Short Message Service (SMS) has been a staple of text messaging since the flip phone, but it may be time to let it evolve. SMS was created in 1992, back when cellphones could be mistaken for bricks.

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Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. The technology underpinning early mobile text messaging began development in the 1980s. The short message service (SMS) ...

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A growing malware campaign is targeting Android users and gaining access to their SMS messages. Credit: Idrees Abbas/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A new malware campaign has just been outed ...