone call.Dallas Gagnon.
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How Solana neutralized a 6 Tbps attack using a specific traffic-shaping protocol that makes spam ...

Cryptoslate 21 Dec 2025
That turns “spam” into “spam that gets shoved into the slow lane.” It’s no longer enough to have bandwidth and a botnet, because now you need privileged access to leader capacity, or you’re competing for a narrower slice of it.
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Instagram wants to limit hashtag spam

Ammon 20 Dec 2025
If you’re tired of seeing Instagram posts with a seemingly ...
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Bluesky launches a privacy-focused ‘Find Friends’ feature without invite spam

Business Ghana 19 Dec 2025
To work, the app matches you with friends from your saved contacts in your phone’s address book — but only if both people have opted in ... Typically, those on the receiving end would not appreciate this app spam, though ... .
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Google's new invite-only AI tool emails you morning briefings based on your Gmail, Calendar, and ...

Business Insider 19 Dec 2025
Google's new AI tool CC writes morning briefings ... It had some missteps, but it's helpful for weeding through spam ... Google Labs ... At 5.18 a.m ... I get dozens of newsletters ... That was odd ... It's a deals magnet, without having to rummage through the spam folder.
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This Easy iOS Feature Is How I Protect My Real Email From Holiday Spam

CNET 17 Dec 2025
I got tired of endless holiday spam. Here’s how I used Apple’s temporary burner email feature to instantly shut off unwanted marketing emails ... .
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Bluesky launches a privacy-focused ‘find friends’ feature without invite spam

Crunch 17 Dec 2025
The Bluesky contact matching feature is opt-in and your data won't be used to spam your friends, the social network says ... .
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Merriam-Webster crowns “slop” word of the year as AI content floods Internet

Ars Technica 15 Dec 2025
Like most tools, generative AI models can be misused. And when the misuse gets bad enough that a major dictionary notices, you know it’s become a cultural phenomenon.
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Think Black Friday Spam Was Out of Control? You Have No Idea

CNET 11 Dec 2025
Big retail names such as CB2, Anthropologie and Victoria's Secret are among the worst offenders ... .
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Letters: Spam calls on Medicare a nuisance

The Advocate 11 Dec 2025
Due to daily phone calls regarding Medicare enrollment — and without caller ID on our landline — we were not picking up any phone calls until after the Medicare enrollment period ended on Dec. 7 ... .
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Maggie Wilson reveals troll spamming days before publication of her book on survival

The Philippine Star 09 Dec 2025
It's Maggie Wilson versus trolls anew as the Filipina-British beauty queen faces another set of fake accounts days before she publishes her first book ....
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Spamming Stella Montis - Free Kit Runs

Rumble 09 Dec 2025
Click the Rumble article link to see the video ....
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HINTS FROM HELOISE: To avoid spam, alter ringtones

The Vindicator 08 Dec 2025
DEAR HELOISE. I, too, had no idea who was calling me — whether it was a “friend or foe” so to speak ... I get hundreds of suspected spam and political calls ... If there is no message, I block the number ... • B.E., in Vail, Arizona ... No. .
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How Scammers Target Older Americans With Fraudulent Medicare Calls

New York Times 05 Dec 2025
Complaints about the calls have risen, and some older Americans have discovered that their Medicare accounts were already compromised ... .
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Joe Phillips: From geese to Spam, how food favorites rise and fall

Walker & Catoosa County News 04 Dec 2025
During WW2 the government bought tons of a canned meat product from the Hormel company called “Special Army Meat,” which we know as “SPAM.”. While the GIs left for home, the popularity of Spam remained in Europe and Asia ... Spam what am.
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