SIM cards have been an integral yet forgettable aspect of owning a smartphone over the past few decades. For most users, the SIM card defines the basic commercial relationship they have with their ...

What is a SIM card used for? A SIM card, or a subscriber identity module/subscriber identification module, is a tiny memory card that contains unique information and is linked to a particular network ...

WAKULLA COUNTY, Fla. (WCTV) - The Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office is warning of a SIM card swapping scam, per a social media ...

Amid recent government crackdowns on foreign-owned services like WhatsApp and YouTube, people entering Russia will now need ...

Imagine your phone isn’t working. It’s odd, but this should be an easy fix. You contact your phone carrier and are told that you requested a new SIM card. But you never requested a SIM card or called ...

Millions of mobile phones may be vulnerable to spying due to the use of outdated, 1970s-era cryptography, according to new research due to be presented at the Black Hat security conference. Karsten ...

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) ...

Those little chip-size SIM cards that plug into our smartphones are on their way out. Apple says so, and there’s a good chance Apple is right. This week, Apple said its new iPhone 14 devices will no ...

Your SIM card might be under attack without you knowing. Here is how to know if you are hacked, and how to get out of it ...

With the iPhone 14, Apple has worked up the courage to remove yet another physical connector. This time it’s the slot for the physical SIM card that cellular networks use to identify their subscribers ...

Civil rights activist Patrick Breyer filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights over a German court ruling that identification be required for the purchase of prepaid SIM cards, he said ...